6 Sep 2007

Logitech G9 vs. Razer Lachesis

This post has been moved to Logitech G9 vs. Razer Lachesis.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...: Lachesis has widespread tracking issues I personally plan to return mine for a G9 soon as they hit stores.; 5 January 2008 22:47
Dividing Line said...: It was a similar case with the early versions of the Deathadder. I'd expect Razer to sort out the problems quite quickly, but this sort of thing is hardly going to improve their image in the gaming market.

Has anyone else had problems with either of these mice?; 9 January 2008 10:11
natasha8384 said...: Lachesis actually has a very mild problem that is totally preventable if you follow the recommended gamers' mouse settings. I won't go into detail why this should be done but rather just list them (I have Win XP SP2 and don't know if it looks same in Vista)):
1. in (Control Panel) Windows Mouse properties kill (disable, uncheck) the "pointer precision"
2. while there, slide the "select a pointer speed" to 6 (the sixth dot from the left)
3. go to the Razer site and download the file called "Lachesis156+ClickAccuracyToolBETA.zip and that will give you a new v.1.56 beta firmware for the mouse -- as of now, you'll find the link to this beta firmware in their FAQ rather than in their drivers download section (I think the link is listed in the first topic from the top in the Lachesis FAQ).

Otherwise, nice review! I'd give the advantage to Lachesis over G9 since it's at least technologically a better mouse featuring 2 lasers that independently track the X and Y, plus you can set it to basically 25 different DPI (5 in each of the five profiles in 125 DPI increments). Lachesis, as a laser mouse, is pretty much an attempt (and I'd say rather successful) to approach the tracking quality of the battle tested optical sensor. I'd expect that once the new firmware is released Lachesis will probably be the best "cross" (low and high sens) mouse available.; 10 January 2008 04:09
Dividing Line said...: Thanks for the info, Natasha, it should help solve the early problems.
Hopefully Razer will be quick to release the new firmware, it would be a shame to see such an excellent mouse get a bad name from a bit of dodgy programming.; 10 January 2008 09:01
Caesar said...: I have both and IMO Lachesis is a better mouse of the two. I just followed what the poster above said about preventing the cursor jump issue and voila works great. G9 is a great mouse too, maybe just too gimmicky for my taste.; 10 January 2008 23:08
Yarrr.pirate said...: G9 is by far ALOT better than lachesis, the buttons and comfort are alot better not to mention tracking is hugeley better, sorry but those settings natasha mentioned do not make one bit difference; 9 February 2008 22:37
Anonymous said...: Razer looks 1000 better. G9 is so ugly :s; 14 February 2008 01:25
DREW said...: Last time i checked...its not about looks, its about performance and feel.; 14 February 2008 14:54
Dividing Line said...: @Drew - quite right. If Quasimodo was the fastest runner in the world, you'd be daft to kick him out of your team just because he looked a bit funny!
In the same way, don't dismiss the G9 just because of its slightly ungainly shape.
Having said that, the Lachesis is still better ... and prettier ;); 14 February 2008 15:33
JKS said...: For those who still doubt betwen lachesis and G9, I'll say that Razer stull doesn't published a corrected firmware for the hundreds of bugs for Lachesis. The actual version (at 2008-2-23) is 1.64 and this firmware works worse than version 1.00 Go to the Razer Blueprints forums and see.

I've returned mine and changed for a G9. You can think G9 is prettier or uglier, but the only truth is that G9 is simply better than Lachesis. Taste, accuracy, weight...

Lachesis does a lot of bugs with tracking; blocks the Y axis; makes the cursor jump; is unable to use with any kind of mousepads; does double click when pressing the scroll button...

Don't think anymore, Lachesis is not an option, if you felt in love with the shape and color, take a Razer DeathAdder, is optical but works fine. Lachesis is a pretty shit.; 23 February 2008 06:28
Sugar said...: This might be a bit late to be of help, but due to the orientation of the Lachesis laser sensor it performs poorly at high sensitivities on soft mouse pads.... The softer the pad, the worse the click error.

Basically at the moment the only thing you can do is use it on a hard surface type mouse pad to completely eliminate this click problem... Basically the laser is so sensitive that when you push down the mouse to make a click the fabric moves and the mouse detects this and there is a noticable jerk in the cursor...; 26 February 2008 12:56
Dividing Line said...: @JKS, Razer have won themselves no fans at all with their shoddy firmware releases. It's been a similar story with the Deathadder, although mine is still working fine on the original version of the firmware. Razer need to spend a lot more time testing their firmware before releasing, or they're going to really damage the brand name and lose more customers to Logitech.

@sugar, thanks for the info. Perhaps this goes to show that 4000dpi really is too sensitive!; 26 February 2008 14:59
Anonymous said...: I got rid of my mousemat and used the desk surface and it sorted out my Razer Lachesis glitch.

SteveG; 28 February 2008 17:15

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