If you havent tried a DeathAdder, the DeathAdder Elite is a great place to start.

Unveiled back in 2006 and rebooted in 2012, its Razers most iconic product introducing thousands of gamers to the wonderful world of gaming peripherals.

While the Razer DeathAdder received the Chroma refresh back in 2014 giving it RGB backlighting, Razer introduced another new iteration of the DeathAdder, the DeathAdder Elite, with several new improvements earlier this year which well be reviewing today.

Razer claims that their new 5G Optical Sensor is capable of a resolution accuracy of 99.4, sports a true 16,000 maximum DPI, and is capable of tracking up to 450 IPS (Inches Per Second).

As for the switches, Razer claims that the new Razer switches are co-designed with leading mouse switch maker, Omron, and are now rated at up to 50 million clicks.

The physical differences between the DeathAdder Elite and previous versions arent exactly huge, but there are definitely some changes.

The biggest change with the DeathAdder Elite is that theres now sensitivity adjustment buttons which allow sensitivity changes on the fly.

The bottom of the mouse now also features bigger Teflon feet which allows the mouse to better glide over its surface.

The hump shape has also changed slightly to be slightly flatter, but still retains the ergonomic DeathAdder shape we all know and love.

In terms of weight, not much has changed as well with the mouse weighing in at 3.4oz.

The Omron switches used on the Razer DeathAdder Elite are rated at 50 million clicks.

This provides onboard computing, handles control of LEDs, etc.

You can customize the LED colors using the Razer Synapse software.

That said, Razers Synapse software package is still the best gaming peripherals software package in the market, so its not a huge issue.

Since weve covered Razer Synapse quite a bit previously, Im not going to cover it more here as nothing has really changed.

The sensor is very accurate and I detected very little to no smoothing or acceleration.

I also detected very little to no jitter or prediction as well which was expected given my previous experience with the DeathAdder Chroma and even older DeathAdders such as the DeathAdder 2013.

Its worth noting that I keep sensitivity somewhere between 800DPI-3200DPI, so if thats your sensitivity range, you should have fairly perfect sensor performance.

Overall the sensor performed well here with no major issues.

There does seem to be some smoothing at the 6400DPI sensitivity stage and beyond so if you use ultra high sensitivity ranges, there will be some sensor smoothing.

The primary button on the left does feel a bit more springy and the click is a bit crisper feeling than the button on the right.

Side buttons are also fairly stiff as well and give off a solid click feel when actuated.

The high arch makes it very good for those who primarily use the palm grip.

If you liked the older DeathAdders, youll definitely like this one.

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