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Roccat Kova - Pure Performance Gaming Mouse - Performance

Tuesday, 09 February 2010 07:36 Laptopfreak

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Article Index
Roccat Kova - Pure Performance Gaming Mouse
Specifications
Construction & Design
Special Features
Performance
Conclusion
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Performance

If you look away from all the practically useless light settings and go directly to the actual performance of the mouse, it actually does very well. It is tested on a Roccat Sota, Roccat Taito and IceMat, and tracks equally well on all three. However, it is not very good on a white tabletop, and does not glide equally easily across all surfaces. Roccat’s own mouse pad Sota poses slightly more resistance than an IceMat or Roccat Taito. That problem can be easily solved by attaching some Teflon tape – which most gamers should be familiar with – to the feet of the mouse.
The only criticism regarding the mouse is that the sensor tracks the surface from a height of about 1 cm, so if you play with a low sensitivity and often lift the mouse, the cursor will move randomly around the screen every time. This is really something they should have anticipated and dealt with, which was done on for example Razer’s Diamondback 3G that only tracks up to a height of 1 mm. However, this is less of a problem if you go for a higher sensitivity, because that tends to require much less frequent lifting of the mouse.
The mouse is very precise and responsive at both low and high DPI.

Longer term use:
It is very difficult to remain objective when you need to test a mouse in games, because whether a mouse fits a given play-style varies greatly from person to person. As such it is important to test the mouse before you go out and invest in it.
The mouse was tested for a couple of weeks, both for day-to-day tasks and games. The games were primarily Red Alert 3, CS: Source, Warcraft 3, Heroes of Newerth and Unreal Tournament 2004. Other tasks outside of gaming were surfing the web and the like.
The mouse was a pleasure to use in the RTS games with high sensitivity – if you are used to another RTS mouse (made for claw-grip) – like Razer Diamondback 3G – the improvement is not substantial, but it still helps. It is difficult to exactly point out what particular aspect makes the difference; it just feels better.
The experience was not as impressive in the FPS games, though. As they are normally played with lower sensitivity, the mouse has to be moved farther on the mouse pad, and that requires you hold the mouse more tightly in a palm-grip which – as mentioned earlier – is not as comfortable as a claw-grip on this mouse.
It is perfectly fine for everyday use, but if you are not going to be using it for gaming there is little reason to lay down £40 for a mouse like this.

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