# Need a New Gaming Mouse **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919 "2009-07-04T20:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/21 "2009-09-15T17:13:15Z")
Argh, and by “the buttons by the mouse” I meant “the buttons by the **scrollwheel**.” :smack: The thumb buttons and scrollwheel button I can bind just fine in WoW, but the other three buttons appear to be currently locked into their default functions. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/22 "2009-09-15T19:39:16Z")
I just bought a Logitech G9X and it’s freaking awesome, if maybe not worth the $100. That said, if you have the logitech SetPoint drivers and software installed, you can usually remap the buttons pretty well in that–I have found that the best strategy is to map them to something less esoteric (like “middle button” or as a function key) and then games can see them to remap them. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/23 "2009-09-15T21:15:12Z")
Yeah, with the drivers installed, it’s usually easy to remap buttons. I’m looking for a way to do it \*\*without \*\*the drivers, though, since a couple of people upthread advised against it due to compatability issues. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/24 "2009-09-15T21:18:18Z")
I hate mouse drivers. Pain in the ass. Some specialty buttons can’t be accessed without them, though. A compromise solution might be a third-party keymapper. I don’t know of any offhand, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/25 "2009-09-15T21:22:13Z")
Well, without the drivers, I still have as many buttons as my previous mouse (and, better yet, all of these work consistently, and one of them is now more accessable). So I guess it comes down to, “Do I really care \*\*that \*\*much about being able to throw three more abilities or macros on my mouse?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/26 "2009-09-16T03:27:07Z")
Eh, as the opposite point of view, I’ve never had a problem with the logitech drivers and I’ve been a logitech whore for many, many years now. SetPoint 2 is pretty nice for me. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/27 "2009-09-16T04:35:31Z")
The Logitech drivers, for me, tended to every so often make my computer think the CTRL key was down when playing a game. Odd, but I’m not the only one who it’s happened to. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/28 "2009-09-16T05:00:40Z")
I do have a tendency to be the only person that hated software works well and as-designed for. Witness also that I have no problems with SetPoint on Vista 64. =P ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/29 "2009-09-16T15:26:51Z")
I’m running Vista 64, too. People who had Logitech driver issues, what was your OS? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919/30 "2009-09-16T16:39:11Z")
Xp sp1-3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-gaming-mouse/501919.md?page=1)