Is your computer running slow? Just download more RAM! (If you’re so young that you’ve never Googled “lower back pain,” you might have missed this classic of early internet humor.) But Logitech is doing something similar in real life for some of its high-end gaming mice: boosting sensor DPI with a software update. Neat.
Logitech recently announced that every mouse in its G series with a Hero 2 sensor will be boosted to its maximum possible resolution — a staggering 44,000 DPI (dots per inch) — with a software update that’s planned for October this year.
That’s according to PC Gamer, reporting from Logitech’s Logi Play conference. At the time of writing, only three mice use the Hero 2 sensor: the Pro X Superlight 2, the newly-announced Pro X Superlight 2 Dex (which is almost identical but with an 8K polling rate and a grippier shape), and the older ambidextrous Pro 2 Lightspeed. (Good grief, Logitech! You need better names for your gaming mice.)
While the Hero 2 sensors in the older Pro 2 Lightspeed and Pro X Superlight 2 are identical to the one in the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex, they’re running at lower 32,000 resolutions out of the box. That gives the new Pro X Superlight 2 Dex and its previous stablemates the highest DPI of any gaming mouse on the market. For sake of comparison, Razer’s flagship Viper V3 Pro mouse has “only” 35,000 DPI.
That already seems like insane overkill to me, someone who rarely sets his mouse above 1,200 DPI even when gaming. But I’m not a 360 noscope master or whatever. The upgrades will come via Logitech’s omnibus G driver system, so keep an eye out for it. Expect most of Logitech’s $100+ gaming mice to come with the Hero 2 sensor by default going forward.
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Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
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