The DeathAdder is Razer's signature eSports mouse, designed especially for the needs of competitive gamers. Razer takes that design a step further with the new DeathAdder Elite. In addition to Razer's fancy Chroma lighting effects, the Elite sports some features that should really make it shine.
The Elite shares the same basic form factor as the regular DeathAdder, and is tended to be used in a right-handed orientation. Razer has worked hard to perfect the ergonomics of the Elite though, going so far as to team up with the University of Queensland Australia Centre for Sensorimotor Performance to perfect the mouse's shape.
Performance will be key to the DeathAdder Elite, starting with mouse clicks. This new model features Razer Gaming-optimized Mechanical Mouse Switches (coproduced with Omron), to provide the ultimate responsiveness in mouse clicks.
These switches are rated to last 50 million mouse clicks, far more than the 20 million that traditional mouse switches. Razer has also optimized the Elite's firmware and drivers to only pick up the clicks once the switch is ready to activate, which will prevent phantom clicks that can happen when other mice are clicked rapidly.
The Elite also features what Razer calls the world's most advanced optical sensor. This 16,000 DPI sensor boasts 99.4 percent resolution accuracy, a measurement of the correlation between mouse movement and arrow movement. Other gaming mice typically have about 95 percent accuracy, whereas non-gaming mice only are about 90 percent, according to Razer.
The Razer DeathAdder starts shipping this week from the Razer Store and will launch first at BestBuy on October 2. It will sell for $69.99 ? not a bad price for competitive Windows gamers.
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