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Got a Razer Deathadder, they come with their own OSX drivers that seem to circumvent the issue. Also sad to see so many Magic Mouse users here ;) I know everybody has their own preferences, but that is not a good mouse.



I actually used a Razer Imperator, but I found it to be very flaky: about once an hour it would lose the plot completely and I'd have to unplug and reinsert the USB cable. Not a great experience in-game :-( I don't know if it was that particular mouse or the OS/X driver that was causing me problems, though.

I switched to a Steelseries Xai, and I've been loving it. It doesn't have any special mac drivers but all of the fancy settings are controllable via a little LCD screen on the bottom of the mouse.

I'm not sure if its affected by this "32 ms" problem. I only use OS/X so I might just be used to it at this point.


My Deathadder 3G Spawn is of Apple quality.

The cable is covered with cloth, not plain plastic.

See if there's a newer firmware for your mouse.


I have a Deathadder 3g Spawn and I don't use the Razer drivers.

If I look at my mouse in the app "USB Prober" I see OS X uses a 2ms interrupt to poll the mouse. If I'm not completely off that's 500Hz. More than the 125Hz that seems to be default USB polling frequency.


My Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 which I have had for ages and I've never had a lag problem with is set to be polled at 10 ms.




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