Logitech's G300 9-button gaming mouse is for the win, $40

Getting tired of hitting the wrong keystroke bindings when you play World of Warcraft? Logitech’s G300 9-button ambidextrous gaming mouse could help you slay Deathwing.

The G300 comes with software where you can map your key combos to each of the nine buttons, so you can focus on upping your kill/death ratio rather than just playing your keyboard like a piano. Its on-board memory even lets you save the button configurations for up to three different games or players, and assign a different color to each profile so you can see right away which profile is active (see below). So you can plug this USB mouse into any machine and game with your configurations right away.

With a speedy one-millisecond report rate, and 2500 DPI optical sensor, this wired mouse “tracks slow or fast movements on a wide variety of surfaces, so you get exactly the action you want from every incremental hand movement,” according to its press release. The central DPI shift button will also let you switch up the mouse’s sensitivity for when you need to line up that perfect head-shot. Its sculpted shape for either hand should make your MMO and FPS marathon more comfortable.

This Logitech G300 will be hitting stores in Europe and North America in September, for $39.99.


Source: zdnet

Logitech unveils the new G300 gaming mouse

Nice new plaything for all you gamers out there - the Logitech G300 gaming mouse.

The Logitech G300 packs an awful lot of features into a package which will retail for under $40.

• 2500 dpi multi-surface optical sensor
• Nine programmable controls, three onboard profiles stored in onboard memory
• Sculpted ambidextrous shape (no thumb button)
• 1,000 reports per second communication rate
• User-configurable seven-color lighting scheme to make it easy to see which profile you’re using
• Easy-to-use software (compatible with G-Series keyboards and headsets)
• Durable build - buttons rated for up to 10 million clicks

“The Logitech Gaming Mouse G300 is perfect for PC gamers who want intelligent features that give them real benefits in-game” said Chris Pate, senior product marketing manager for gaming at Logitech. “Whether you need more programmable buttons for your MMO, better precision for targeting enemies in an FPS, or a compact, comfortable shape to get you through hours of gameplay, we’ve got it covered.”

The Logitech Gaming Mouse G300 is expected to be available in the US and Europe some time in September, for a suggested retail price of $39.99.

Compatible with Windows XP, Vista or 7.