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Driver VS No-Driver!?


This has gotten to be for quite a while. I was just wondering if my MX510 would be better off with the driver or without and can someone narrow down the aspects of the driver?
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umm well i have never owned an mx510 but i have owned the 500 and currently used the 518. I do not use the drivers for my 518. I do not use them because after i bought my new pc, i could not get my sensitivity right for cs. I dont think it really matters if you use the drivers. Also, if you plan on going to the CPL, you cannot install drivers for your mouse.. its really up to you whether you want to use them or not.
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You can install the drivers at a LAN, you just have to send in a driver request prior to the event.
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I have a mx518 and i used to have a mx510 and tbh, all setpoint did for me is mess around with my sens .. no drivers > drivers imo
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i only used drivers with my 510 because i wanted 800 dpi. without the drivers it is only 400. now that i have a g5 i just use 800 dpi without drivers. :)
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Doesnt really matter #1
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#5 How can you tell? Ive always thought the MX510 defaulted to 800
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I've always used logitech mice with drivers, simply because they enable all the options for a mouse that costs 60+ dollars... At that price, you want to take full advantage of the product.
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It's a matter of pure preference. Some like the feel of the driver and some like the MS native mouse drivers. Setpoint and Mouseware will accelerate your mouse just a bit faster than the MS natives, but dpi and responsiveness will not change whether or not you use drivers. The nice thing about drivers is there are alot of programming functions and other utilities that come with the program. These are worth looking into.
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I run my 510 without any drivers, and i have done so ever since I got it, my mouse just seems more rough and stable, if that makes sense, without the drivers installed

When I used to have the drivers running with my mouse it felt like the mouse wasn’t really doing what I wanted it to do
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yeah #5 the mx510 was default 800 w/o drivers..
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ive got the 518, im not using drivers cause ive got the ingame sensitivity just right...don't want to mess with that by installing drivers... so , since it seems like u've owned the mouse for a little while i recommend keeping it however u have it (either w/ or w/out)

I dont use the drivers, their worthless
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Drivers seem to cause problems for my mouse. For example in FireFox if I want to open a link in a new tab I can usually just wheel-click it, but if I have the drivers installed, it wants to assign the wheel to some other stuff.
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510 is better without the driver
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No driver, i am positive...
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you dont need driver.
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If you want some, come get some.
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I use the drivers for my MX518, only cause I installed them before I knew that it was better not to use them.
I'm not gonna uninstall them though, as I'm used to my mouse sens etc now :)
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