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John B.

John B.

Joined on 06/15/08

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Most Favorable Review

adjustable DPI is a big deal

Verbatim 96674 Tilt Wheel Bluetooth Wireless Laser Notebook Mouse
Verbatim 96674 Tilt Wheel Bluetooth Wireless Laser Notebook Mouse

Pros: Handy adjustable DPI button is right on top but not in the way. Everything including left/right scrolling with the tilt wheel worked with Windows 7's drivers right off the bat, even without using the included CD-ROM. Nice feel and overall function. Good in-between size, not huge and not tiny. Uses two standard AA batteries.

Cons: None! (What??) I am not experiencing the problem of having to lift it unusually high to lose tracking. Mine doesn't go to sleep too quickly or take a long time to wake up.

Overall Review: Don't underestimate the significance of the adjustable DPI button. In effect it conveniently changes the speed of the pointer. That means you can switch between the mouse and touch pad w/o going to the Control Panel to adjust the pointer speed for each.

non-gamer's dream

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Graphics Card GV-R667OC-1GI
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Graphics Card GV-R667OC-1GI

Pros: I like the D-Sub/15-pin VGA connector. Why not? Two, this card/chipset has great performance per watt. No power cable. Three, that big fan. It's silent (yeah ouch it's spinning) and the GPU runs very cool even when overclocked. Four, it's gorgeous. Whatever. You know you care.

Cons: I don't know what that "Effective Memory Clock: 1800MHz" spec is about. The ATI software includes a overclocking utility that lets you crank it up to 1080, but the documentation warns that it will almost certainly fail at that rate. It hasn't failed for me at 1000 MHz. No eggs off for that. If that matters to you then maybe a card with GDDR5 would be better.

Overall Review: It uses a single bracket but naturally it does cover the expansion slot below it. Might as well have the double bracket with a vent. All things considered, this is the card to get unless you're a hard core gamer.