Xai/Sensei, Kana, Kinzu – have been recreated (with updated internals) by Dream Machines so far. Two out of the three ‘classic’ Steelseries shapes – i.e. Lastly I have a special wish for Dream Machines. The only thing that’s missing in my book would be a version with a black matte coating. The combination of the highly flexible cable, the low weight and the highly responsive sensor make the DM1 FPS a treat to use in games. Performance wise the DM1 FPS fared very well in my tests. The DM1 FPS remedies this issue entirely and comes with the best stock cable of any gaming mouse to date. The DM1 Pro S was already a very good mouse that was only let down by the ultra-stiff cable which created a lot of drag, especially on cloth pads. Personally I quite liked the software and couldn’t find any major bugs or issues. Unfortunately there’s no option for adjusting LOD for those who prefer a higher LOD (default is ~1.8 mm). Lastly the lighting can be set to several different modes (Neon, Static, Breath or Off) and adjusted in terms of cycle speed and colour. Buttons are fully remappable and there’s a macro editor as well. USB polling rate can be set to either 125, 250, 500 or 1000 Hz (all of these were stable on my system). Furthermore there’s the option to store up to six CPI levels. CPI can be adjusted in increments of 200 (which is most likely a bug as the 3389 allows CPI adjustment in increments of 50). All the settings can be saved to the internal memory of the DM1 FPS, which means that you can setup the mouse once and uninstall the driver afterwards. The software looks rather simple, but it has a decent range of options. The KPOE has click delay of about 7 ms which means that the DM1 FPS is somewhere in the 7-9 ms range, which is an excellent result. The DM1 FPS ends up being roughly 0-2 ms slower than the KPOE in this test. It’s not fully accurate but sufficient for giving ballpark estimations. I’m using a program called Bloody KeyResponseTime for this test. Rest assured that it performs similarly at the other CPI steps. It is physically impossible to hit the perfect control speed of the 3389 on anything but a deskpad. All the graphs have been normalised to account for any CPI deviations. The control subject is a Roccat Kone Pure Owl-Eye which features a standard 3360 (no visible smoothing at and below 2000 CPI, 32 frames of smoothing at and above 2100 CPI). The two latter smoothing levels will be of no interest here. The 3389 is said to have no visible smoothing at and below 1800 CPI, 32 frames of smoothing at and above 1900 CPI, 64 frames at and above 6000 CPI and 64 frames at and above 11300 CPI. I did those tests at the usual steps of 400, 800, 16 CPI. It should also be noted that margin of error increases with CPI. Keep in mind that no mouse has 100% accurate CPI steps, a small deviation is always to be expected. Actual CPI is consistently higher than nominal CPI by a small percentage. It’s obvious that the last step is unintended (most likely set to 3200 CPI in the firmware). The DM1 FPS allows you to cycle through six colour-coded pre-set CPI steps out-of-the-box: 400/800/1600/2400/4800/12000. Personally I’d like to see a fifth coating option for the DM1 FPS, namely a black matte coating (preferably the one used on the DM3 mini which is excellent) for those who neither want to get clean their mouse as often nor want a glossy coating.įirst picture: Comparison with DM1 Pro S Glossy, Second Picture: Comparison with DM3 mini Those who don’t want having to clean their mouse fairly frequently will have to resort to the two glossy coatings (red and blue) which too are offered. At the same time it is susceptible to picking up marks, stains and dirt in general, however, and therefore requires a lot of maintenance. Some words on the coating: I got the Blizzard White which features a matte coating (much like the Noir White) which is soft to the touch and provides good grip. The mouse feet get shiny quickly but glide well, so there’s no real need to replace them (they’re quite fast actually, too). In fact, my copy has no rattle whatsoever. The scroll wheel has distinct steps, it doesn’t rattle (at least on my copy) and it doesn’t make too much noise during scrolling. The side buttons, on the other hand, have very little travel and actuate almost instantly. On my unit there’s a bit of pre- and post-travel on the main buttons (more so on the right one). Although the main buttons feature Huano instead of Omron switches now the clicks themselves are very similar, i.e. The mouse is well-built overall without any creaking or parts scraping on the mouse pad. As the shell is the same as the one used for the DM1 Pro S the overall build quality is quite similar.
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