14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like a certain product from Logitech that had been around for years has gone through a revision at the hands of its lab coat-wearing creators, leading to the appearance of the G400.
While it doesn't really matter what design an internal piece of PC hardware has, since no one will really see it that often, the same can't be said about things like peripherals.
When making a mouse, for instance, developers have to come up with a comfortable shape and an aesthetically-pleasing or neutral design.
Basically, things like mice and keyboards need to make sure they put some emphasis on the looks and feel, not just the performance of the things inside.
The Logitech MX518 is a mouse that succeeded in combining both functionality and good looks, this being the main reason it is still so well looked upon almost a decade after its creation.
It now seems that the outfit has made a sort of upgraded version, a reincarnation as it were, of this very mouse.
Dubbed G400, is looks more or less the same as its predecessor, except for a slightly different grey hue and a thinner and lighter cable.
Logitech gave the product an optical sensor with a maximum resolution of 3,600 DPI, which can be toned down to 400 depending on user preference. Essentially, the sensitivity of the sensor is about twice as good as that of the MX518.
Also, the mouse reports 1,000 times per second over the USB connector (up from 250) while the tracking speed can stay constant at 1400 inches per second.
“When we started working on the G400, we had only one goal in mind – to take everything that was right with the MX518 and make it even better,” said Chris Pate, Logitech's Global Product Marketing Manager.
“We were very careful not to mess with the shape, tracking consistency, button layout, or legendary durability that millions of customers have grown to love and rely upon over the years – we even kept the suggested retail price the same. All we wanted to do was make a legendary FPS gaming mouse work even better. Pre-orders can be set for $50, although shipments will only start on 19 June, 2011 in the US, with global availability slated for July.