Like most high-end gaming mice today, every aspect of the G502 can be tuned, from setting multiple levels of DPI to switch to, right from 100 to 12000 levels, to setting your DPI shift. Profiles load when you start up the game, and you can also save them on the mouse to take them along with you to tournaments. All you need to do is drag and drop the function to the button and you’re set. The software suite from Logitech actually checks your system for games and loads predefined functions from a massive list that is up-to-date with all the newest games. However, as with all new hardware these days, this is something expected at early stages of any device and should be ironed out. The software installed quickly and worked well, right up until the latest firmware upgrade, which refused to install on the mouse. On one Windows 8 Sony Vaio laptop, the mouse did not detect easily, and we had to plug and unplug it a few times to get it to work. Windows 7 detected it easily just load up the drivers and you’re ready to go. We tested the G502 on multiple machines, and it is quite easy to set up. However, with a little adjustment to your handling style, anyone can compensate for these niggles. Claw users with medium-sized hands can reach the button easily, but somehow, the backrest of the mouse rests a bit uncomfortably on your palm-wrist joint. While they felt it was comfortable, some found the DPI shift thumb button a tad out of reach, while palm users with bigger hands found they were accidentally pressing the thumb button when gaming. We gave this mouse to a few hardcore palm gamers to use, and Shunal Doke, who uses both palm and claw. The ergonomics are solid, with the mouse fitting snug for palm users. After all, everyone has different ways of gaming, and with this, you can reduce pressure on the wrist at places, or anchor down the mouse to reduce unnecessary lift. Where most mice employ weights in one area, Logitech cleverly lets you place the angled weights anywhere along the housing, so you can customise the weight around the mouse where you need it the most. The angular theme continues with the weights, which are angled like arrows. On the underside of the mouse, around the sensor, is the weights housing covered by a removable panel secured by magnets. This is perfect for MMO or MOBA players, who want certain spells out of the way, but still within easy reach. The big thumb button serves a dual purpose - either depress it to drop the DPI for quick sniper shots, or set up a function shift, where pressing it down lets you access a different mapping for all the other buttons on the mouse. The DPI up and down buttons are at different angles so you can easily feel them out with your fingers in the heat of battle. The buttons on the sides of the left click are perfect for quick medkit deployments in Battlefield 3 or emergency switch to the anti-Titan weapon in Titanfall. And no, that big grey DPI light is not a button, though it does look like one. In addition to the right and left buttons, there are two small ones on the side of the left click, the forward and back buttons on the side, a big trigger thumb button, as well as a DPI up/down button above the mouse wheel. It conjures up images of a big blue core beating at the heart of the G502. It’s definitely not minimal, but not garish either, and somehow, the name Proteus Core fits. The Logitech G logo lights up in an electric blue, matching the accents at the edges and base. The build quality is good, with hard durable plastics used, but there are lots of joints and seams, with glossy plastic strips running across the middle to tie the matte backrest in. The rubberised grips are nicely moulded with a triangular texture, extending down towards the plastics below, lending a very Crysis exosuit feel to it. That same sexy angular look extends towards the buttons, well moulded into the sides with amazing attention to detail. If a game’s not going well for you, you could also use the G502 as a stabbing weapon, except it’s too pretty to get it dirty with some foe’s blood. It looks like predator blades or a spaceship nose held together by the big scroll wheel. Taking that classic G shape, which the legendary MX518 made popular, Logitech has streamlined and sculpted that look into all angles and edges, with a rounded back ending in sharp asymmetrical edges. The Logitech G502 Proteus Core takes the weaponised look to another level.
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