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Review: Roccat Kova Gaming Mouse

by Matty Hodgson on 29 March 2010, 10:00 3.0

Tags: Roccat, PC

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And another thing...

Another thing I don’t like are the 2 rubber patches on the side, they’re used for thumb grip instead of trying to grip plastic, but they feel horrible after an hour or so of playing, when your hand starts to get a bit sweaty; it feels really wet and gets very slippery.

The 3200DPI sensor performance of this mouse is very good at high DPI and with big movements, but if you turn the DPI right down and start making minor adjustments the mouse wouldn’t be so accurate, even on a Roccat mouse mat. This is something that was a big problem while trying to snipe in FPS games, where minor adjustments are always needed. It would also sometimes go the opposite way to the direction that you moved the mouse, which was odd. Another big problem that I noted was its total inability to register movement on my desk, which is made of PVC-coated chipboard. So the most important part of the mouse has let it down, a lot!



Conclusion:
This is a nice mouse visually, it looks amazing and the lights are great. The driverless design is also a very welcome feature, but the side buttons configuration isn’t. The sensor was poor and the scroll wheel was really bad.

Pros:
• Aesthetically very nice
• Lighting is beautiful
• Comfortable
• Driverless
• Good packaging

Cons:
• Too light
• Sensor is poor
• Scroll wheel was awful
• Wouldn’t work directly on my desk

60%

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Posted by Hicks12 - Mon 29 Mar 2010 10:57
Matty how do you seriously afford all these accessories?. Are hexus funding you or something? If so care to send some my way, i would appreciate trying out a new mouse :D.

Good review but about the sensor, it obviously aint the best but its far from poor, what DPI did you experience these problems at? I know that the Habu suffers from problems with low dpi along with the equivilant razer (death adder? THe £40 one). These sensors are designed to run at high DPI and not low DPI, its a way to cut cost and DPI is kinda like the MP of camera phones, mainly marketing as the higher number is assumed better. Obviously that is a bit different as these do perform very well at their rated dpi just they suffer at lower DPI, too reduce this its recommended to run the mouse at the highest or close to that and then just lower the system or game sensitivity.

Although your other points seem like they dont need any explanation, looking at the buttons i agree that is complicated for a mouse :D.
Posted by matty-hodgson - Mon 29 Mar 2010 11:03
But the mouse going the wrong way? That's clearly not acceptable! If I move my mouse left I expect my cursor to go left, at the very least.

And I also expect it to work on most surfaces.. Including wood. That's why the sensor is “poor”.
Even my old £3.50 mouse didn't have these problems..
Posted by Hicks12 - Mon 29 Mar 2010 11:13
Sorry matty i honestly missed that part of it going the other way, i agree that is pretty damn bad.. the worst id expect is not a fluent movement and the sensor occasionaly skipping.

The wood is PVC coated, there for is a shiny surface right? Lazer struggles with shiny wood just as optical :P. However this is an appropriate con, for you its needed and therefore it fails and thus your right to include it. Luckily for me it doesnt affect me :D. Does it work well at a high DPI on a roccat mouse mat and other mats?.

With that in mind i agree with your ~60%, for a “gaming” mouse it should be suitable for almost any dpi :D. But seriously do you buy these things out of your own pocket and then take em back or do you get them for free? If the latter tell me how :D.

Also, how did you get this review posted onto hexus homepage? is it a special forum i missed ?
Posted by matty-hodgson - Mon 29 Mar 2010 11:18
Hicks12
Does it work well at a high DPI on a roccat mouse mat and other mats?.

Also explained in the review ;)

Hicks12
But seriously do you buy these things out of your own pocket and then take em back or do you get them for free? If the latter tell me how :D.

I wrote a review for my own mouse (off my own back) at the start of march, the Roccat Kone, and then posted it up on here and Steven W was really impressed so he offered me the “chance” to review some items that he gets sent. Of course, I was more than happy to review them :).

Hicks12
Also, how did you get this review posted onto hexus homepage? is it a special forum i missed ?

My last comment should clear this up :).
Posted by Hicks12 - Mon 29 Mar 2010 11:24
matty-hodgson
Also explained in the review ;)



I wrote a review for my own mouse (off my own back) at the start of march, the Roccat Kone, and then posted it up on here and Steven W was really impressed so he offered me the “chance” to review some items that he gets sent. Of course, I was more than happy to review them :).



My last comment should clear this up :).


Nice, i had a OCZ behemoth mouse reviewed but noticed its now EOL so no point posting it :D.
Sry was skim reading some parts of your review as im doing work atm :P, although it was written to a good standard so well done :D.

Now steven send stuff my way ;).

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