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Testing:
Have you ever seen someone Benchmark a mouse? I haven't so I will
try and test the mouse in many areas as I can. First I would like
to say that I have installed the new IntelliEye/IntelliMouse Software,
and have both the IntelliMouse Explorer and Wireless IntelliEye
Explorer plugged in using the USB ports. The receiver for the Wireless
is USB, and the IntelliMouse Explorer has the option to be plugged
in by PS/2. But in both cases they are plugged in the USB port.
First I wanted to talk about the software that it came with. The
IntelliEye software lets you customize your mouse in more ways than
the first release of the software. Here are some images of the different
menus the software has:
These screenshots are of every tab that the mouse software has.
If you notice from the screenshots you can really tweak your mouse
to exactly how you like it. These images will basically show you
what settings I have, but not all since I have been experimenting
with them too.
Test System:
Windows 2000 Pro with SP2
Abit KT7-Raid Motherboard
640mb PC-133
GeForce3
As far as testing goes I played Counter-Strike and Operation Flashpoint
MP Demo with the IntelliMouse Explorer, and Wireless IntelliEye
Explorer. I first started off with the Wireless IntelliEye Explorer
and I noticed that it was not as precise, and only went where I
wanted it to go approximately 90% of the time. It seemed like it
was a bit sluggish and not responding to me as fast as the IntelliMouse
Explorer did.
Although I could not account for the performance differences
in both games, I felt it was still necessary to report them. In
both games, as well as a graphics application the Wireless Explorer
was not as responsive as the IntelliMouse Explorer. With the IntelliMouse
Explorer I was able to get more precise actions out of it.
The Wireless Optical has made my desk space a bit cleaner so
I don't have to worry about extra cords and such. As I wanted
to test out how far I could actually stand away from the review
and still control the mouse I was amazed. On a brochure I had
gotten with the mouse it says that it works from 6 feet away,
well in my testing I got up to 9 feet away from the receiver and
the mouse worked just fine. But if you were to go 9 1/2 feet,
then the mouse had some horrible lag, and was not even worth using.
At 9 feet away the curser of the mouse was hard to see so I had
to make the pointer extremely big so I could see what I was doing.
So by using this mouse and you are only a few feet from your computer
or like to sit on the couch instead of your computer chair then
the wireless is the way to go for you.
So not only did I use the Wireless IntelliEye Explorer with games,
but I also used it browsing the internet, searching for code in
an html doc, and many other things. What I found was that Wireless
IntelliEye Explorer is not as smooth and quick thinking as its
brother, the IntelliMouse Explorer. Overall the Wireless Explorer
is a great mouse; however it does have some flaws. The software,
ergonomic design, and new features make it a very stylish, easy
to use mouse that I will continue using.
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