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Optical laser when you pick your gaming

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mouse you make sure you pick the right thing Optical mice use one or more LEDs

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to take what are essentially pictures of the surface underneath to track the

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mouse's movement across the surface this is in stark contrast to the previous

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generation ball mice which used an actual physical ball that rolled around

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under the mouse in order to detect movement they have a much broader range

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of surface compatibility compared to older ball mice and are typically known

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compared to lasers for having lower DPI sensors um usually around 200 to 800 DPI

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but they can go as high as 4,000 DPI

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with gaming grade Optical mice which some Gamers find they prefer to laser

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mice laser is the newer technology and has a few advantages compared to Optical

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number one is that depending on the type of laser it can be used on a much wider

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variety of surfaces Optical mice can only be used on opaque surfaces whereas

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laser mice can even be used on specular surfaces such as glass in fact

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logitech's anywhere Mouse it uses an infrared laser in order to work on

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pretty much anything they are also more accurate they are able to achieve dpis

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up to as of the time of filming this 8,200 which is significantly more than

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any Optical Mouse on the market and are generally regarded by Gamers to be more

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precise so the last thing to note is that some people claim that depending on

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the DPI sensitivity that you want to use you may be better off buying a mouse

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that that is more optimized for the DPI so for example if you want a game at

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3,000 DPI you may not want to buy an

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8200 DPI top-of-the-line laser mouse and

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turn it down because it may skip frames or whatever else we haven't been able to

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verify this objectively so take it with a grain of salt but that is why some

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Gamers do prefer Optical even though laser mice tend to as I said before be

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more precise more accurate and of course more expensive to go along with that

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thanks for checking out this Techquickie as fast as possible on laser

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mice versus Optical mice particularly for gaming don't forget as always to

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share subscribe like the video and I'll see you guys again next time