Razer added a 16,000 DPI optical sensor to its new DeathAdder Elite, which the company is calling the fastest sensor ever.
That resolution is a 6,000 DPI increase over the DeathAdder Chroma, released last fall. It also beats its closest competitor for accuracy, the 12,000 DPI Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex.
Whether or not you'll notice the difference, though, depends on your gameplay. Razer claims that the $70 DeathAdder Elite, which is available for pre-order now and ships on Oct. 3, delivers a resolution accuracy of 99.4 percent. If your trigger finger is so fast that you measure your kills in first-person shooter games in tenths of a percent, you're a perfect candidate for the new DeathAdder. If not, you'd likely do just fine with a slightly lower-resolution sensor.
Besides the razor-sharp sensor, the top of the mouse also gets some attention. New switches designed in partnership with Omron are optimized and tweaked for the fastest response times for gaming and won't fail for up to 50 million clicks, Razer says.
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The DeathAdder Elite is a right-handed mouse, with ergonomic rubber side grips, seven programmable buttons and a tactile scroll wheel. As you'd expect for a gaming peripheral, it also comes with Razer Chroma lighting, which can be programmed with 16.8 million combinations.
If you need to adjust the resolution for different gameplay styles, you can do that on the fly by programming one of the buttons. In our review of the DeathAdder Chroma, PCMag found that it performed best for first-person shooters at a polling rate of 500Hz and a sensitivity of 1,050dpi. The Elite is likely to have similar results.