Bluetooth mice are generally much more affordable than RF mice. It's all down to personal preference and how you will use the mouse.įinally, we have a price. You cannot achieve this with RF receivers unless you disconnect the device from a PC and plug it into another. There's also the ability to connect to multiple PCs and switch between them easily. If it's for competitive gaming, you'll want to go with an RF wireless mouse like the Viper Ultimate or Rival 650, but if you simply need an affordable wireless mouse, Bluetooth may be an option.įor starters, you don't need a USB port, especially if you have built-in Bluetooth connectivity on your desktop or laptop PC. It all depends on what you need the mouse to do.
We've touched on battery benefits of using Bluetooth, which include mice, but there are other advantages of Bluetooth too. You've got a killer sensor and amazing wireless performance. The Rival 650 is the next step for SteelSeries on the road to pointer greatness. $119.99 (opens in new tab) at Dell (opens in new tab) When you reach a point where it's difficult to determine real-life performance differences between wired and wireless mice, you've achieved something spectacular. It's clear to see this with mouse performance too. Like the Viper Ultimate, SteelSeries also sees RF connections as a considerable advantage over Bluetooth, boasting about just how fast its own tech is.
In games, you want the fastest reaction time from yourself and your products that you rely." Bluetooth, on the other hand, will typically have a polling rate of 125Hz (or 8ms) between each time it'll send information to the PC. "2.4GHz can reach up to an 1000Hz polling rate - meaning that every 1ms the mouse will send information to the computer about its position. "The biggest benefit of a 2.4GHz wireless connection over Bluetooth is the polling rate between the two," said Brian Luu, Product Manager of Mice at SteelSeries. In games, you want the fastest reaction time from yourself and your products. The same cannot be said about a Bluetooth mouse - if you've ever used a wireless Bluetooth mouse with your laptop, you'll know it can take a second or two to establish a connection for use. When the mouse fires up, an RF connection is established instantaneously. SteelSeries is also a big fan of its own wireless tech over Bluetooth for similar reasons to Razer. Like the Viper Ultimate, it requires a dedicated receiver, a spare USB slot on your PC, and is incredibly powerful (even when compared against wired mice). SteelSeries has the Rival 650, a wireless version of the exceptional Rival 600 gaming mouse. Razer isn't alone in using an RF connection for its premium wireless gaming mice. Source: SteelSeries (Image credit: Source: SteelSeries)
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