The new Synapse (Synapse Remastered?) isn’t any better though. It’s way more taxing on your system than you’d expect. At first I was pretty excited-Synapse is a bit long in the tooth these days, and notoriously heavy considering it’s basically a utility to run your mouse’s lighting. One final aspect that’s worth mentioning is that the Basilisk necessitates Razer’s new software, a refreshed version of Synapse. Point being though: If you already own a current (say, post-2013) DeathAdder, there’s no performance reason to change to a Basilisk. That said, at normal-person DPI levels I haven’t had any trouble with the Basilisk, no judder or liftoff issues, and I guess it’s better to have the DPI headroom than to run out. The biggest difference is that Razer supports up to 16,000 DPI instead of 12,000 like the 3360, but both are overkill for basically anyone, and higher DPI settings on the Basilisk introduce quite a bit of smoothing. Both feature the same “Razer 5G” optical sensor, which when the mouse is cracked open is revealed to be a PWM3389-probably Razer’s take on the beloved 3360/3366 in most modern mice. I like it as a claw gripper, but palm grips are harder to maintain without awkwardly resting your ring finger on the edge of the right mouse button or doing a three-finger (left, middle, right) mouse grip.Īs far as internal components go, the Basilisk and DeathAdder might as well be one and the same. It’s not as ergonomic as you’d hope, especially if you’re coming from the DeathAdder. The resulting shape takes some getting used to though. Given that the mouse already weighs 107 grams (right on the cusp of heavy for an FPS-centric mouse) I imagine Razer chopped off the right side to save some weight. The Basilisk ends abruptly, almost vertically. Most mice are rounded off on the right side for ergonomic reasons. It’s the last feature I think might undermine the Basilisk, though it’s grown on me personally. One aspect that’s very non-standard though: The drop-off on the right side. The rest of the Basilisk is pretty standard-Left Click with a fairly substantial divot in the center (same as the DeathAdder), Right Click, Middle Click/Scroll, plus the two thumb buttons and the clutch on the side.

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