Cherry has lastly unleashed a brand new vary of gaming mice that formally boast the bottom recorded click on latency of any mouse available on the market. The Cherry Xtrfy M64 Professional and M68 Professional are as quick as gaming mouse come, with their 8KHz polling charge additionally being probably the most fast possibility obtainable proper now.
The total vary of recent Cherry greatest gaming mouse contenders additionally consists of the marginally lower-specced, non-Professional variations of those mouse shapes, with the M64 and M68 providing as much as 1KHz polling charges however in any other case packing in the identical high-end {hardware}. We bought hands-on with Cherry’s new gaming mice again in January at CES 2024, however it’s solely now that they’re in the stores.
The M64 and M68 ranges differ from one another solely within the form of the mouse. The previous makes use of an “ergonomic” form the place the mouse slopes down and out on the fitting facet and has a better extra concave left facet. In the meantime, the M68 is a symmetrical form with flatter sides.
Ergonomic shapes are typically most well-liked by people who use extra of a palm grip, the place you relaxation your complete hand on the mouse, whereas symmetrical designs are broadly most well-liked for fingertip grip, the place you solely maintain the mouse along with your thumb and little finger.
Inside all 4 mice is a Pixart 3395 sensor with a DPI vary of 400-26,000 DPI. Intriguingly, Cherry makes nearly no point out of this high DPI determine on its web site or store listings, a lot of a non-factor does the corporate appear to suppose DPI settings are today. It’s fairly proper, after all – principally each quality-brand gaming mouse sensor is flawless today – however it’s fascinating to not even point out it in your official Amazon itemizing.
This sensor is joined by a pair of Huano Clear Blue Shell Pink Dot important left and proper switches, whereas the mice all have simply 5 switches in complete, consisting of the left and proper, again and ahead, and scroll wheel click on choices. Nonetheless, on the underside of the mouse is Xtrfy’s signature, which boast further buttons and sliders for manually controlling the mouse’s settings.
All 4 variants are wi-fi mice with their 350mAh batteries offering as much as 90 hours of gaming, although this can drop in case you use the Professional variations with increased than 1KHz polling charges.
Each mice shapes weigh simply 53g, which isn’t absolutely the lightest however is among the many very lightest wi-fi choices obtainable in the meanwhile. In the meantime, the non-Professional variations can be found in black, white, and a blue with barely Noctua brown and beige accents mixture. The underside and edges of the black and white variations even have turquoise highlights.
As for the Professional choices, these solely are available in black and white with out the turquoise highlights. Not one of the mice embody RGB.
The M64 and M68 Professional are priced at $139, whereas the M64 and M68 are additionally obtainable now however for $99. All 4 can be found for pre-order now with an anticipated supply time of 1-2 weeks.
If you’re after a wi-fi mouse that’s somewhat totally different and ultimate for fingertip grip gamers, take a look at our Cherry Xtrfy MZ1 evaluation, which highlights why that mouse is our favourite for fingertip grip.
