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Testing Methodology
Personal preferences greatly come into play when using a mouse, and this renders testing a mouse quite difficult. Its testing will be straight-forward:

- Test 1: Gaming performance in Counter Strike 1.6
- Test 2: Gaming performance in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
- Test 3: Tracking performance during image cutting in Photoshop CS3

Test Setup
- CPU: AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition @ 2.6 GHz 1.15V
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G
- RAM: Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 PC2-6400 2x2GB
- Case: Antec NSK3480 mATX
- Power supply: Antec EarthWatts 380W
- CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12P with Noctua NF-P12 @ 5V
- Case fan: Noctua NF-P12 @ 5V
- Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB
- DVD Drive: LG GH22NS30 DVD Writer
- OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
- Mouse pad: Dell cloth surface[/list]

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