With more and more manufacturers producing aftermarket parts (cables, feet, …) modding gaming mice has increased in popularity over the past couple of years. There are two reasons to mod your mouse: to increase the performance (by installing feet that suit your preferences better, for example) or to make it looks unique and get yourself […]
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When ZOWIE released their ‘K line’ of monitors they also released a neat feature called ‘Setting to Share’. This basically allows users of compatible ZOWIE monitors (you can check to compatible monitors here) to export and import monitor settings profiles. This means that you can, for example, upload your exact monitor profile online so that […]
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Framerate is the frequency at which images appear on a screen or display; (modern) displays work by displaying a series of frames (basically ‘still’ images) in rapid succession, causing our visual system to see motion. Framerate is expressed in Hz (Hertz), or FPS (Frames Per Second); e.g. a 60Hz monitor will display 60 frames per […]
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The question ‘what is the best gaming mouse?’ is one that we get a lot. It’s only natural, since we’re a website dedicated to professional gaming gear and settings, but it’s still a question that has historically been difficult to answer. After all, a lot of what makes a gaming mouse good comes down […]
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CS.MONEY, one of the world’s largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skin trading websites was hacked in mid August of 2022. After this hack, around 6 million dollars worth of CS:GO skins had disappeared. The website promised to pay all customers who lost skins back in full and has remained transparent over the course of their investigation […]
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has, like many other competitive games, a built in ranked mode where you get to compete against other players in 5v5 matches. After your first ten matches in the competitive mode of the game you get a matchmaking rank to show you where you stand against the rest of the game’s population. […]
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Grabbing a great monitor to game on is only half the battle. Most monitors come out of the factory with a drab and washed out color scheme, or the default setting might not be optimal for gaming, for example. And then we haven’t even discussed all the extra features and functions that come with […]
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When you’ve spent hours upon hours perfecting your muscle memory with a specific sensitivity you don’t want all of that training to fly out the window when you’re trying out a new game so we’ve got this sensitivity calculator. Why waste time trying to figure out a sensitivity that just approximates your regular effective sensitivity […]
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If you’re even a little bit interested in how you perform as a gamer, your gaming mouse is the most important part of your setup. It’s the tool that you use to aim with, and the difference between a mouse that suits you and one that doesn’t can really make a big difference in […]
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Is upgrading to a setup that can support 240, 360, or even higher frames per second worth it for competitive gaming? If you just want the short answer: of course! You’ll never want to go back. If you want the longer answer, we’ll go deeper on what using higher monitor refresh rates can do […]
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When it comes to gaming mice, we are well and truly living in the golden age. Fantastic new products seem to be coming out every week these days, and while that’s great for consumers it can also make it hard to see the forest for the trees. That’s why we’ve bundled all the mice in […]
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When it comes to competitive gaming, every little thing counts. You could have the latest gaming mouse, headset, and keyboard, but if you’re playing on a regular 60Hz monitor when everyone else is on 240Hz setups your performance will suffer. That’s just an example, of course, but it just goes to show how every aspect of […]
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Nvidia’s Reflex technology (click here to read our introductory article to the tech in case you’re not familiar with it) has been out for a while now, so we thought it was time for an article where we speak a bit about our experiences with the technology and our thoughts on how we see the future for […]
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With the announcement of their RTX 3000 series graphics cards, Nvidia also announced Reflex, their ‘low latency gaming platform’. Nvidia have made an excellent and extremely detailed article on what exactly all of this is on their website (linked here) but if you’re not that technically minded or you just want ‘the gist of it’ we’re […]
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DPI stands for ‘Dots Per Inch’ and it basically decides how ‘sensitive’ your mouse is on the hardware side. At a DPI of 800 your mouse will ‘measure’ 800 points of movement per inch that you move your mouse; at 1600 DPI it will measure 1600 points of movement per inch, making the cursor on […]
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