Microsoft SideWinder X3 Mouse Expert Reviews

We were surprised how much we liked Microsoft's wireless SideWinder X8 gaming mouse, but let's face it: $100 is a lot of dough to drop on a rodent. So we're happy...

Great scroll wheel, highly programmable, value priced

Inferior side buttons, less resolution than more expensive mice

The two hallmarks of a gaming mouse are high resolution and high price, right? Not if it's the Microsoft SideWinder X3, a corded, USB-only mouse that lacks the swoopy shape of the company's original SideWinder as well as that of the SideWinder X5 and ...

Ambidextrous. Affordable. Instant sensitivity adjustments

No horizontal scrolling. Thumb button built for long thumbs

The SideWinder X3, Microsoft's newest gaming mouse, skimps on bells and whistles but delivers 2,000-dpi performance and on-the-fly resolution changes.

Microsoft recently unveiled the latest addition to the SideWinder line, the new SideWinder X3 Mouse. Designed for convenient use by both left- and right-handed folks, it comes in a smaller shape as well, along with plenty of control features for gaming

Microsoft delivers an affordable ambidextrous gaming mouse.

Precise and speedy performance, ambidextrous design, programmable controls, affordable price

Lacking in 'wow' factor, DPI sensitivity could be higher, 'budget gaming mouse' is a bit of an oxymoron

The Microsoft Sidewinder X3 is a stripped-down alternative to the Sidewinder X5. While a few bells-and-whistles are gone, its performance is on par with its sibling. It will mainly appeal to cash-strapped and/or left-handed gamers (in fact, feel free ...

Numerous mouse to market players often bring a type of user side: left-handers. If there are few models (...)