
I also need DPI switches so I'm keeping Sica as an alternative and gonna buy this m60. I was gonna snipe someone but my pistol popped out. I like the feel of G403 but my index finger kept touching the scroll wheel because of the asymmetric design. It's difficult to replace the mid switch because of the unique size, unlike generic left/right buttons', but I know it's gonna break before the Omrons. And I use scroll button a lot but the Asus Sica's mid switch is some unknown "W" brand while both left / right switches are Omron and are swappable - just unplug and replace. G203's switches feel like those on my $5 Dell mouse, too heavy to press. My old Asus monitor (3yr warranty) failed in second year and another Samsung (1yr warranty) failed in second year as well. My razer Chroma mid button didn't register clicks 1/10 of the time when I bought it. Yes warranty matters because sometimes products do fail early unexpectedly but the chance is rare, for a "popular" brand from a reputable manufacture/retailer. I've BOUGHT more than 8 gaming mice in the past 3 months, ranging from $29.99 (G203 G403 ROG Sica) to $89 (two Razers) but only kept two. A good gaming mouse is also about weight, shape, click latency, pads smoothness, button (not switch) stiffness, positions/number of buttons, and most importantly - grip and click feel. I just ordered one.įor those whose mentioned about the warranty / switch etc.

I just wanted to see the build quality before I make decisions.

But you get to see the circuit board, and although lettering on the chip is not visible, I can confirm that the circuit board marking isn't lying - it's a PMW3360. I'd open it again but I'm out of Teflon material so I hesitate to take off my current foot pads again. Sorry, I don't have a good shot of the switches (didn't think of it while it was open) you do see the DPI switches more or less clearly. Has a bit of memory so I folded it up a bit and it doesn't rub anywhere so it doesn't bother me. It's unfortunately braided, but less stiff than the V30's. Of course if you're a lefty you'll hate itĮDIT: Oh, forgot to talk about cable. Very good way to get a good sensor on the cheap. IMHO, I'd say it's worth up to 35$ + shipping.
#NINOX VENATOR VS G403 FULL#
I'd say it's definitely worth 20$ + shipping, probably wouldn't pay the full price though. Grip is definitely less slippery it's much much easier to grip to lift it if you're not palming. Plastic on the Rosewill is better I'd say (Rival Saviour creaks quite a bit). r_perform/) which I don't use because I have a hard time gripping it properly. I'd say the plastic is a bit thinner than the Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse 2.0 (I have a ton of those from all the Dell Refurbs I boughtĪlso have a Rival Saviour (that weird Chinese Lenovo-branded SteelSeries Rival - discussion here. They don't build them like they used to!). Scroll wheel is very good IMHO.ĭefinitely not as tough as the crap Logitech office mouse I have (M100 I think), or my main office mouse (Logitech Trackman Marble PS/2!!! It's so old I had to solder new switches in and replace the bearings. It does a tiny bit if you press the sides hard. I find it easy to move especially with weight removed, despite it being somewhat bigger than I'm used to. The sides are plastic with anti-slip bumps. The top coating is not rubberized and not particularly non-slip (it's matte plastic). I'd say the Rosewill has slightly better build quality.


#NINOX VENATOR VS G403 DRIVER#
My main driver was a Motospeed v40, not a bad mouse at all but definitely constructed of light plastic (Ninox Venator has the same shell, V40 uses an A3050 though, so you can read up on that). I'd really like to answer that more objectively but most of my mice are kinda bad. It was 30$+shipping for a couple of days, hope nobody bought it then! On newegg US it's 36 USD, and on its lowest historical price is 29 USD.Įdit: now expires on the 8th. I've opened up the mouse to see if there was an extra weight I could remove in there (there was, it's easy to open, screws under the glide pads but I don't recommend opening it up unless you have some glide pad material handy, or of course if you like the weight) and I can confirm it's indeed a PMW3360 chip in there.īuild quality is nothing special, no actual non-slip coating on it, plastic is not too lightweight and doesn't creak too much but it's not Logitech. This is acknowledged as being the best optical sensor used in gaming mice nowadays. What's really interesting is that there's a PMW3360 sensor in there. It's basically the Razer Deathadder lookalike (not an exact copy). I just got this mouse: (ordered yesterday, Newegg is crazy fast shipping as usual).
