ROCCAT Kone+

It's rare for a company to burst on the scene with an endless stream of excellent products. Normally they have one great idea, form a company and then, like a rock band, have the sophomore slump of trying to follow it up.

Roccat most definitely aren't in this group of companies as their products have been innovative, well built and have always impressed us to such a degree that we actually anticipate their next product.

For their next one their actually returning to their roots. Back in June last year we reviewed the 3200dpi Roccat Kone and found it to be a great performer with everything we threw at it and about the only thing we could find to complain about was the pricing being in line with the big names of the industry for a first product. Of course we know now that Roccat are one of those big names.

So now we have the update to the best-selling Kone, let's see what's new with the Kone [+].

The main changes between the two models are the natural updates we'd expect in 2010. The laser has been upgraded from 3200dpi to 6000dpi. The acceleration has been upped from 20G to 30G, and the onboard memory has been vastly improved from the previous 128KB to 576KB to take the much larger settings available with the EasyShift[+].

Pro-Aim Laser Sensor R2 with up to 6000dpi
1000Hz polling rate
1ms response time
11750fps, 10.5megapixel
30G acceleration
3.8-5m/s (150-200ips)
16-bit data channel
Tracking & Distance Control Unit
72MHz TurboCore processor
576kB onboard memory
2m USB cable

Features

6000DPI PRO-AIM LASER SENSOR - for maximum precision
EASYSHIFT[+] BUTTON DUPLICATOR - for 22 directly accessible mouse functions
4-LED LIGHT SYSTEM - for individual colors + effects
TRACKING & DISTANCE CONTROL UNIT - ultimate tracking; minimizes pick-up-flight
ROCCAT™ DRIVER + MACRO MANAGER - incl. Macro Presets for games & apps
ONBOARD MEMORY (576KB) - store 5 Game Profiles with macros
4 EASY-TO-CLIP-IN WEIGHTS (4X5G) - for individual weight adjustment
8 MOUSE BUTTONS - programmable + solid 4D mouse wheel
ULTRA QUIET - low friction mouse feet

from : overclock3d.net