Mamba vs. R.A.T. 9 vs. Kone XTD

[jacklinderman]

After CONTINUALLY narrowing down my choices for a gaming mouse, I have come to 3 different mice. First off, I know it's not very important to most people, but the mouse I will be buying will be my mouse for a year or two. So, I narrowed out the mice with the green or blue LEDs, since my PC is red/black with red/black components. My OCD won't let me have a green glowing mouse with a red PC So, as you can see in the title, I've narrowed town to: The Razer Mamba New Edition (has multicolor LEDs, so I can change to red), the Mad Catz R.A.T. 9 Matte Black, or the Roccat Kone XTD (again, multicolor LEDs). I play FPS games so I don't need any crazy high DPI. I am right handed and have small-ish hands and a palm grip. The wireless for the R.A.T. 9 I'm not worried about since it is a 1ms response time. I play everything but MMOs. Based on build quality, sensor quality, comfort, and what my needs are, what mouse is the best? Please try not to be bias and if you have had experience with two or all three of these please say so. Thanks!

 

[Live Wyre]

Sensor quality for all 3 are terrible (All laser sensors). Also, wireless mice are terrible. You have my permission call me bias. I've used a mamba that I borrowed from my friend before and it was jittery/ had acceleration problems. I'm not allowed to link other forums but I can copy/paste the list

Any mouse with an Avago S3095/A3090/A3888(The later revisions, the first few had jittering so it's luck if you get 1 that's released later) or any of the MS mouses are good. Laser mouses are bad. ( IDK IF I'M ALLOWED TO DO THIS, IF I CANNOT, PLEASE PM OR TAKE THIS DOWN, THX MODS)

Optical LED
A4tech
X-710BF/K/H A3060
X-718BK A3080
X-748K A3080
X-755K A3060
X-760H A3060
Commatech
M1 A3090
Coolermaster
Alcor A3090
Recon A3090
Spawn A3090
Xornet A3050
Corsair/Raptor Gaming
M3 DKT A3060
M30 A3090
M40 A3090
M45 PMW3310H
Everglide
G-1000 A3080
GEIL
Epicgear Blade A3050
Epicgear Cyclops A3090
Epicgear Meduza A3060
Hama
URage Reaper 3090 A3090
I-Rocks
IR-7572 A3090
IR-7810R A3050
M06 A3090
Symphony IRMO5-WP A3090
KTEC
KTM-9500+ A3080
Logitech
G1 S2020
G100 A3055
G100s AM010 N1301T
G300 A3055
G400 A3080E/S3095
G400s S3095
G502 PMW3366DM-VWOU
G602 AM010
Mx300 A2020
Mx310 S2020
Mx500 A2020
Mx510 S2020
Mx518 A3080/A3080E
NZXT
Avatar A3080
MadCatz
R.A.T. 3 A3090
Microsoft
Intellimouse Optical 1.1 MLT04
Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 MLT04
Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1 MLT04
Blue MLT04
Mionix
Avior 7000 PMW3310H
NAOS 3200 A3060
Naos 7000 PMW3310H
Ozone
Radon Opto A3090
Xenon A3050
Perixx
MX-1800B A3090
Puretrak
Valor A3090
QPAD
OM-75 A3060
Razer
Abyssus S3888
Boomslang 2007 CE S3668
Deathaddder 3G S3668
Deathadder 3.5G S3888
Deathadder 4G S3988
Diamondback A3070/A3080
Diamondback Plasma S3088
Diamondback 3G S3668
Krait S3088
Krait 4G S3988
Salmosa (AE) S3668
Roccat
Kone Pure Optical A3090
Kone Pure Optical Military PMW3310H
Kova A3080
Kova [+] 3305DK-H
Lua A3050
Pyra 3305DK-H
Savu A3090
Steelseries
Ikari Optical A3060
Kana 3305DK-H
Kana v2 A3090
Kinzu VT5366
Kinzu v2 3305DK
Rival PMW3310H
WoW Legendary 3305DK
Tesoro
Gungnir H5 A3090
Thermaltake
Azurues A3080
Azurues mini A3080
Saphira A3090
Theron Infrared A3090
Zowie
AM A3090
EC A3060
EC eVo A3090
FK A3090
Mico 3305DK-H



Optical Laser (VCSEL)
A4Tech
XL-740K A6010
XL-750BK A6010
Ace of Sweden
EDGE 3200 A9500
Anyzen
G9 A9500
Coolermaster
Havoc A9800
Mizar A9800
Sentinel Advance II A9800
Reaper A9800
Corsair/Raptor Gaming
M4 A9500
M60 A9500
M65 A9800
M90 A9500
M95 A9800
Cyber Snipa
Silencer A9500
Stinger A6090
Func
MS-3 A9500
GEIL
Epicgear Meduza A9500
Gigabyte
Krypton A9800
M6900 A6090
M6980 A6010
M6980X A9500
M8000 A6090
M8000X A9500
Leetgion
Heelion A9500
El'Druin A9500
Logitech
Alienware TactX (Dell) S9500
G3 S6006
G5 S6006
G500 S9500
G500s S9808

G600 S9808
G7 S6006
G700 S9500
G700s S9808
G9 A6090
G9x S9500
Microsoft
Sidewinder A6010
Sidewinder x3
A6010
Sidewinder x5 A6010
Mionix
Avior 8200 A9800
Naos 5000 A9500
Naos 8200 A9800
Oklick
Hunter A9500
Ozone
Neon A9500
Smog A9500
Perixx
MX-2000ll A9500
Powerlogic
Alien G9 A9500
Prestigio
PMSG1 A9500
Qpad
5K A9500
5K LE A9800
Raidmax
Hoorai A6010
Razer
Copperhead S6018
Habu (Microsoft) S6018
Ouroboros S9818
Taipan S9818/S9819
Revoltec
Fightmouse Elite A9500
Roccat
Kone A6090
Kone [+] A9500
Kone Pure A9800
Kone XTD A9800
Sharkoon
Darkglider A9500
Drakonia A9500
Fireglider A6010
Speedlink
Kudos/Kudos RS A9500
Steelseries
Sensei RAW, Diablo 3, Blackops II, Guild Wars 2 A9500
MLG Sensei A9800
Sensei, Fnatic A9500
WoW A6090
WoW Cataclysm A9500
Xai A9500
Thermaltake
Black "DTA" A9500
Black Element A9500
Level 10M A9800
Theron A9500
Volos A9800
Zalman
ZM-GM1 A9500
ZM-GM3 A9800


"Optical checkerboard"
Mionix
Saiph 3200 CYONS1001U
Nova
Slider X600 CYONS1001U
Steelseries
Ikari Laser CYONS1001U



"Doppler Shift"
CM Storm
Inferno PLN2031
Sentinel/Sentinel Advance PLN2032
Ozone
Radon 3K PLN2030
Radon 5K PLN2032
Razer
Imperator PLN2032
Imperator 4G PLN2033
Lachesis PLN2031
Lachesis 3.5G PLN2032
Mamba PLN2032
Mamba 4G PLN2033
Naga/Hex/Epic/Molten/2012 PLN2032
Orochi PLN2031
Orochi 2013 PLN2033
Saitek/Mad Catz
R.A.T. 3 PLN2030
R.A.T. 5 PLN2031
R.A.T. 5 Refresh PLN2032
R.A.T. 7 PLN2032
R.A.T. 7 Refresh PLN2033
R.A.T. 9 PLN2032
R.A.T. 9 Refresh PLN2033
R.A.T.M. PLN2033
Tt esports
Black "DTG" PLN2031

If you are interested in a mouse based on it's shape, I suggest the MS IME 3.0 for palming. I have 1 right now @500hz and it couldn't get better for me. Logitech mouses are also really good for that.

 

[Luke9]

After CONTINUALLY narrowing down my choices for a gaming mouse, I have come to 3 different mice. First off, I know it's not very important to most people, but the mouse I will be buying will be my mouse for a year or two. So, I narrowed out the mice with the green or blue LEDs, since my PC is red/black with red/black components. My OCD won't let me have a green glowing mouse with a red PC So, as you can see in the title, I've narrowed town to: The Razer Mamba New Edition (has multicolor LEDs, so I can change to red), the Mad Catz R.A.T. 9 Matte Black, or the Roccat Kone XTD (again, multicolor LEDs). I play FPS games so I don't need any crazy high DPI. I am right handed and have small-ish hands and a palm grip. The wireless for the R.A.T. 9 I'm not worried about since it is a 1ms response time. I play everything but MMOs. Based on build quality, sensor quality, comfort, and what my needs are, what mouse is the best? Please try not to be bias and if you have had experience with two or all three of these please say so. Thanks!

I'd 100% recommend RAT 9, Live Wyre mentioned Jittery issues with the Mamba i have no experiencing using the mamba but the RAT 9 is flawless, in my opinion, apart from its cost is a perfect mouse, it responds at 6400 dpi perfectly with no jittery issues, all you need is a good surface. It also has customizable profiles and buttons which are perfect for FPS, and MMO's as as well for general use. I'm using a RAT 9 as i type this and it is an excellent mouse.