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| by AkG | April 7, 2010 | ||
| Up Close and Personal pg.2 Up Close and Personal Cont'd  As we will see in the software section, the built-in memory can store not only 70 button combinations and five profiles but also a ton of macros which you can create yourself.  The M8000X also makes use of the Ghost logo’s Red, Green and Blue glows to represent the three onboard, preset profiles. In addition, through the use of the desktop configuration software, Gigabyte gives users the ability to customize the colour profile of each of its five presets from 27 available colours. As with the previous version, the centrally located logo will slowly pulse the colour of your choosing to show which of the five profiles you have selected. Luckily, one of the 27 available colours is BLACK or “off”.  Turning the mouse over, we can see that Gigabyte once again opted for only two large ultra low friction feet; one at the front and another at the back. While they are large and more than enough to get the job done we really wish they had included lateral feet running down each side of the mouse for smoother side to side motions. If you use a HWC Custom Surface 1030 Archetype or other professional grade gaming surfaces this is not a problem…but not everyone is advanced in their gaming setup and some actually prefer a more old school “feel”. Even on some of the more "advanced" gaming surfaces, the additional feet could prove to be beneficial. On the positive side Gigabyte does realize that every mouse surface is just as different as their users and has included a great little piece of technology. While none of the buttons default to PTP, Perfect Tracking Precision allows you to quickly and easily adjust the mouse to your mouse pad. In a nut shell, it runs a small test to see what the best setting for its laser will be and then uses this new setting to get the most precise tracking it can on your gaming surface.  As mentioned earlier Gigabyte did not just carry over the same 4000DPI sensor from the previous M8000 model, but actually took the time to upgrade it to a high precision 6000DPI unit. While we highly doubt many people will ever find 4000DPI “limiting”, more is always better when it comes to sensitivity.   Moving on to the back end of the mouse, we come to the large ”door” which holds the weights. With a simple twist this door pops off allowing you customize the weight and thus feel of your mouse. As we said in the accessories section, you get three 6-gram weights and one large 20 gram weight, allowing for quite a few possibilities. While we wish Gigabyte had upgraded the weights like they did the DPI of the M8000X these weights are still a welcome addition in a lower price bracket. All in all, this mouse really seems a worthy successor to (in our opinion) one of the best value mice ever made. | ||
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