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Reliable wireless connection built for lag-free play
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BlueTrack Technology for the best speed, acceleration and frame rates available
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Magnetic connection cable for continuous play while recharging
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Twelve buttons - seven of them programmable
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Custom profiles for specific games or programs
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Vertical side buttons for ultimate control
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Dpi switching on the fly
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Profiles for specific games or programs
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Comfortable design
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Replaceable mouse feet
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Reliable wireless connection built for lag-free play.
A wireless mouse that requires a dock to recharge is a mouse that's out of circulation.
That's not how the X8 plays. When it's fully charged - after about three hours -the mouse
offers you more than 30 hours of wireless play. The transceiver provides a 2.4GHz wireless
connection technology, giving you lag-free play.
And when the battery gets low? Hook the mouse up to the power management system and your
mouse starts charging, allowing you to play and recharge at the same time. The magnetic
connector snaps securely into place.
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Multipurpose Transceiver.
The USB-connected transceiver serves three purposes. It provides the 2.4GHz wireless
connection between the X8 Mouse and your computer. When the mouse is connected, it
recharges it and lets you keep playing. And it's a storage case for the three sets of
replaceable feet that are included with the X8 Mouse.
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BlueTrack Technology for the best speed, acceleration and frame rates available.
Building Microsoft's BlueTrack Technology into this gaming mouse gives it the most
advanced tracking available. BlueTrack Technology delivers the best frame rate
(13,330 FPS), speed (up to 120 inches per second) and acceleration (up to 75Gs)
available - making BlueTrack Technology a must for those who seek the highest performance.
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Speed and Control.The X8 offers the highest tracking speeds and feeds on the market:
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13,330 frames per second image processing
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75 Gs maximum acceleration
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120 inches per second maximum speed
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Comfortable Design.
The Sidewinder X8 Mouse has a unique shape developed to fit comfortably in the hand and to allow
precise movement. The vertical placement of the side buttons means they're easier to find - and
there's a dead spot right between them, so you won't accidentally hit them.
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Gaming Profiles for Your Mouse.
Profiles make your mouse even smarter: It knows which game it's playing. First, enable program-specific
settings, and then program your mouse. When you launch the game, the mouse automatically switches
settings for the game-programmed buttons. Minimize the game or open another window on top of it,
and the mouse goes back to the default settings or to those for the active program.
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Go Directly to Your Games.
It's faster and easier than ever to go directly to your games. The Quick Launch button opens the
Windows Vista Games Explorer
, You also can disable and enable the button; just hold it down for five seconds.
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LCD Screen.
LCD screen right on the mouse shows you dpi settings and helps you record macros in-game,
reducing on-screen interference.
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Program the Mouse for ...
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Sensitivity - In all of our work with gamers, we consistently find that there
are gamers who like low sensitivity and gamers who like high sensitivity. There's a lot
of talk about which is better, which is cooler, which is more old-school, but at the end
of the day, you still have one set of gamers who want it one way, and another set who want
it the other. Fortunately, it is easy to please everybody in this case.
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Motion - The X8's IntelliPoint software includes the option to assign Quick Turn
to a mouse button. First, assign Quick Turn to the mouse button you want to use. Then,
calibrate the motion in the game.
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Macros - Make a complicated action as simple as a click of a mouse button.
Use IntelliPoint software to create, edit and share macros for the mouse.
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Microsoft Hardware conducted research with hundreds of gamers all over the world to discover what's
important in a mouse. Gamers expect and demand comfort, reliability and performance. On top of that,
they really want customization - programmable buttons, dpi settings - and a reliable connection.
The shape of the SideWinder X8 Mouse and the placement of its vertical side buttons came out of
hours of hands-on research with gamers. We know that gamers have a greater need for precise mouse
handling, and we've seen that there is a real benefit to a shape designed specifically for gaming.
We've kept to the highly successful SideWinder Mouse shape and have tailored it to appeal to gamers
regardless of the size of their hands.
The estimated retail price of the Microsoft SideWinder X8 Mouse is $99.95 (U.S.)