This Best Selling Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse tends to SELL OUT VERY FAST!!
Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.4 x 2.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
- ASIN: B001DWK4NC
- Item model number: ARB-00001
Price : $44.27
You Save : $15.72 (26%)
Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Cut right to the chase with the Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse--another addition to Microsoft's award-winning line of SideWinder gaming products. This fast, durable mouse delivers super-precise action with advanced features like vertical side buttons, 200 to 2000 dpi on-the-fly laser tracking, macros, 5 assignable buttons, and more.
Features:
Quick Launch ButtonOne-touch access to Microsoft PC Gaming features.
Vertical Side ButtonsTop/bottom design makes locating side buttons easier.
On-the-Fly DPI SwitchingInstantly switch sensitivity between high, medium, and low with one click.
Additional Features:
- 2000 DPI Laser Tracking Engine: For fast action.
- Built to Last: Main button life rated to 10,000,000 clicks.
- Engineered for Speed: Right-handed shape designed for quick, balanced, precision gaming action.
- Quick Turn: Check your perimeter with the click of a button.
- Wide Rubber Scroll Wheel: With detent clicking action.
- Five Programmable Main Buttons: Customize your main gaming buttons to your preference.
- Macros: Create and assign macros out-of-game using included software.
System Requirements:
- Windows Vista/Windows XP
- 100 MB
- Powered USB port
- CD drive
Fast. Durable. Gaming Mouse. Cut right to the chase with the Microsoft SideWinderTM X5 Mouse another addition to Microsoft¿s award-winning line of SideWinder gaming products. This fast, durable mouse delivers super-precise action with advanced features like vertical side buttons, 200 to 2000 dpi on-the-fl y laser tracking, macros, 5 assignable buttons, and more.
This Best Selling Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse tends to SELL OUT VERY FAST!!
Technical Details
- 2000 DPI Laser Tracking Engine - For fast action
- Built to Last - Main button life: Rated to 10,000,000 clicks
- On-the-Fly DPI Switching - Instantly switch sensitivity between high (2000), medium (800), and low (400) with one click.
- Five Programmable Main Buttons - Customize your main gaming buttons to your preference.
- Macros - Create and assign macros out-of-game using included software.
Customer Reviews
I have very big hands so I was happy to read other reviews on how huge this mouse is. It fits like a glove for me and couldnt get any better. Perfect button placement and very high quality design. I thought this was made of cheap plastic but it is very well designed and crafted. My only problem Ihave to get used to is how sensitive the buttons are. That i my fault though for using a cheap dell mouse that came with the computer. If you have at least medium sized hands this will be great for you.
I went from a wireless six-button mouse to this wired gaming mouse, and I have to say the difference is significant. Where my wireless would do weird things like not recognizing clicks until I moved the mouse, and dropping out every once in a while, this wired mouse with increased resolution never does either of those things. It's incredibly responsive, and makes me glad I decided I could "live with" having a cord on my mouse.
The buttons are handy, and easy to reach. The feel is a little more blocky than I'm used to, but it's still comfortable. The mouse just feels like it's tracking far better than any I've used in a long time-- There's no "jumpy" feel to it in lower DPI settings, and less of one in the high setting than on my wireless mouse. It's kind of cool that I can switch DPI on the fly with a button.
In games, I noticed my response time was better, especially for circle-strafing and mouse-looking. While I'm not a huge FPS gamer, I did get some better control with this mouse in Team Fortress 2, and I felt a HUGE improvement in the way the mouse felt for Oblivion. Clicking on small icons and buttons on the in-game GUI isn't as tedious with the Sidewinder X5.
I use it in both OS X and Windows XP. Despite what the package says, the mouse does, indeed, come with drivers and control panels for OS X (not that OS X needs drivers, but the control panels are handy to assign buttons).
There's one button that I find sort of stupid and useless on this mouse. It's near the back (under your palm, when the mouse is being used) and its purpose varies depending on what OS you're using. It's not reassignable, either. It does what it does, and that is all. In Windows XP, all it does is launch the Intellimouse software; That's the mouse control panel, which you can normally reach two other ways (click the desktop/Start menu icon, or go to Control Panel). That's all it does. I hardly see why a button was needed for this function. In OS X, the button just pops your pointer up to the top left corner of the screen, and again, you can't reassign this button. It's just sort of a waste of moving parts, if you ask me.
However, stupid button aside, I dig this mouse. I think I may stick with it, despite losing wireless freedom compared to my old mouse. This mouse just works better!
Oh, I should mention that this mouse has two red lights on the bottom, near the back, and one on top. They remain on as long as your computer is sending power to the mouse, and this might be annoying for some people who don't want their mouse to be all lit up. It doesn't bother me much, but it is curious that Microsoft would put bright red lights on the mouse when the laser tracking emits light that is invisible to the human eye. These lights aren't part of the tracking hardware: They're just decoration. I guess it's supposed to look cool or something. I just think it's sort of a waste of power.
A good mouse, but not for the office or conservative desktop. Definitely a step up for gamers, though.
Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse
