Introduction

First of all we would like to thank CaseKing.de and OCUK for supplying the sample. CaseKing.de and OCUK are known for the width of their gaming product portfolio which of course includes all of Zowie's current products.


Zowie entered the gaming scene with a set of well-designed optical gaming mice a year ago. Today we have the new version for test which is dubbed the Zowie AM Gaming mouse. The AM mouse uses an optical Avago 3090-series sensor with custom optics. It is capped at 2300 DPI which might not seem like a lot, but for 99% of the gaming population it will be more than enough. Instead of adding to the DPI/CPI hype going on at the moment with the recent release of the world's first 8200 DPI laser sensor Zowie have focused on what really matters to most gamers, namely per DPI accuracy and consistency. The sensor used has no prediction whatsoever which should give you a better feel for small movements, also the sensors lift-off distance has been tweaked by swapping out the optics giving the mouse a lift-off-distance of around 1.5 mm which is low even by laser sensor standards.

Specifications

• Driverless
• 125/500/1000 Hz pollingrate
• 2300 DPI Optical Sensor (Avago ADNS-3090 with custom optics)
• Ultra low lift-off-distance (LOD) of 1.5 mm
• Ambidextrous
• Two thumbs buttons on either side
• Optical Encoded Scroll Wheel

The Package

The Zowie AM mouse ships in a quite anonymous box.


Bundle wise the AM mouse is very well off. You get both a sticker and a full spare set of mouse feet! As with all Zowie mouse the new AM model is completely driverless. Everything is handled inside the mouse including DPI switching which is done via a button on the back of the mouse.