The Swedish peripheral manufacturer Mionix announced a new mouse called the Castor. The idea behind the Castor mouse is, simply, to offer a premium gaming mouse that is compatible with three different grip types. These include a palm grip, fingertip grip and claw grip.
Button-wise, there isn't anything special going on here. The mouse has six buttons: left, right, middle-mouse, forward, backward, and a DPI switcher. Aboard the mouse is also 128 Kb of memory, which you can use to store macros.
A PMW-3310 sensor handles the tracking, which is capable of up to 10,000 DPI without acceleration, and can track accurately at up to 215 inches per second. Mionix also included a lift-off distance calibration feature, which you can use to analyze the surface you're using the mouse on to find the lowest-possible lift-off distance. The mouse also polls at up to 1000 Hz, so it should be as responsive as the best gaming mice out there.
The body is 122.46 x 70.42 x 40.16 mm at its largest points, and it weighs 93.8 grams without the cable. With the cable, the weight goes up to 141.5 grams.
Pricing for the mouse sits at $69.99, with U.S. availability slated for September.
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