Performance

Without the weights installed, the Naos 8200 feels just like the 5000 despite being somewhat lighter. We tested the mouse on the CM Storm SPEED-RX, SteelSeries 9HD, and Func 1030XL mat. The mouse worked perfectly on all surfaces, and even my white desk surface work alright. Mionix still uses the brilliant mouse-feet solution out of four oversized pads that make the mouse stable on all surfaces, both soft and hard.

Firing up CS:GO and getting going took very little time. It worked perfectly once the DPI was scaled correctly through the in-game sensitivity feature. There is no immediately noticeable difference between running the sensor at the maximum resolution instead of the basic 4000 DPI. Going below 3000 DPI produced a more sluggish experience for CS:GO, even though raw input was enabled. You can play with the Naos 8200 for hours on end without getting cramped fingers, because of the great button layout. The buttons are easy to reach and feel out, and are not in the way while repositioning or lifting the mouse off the mat. This is a very important aspect that many mouse designers forget about, but Mionix has been staying on top of this ever since the release of the Naos series mice.

Mionix gives you quite a few things to tweak in the driver suite, including lift-off distance, which would optimally differ from mat to mat. You can also get the mouse to produce erratic tracking with very low tracking, so we started at the lowest setting, working our way up until it stopped tracking oddly. This left us with a lift-off distance setting of around 50%, a very low lift-off distance of around 2mm, for the Func mat.

The shape of the Naos is still perfect for medium to high sensitivity but does not make that much sense for low-sensitivity gaming, especially since the new version features an 8200 DPI sensor. The design might force you to grip the mouse in a certain way, but it still feels great to hold. It is even better than the Func MS-3 mouse because the ring and pinky finger support bulges are shaped better. The mouse design is generally meant for a palm-type grip, but it does work just fine with a finger-tip approach.

The new Avago ADNS-9800 sensor and its predecessor, the 9500, are possibly the best sensors for high-sensitivity gaming. It performs as expected in the Naos 8200, and its performance does not vary noticeably with DPI settings in the 3000-8200 DPI range, giving users a huge usable range. That said, it is a medium to high sensitivity gaming mouse as there are a lot of other mice that offer better performance for low-to-medium sensitivity gaming. The 9800 series sensor still has a small positive acceleration issue; however, the Mionix mouse does not suffer from the lift-off drift issue we noticed on the CM Storm (fixed with newest firmware) and Tt eSPORTs with the 9800 series sensor on board. This is the best-performing 8200 DPI mouse to date. That, combined with a seriously comfortable design, makes it very interesting for medium to high sensitivity gamers.