The Logitech Pro X2 Superstrike could be the dawn of the biggest revolution in gaming mice in years. Instead of conventional switches under its main left and right buttons, it has inductive sensors that can reduce click latency by between 9ms and 30ms. It remains to be seen exactly how impactful this technology is, but if you want to grab the first gaming mouse to feature it, you can now get your X2 Superstrike pre-order in ahead of its Wednesday February 11 shipping date.
I got hands-on with an early Superstrike sample last year and, even just with a few minutes of use, I could immediately feel how precise and fast its new inductive sensors were at responding. However, the real-world impact of this while gaming was far from clear, and is something I’ll be testing for my upcoming review, so this mouse’s place on our best gaming mouse guide is far from a certainty yet, despite Logitech’s claims of it being a “transformational leap.”
The Superstrike tech works by sensing the pressure from your finger, rather than mechanically needing your finger to press a switch sufficiently far that it activates a metal contact or breaks an optical beam. This means there’s inherently no delay in your finger starting to move and that movement being sensed, making for an ultra-fast response.
Along with offering this fast response, the Superstrike’s inductive sensor tech also allows for the response of those buttons to be adjusted. You can fine-tune the button to respond to the merest feather-light touch or to require a more significant push, before the haptic feedback click kicks in and the signal is sent to your PC. This means you could have an ultra-responsive setup for certain games or a more relaxed response for other uses, for instance.
Otherwise, this is a fairly conventional wireless gaming mouse, that very much follows in the footsteps of the equally revolutionary G Pro Wireless and its successors, the G Pro X Superlight and G Pro X Superlight 2. As such, it’s a symmetrically-shaped mouse, though only with side buttons on one side (unlike the truly ambidextrous G Pro Wireless), and has just five main buttons. Along with the Superstrike-equipped left and right buttons, there are the two standard side buttons, and the scroll wheel button.
As for its sensor, its uses Logittech’s excellent Hero 2 unit that offers a range of 100 to 44,000 DPI and has ludicrously high maximum acceleration and speed ratings of 88G and 888IPS. It also features an 8kHz maximum polling rate over wireless, but maxes out at 1kHz over USB.
Weighing in at 61g, this isn’t an ultra light gaming mouse, by modern standard, but is still a decently light mouse. Meanwhile, its battery life is up to 90 hours, depending on polling rate. Logitech has so far made no mention of Bluetooth compatibility with this mouse, suggesting it isn’t offered.
To get your pre-order in, you can head over to Logitech’s website via this link. It’s priced at a slightly eye-watering $179.99, and shipping is due to start on February 11.
