Sharkoon FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ DH

Zardon · Oct 30, 2009, 08:26 AM

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Today we are going to look at the FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse from Sharkoon which promises to impress even the most demanding gamers. It is about half the price of a lot of gaming mice on the market but well soon see how its performance compares.

niceguyrichy · Oct 30, 2009, 08:35 AM

looks pretty nice at that price.
glad to know its well built, that's my main complaint with my WolfKing.
i sometimes get over-eager when i game and squeeze a bit, and it creaks like its about to explode into bits in my hand

btw, does it only come in that garish red flame effect ickiness ??
or is there a nice plain black one for those of us with some taste ?

Zardon · Oct 30, 2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

btw, does it only come in that garish red flame effect ickiness ??
or is there a nice plain black one for those of us with some taste ?

As far as I am aware, thats the only one available, but I will double check with them this morning and let you know.

niceguyrichy · Oct 30, 2009, 08:49 AM

cool , thanks.

the main page in the software shows a nice matte black mouse, much nicer look

Zardon · Oct 30, 2009, 11:10 AM

Unfortunately black is not a colour option, but it appears it was already mentioned to them and they are looking at the possibility of releasing a 'plain' version.

comp_ali · Oct 30, 2009, 12:01 PM

It looks awesome with this price , I dunno why most manufactures go with USB interface over PS/2 , I had some conflicts with bios when using those mice .

niceguyrichy · Oct 30, 2009, 12:17 PM

yeah i'll be seriously tempted too, just as soon as they put out a plain one

no way can i live with that on my desk as is

SeraphicSorcerer · Oct 30, 2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by comp_ali

It looks awesome with this price , I dunno why most manufactures go with USB interface over PS/2 , I had some conflicts with bios when using those mice .

Because the amount of data actually exceeds the limitations of the port. And you also run into Errors with it actually missing entire blocks of signal responses (meaning skipping) You can still use a USB -> ps2 adapter and find out, if you're getting conflicts, put it in the 2nd usb slot, (the top slot on the right) That and #1 is where the bios looks first for usb devices.

asedsa · Oct 30, 2009, 09:06 PM

Manufactures go with USB interface over PS/2 because gaming mouses should have faster and more realibility response during mouse movement and acceleration. DPI can be controlled much easier through USB againt PS/2 (I read somewhere about that long time ago, but I am not convinced so much in that).

SeraphicSorcerer · Oct 31, 2009, 02:14 PM

It's not so much the DPI is the problem, because the renderer is actually set within the mouse (on high end mice with built in engines) but like I said, PS/2 Simply can not handle the bandwidth. When you set the DPI you're upping the signal and therefore bandwidth that needs to be sent to the bus, and that's why they moved to usb. Anyhow, Acceleration and skipping issues are due to limited bandwidth on the ps2/2 bus (which is only slightly younger then the AT interface)

You can test it yourself by using the adapter and trying different settings, I can guarantee your skips will come from the highest dpi settings.

niceguyrichy · Jul 16, 2010, 07:48 PM

well i told you i'd consider it if there was a plain one (ok, that was like 9 months ago right enough, but..)
anyway, just ordered one in nice simple black

Oct 30, 2009, 11:10 AM	Thread Starter #5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 168	Re: Sharkoon FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ DH Unfortunately black is not a colour option, but it appears it was already mentioned to them and they are looking at the possibility of releasing a 'plain' version.

Oct 30, 2009, 12:01 PM	#6
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 8,186 Rep Power: 230 System Specs	Re: Sharkoon FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ DH It looks awesome with this price , I dunno why most manufactures go with USB interface over PS/2 , I had some conflicts with bios when using those mice . __________________

Oct 30, 2009, 09:06 PM	#9
asedsa HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Posts: 145 Rep Power: 23 System Specs	Re: Sharkoon FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ DH Manufactures go with USB interface over PS/2 because gaming mouses should have faster and more realibility response during mouse movement and acceleration. DPI can be controlled much easier through USB againt PS/2 (I read somewhere about that long time ago, but I am not convinced so much in that).

Oct 31, 2009, 02:14 PM	#10
SeraphicSorcerer HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,270 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	Re: Sharkoon FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ DH It's not so much the DPI is the problem, because the renderer is actually set within the mouse (on high end mice with built in engines) but like I said, PS/2 Simply can not handle the bandwidth. When you set the DPI you're upping the signal and therefore bandwidth that needs to be sent to the bus, and that's why they moved to usb. Anyhow, Acceleration and skipping issues are due to limited bandwidth on the ps2/2 bus (which is only slightly younger then the AT interface) You can test it yourself by using the adapter and trying different settings, I can guarantee your skips will come from the highest dpi settings. __________________

Oct 30, 2009, 08:26 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 168	Sharkoon FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ DH Read The Review Here ________________ Today we are going to look at the FireGlider Laser Gaming Mouse from Sharkoon which promises to impress even the most demanding gamers. It is about half the price of a lot of gaming mice on the market but well soon see how its performance compares.