which mousepads do you people think are better. the soft cloth ones, or the hard plastic ones. whihc ones are better for gaming, in other words fast mouse movements. i wanna go with one of the Xtrac mousepads cuz they look cool and i read they are good, but hey its a mousepad. so gimme ur opinions on these or any other mouse pads. AMD Athlon XP *barton* 3200+ Asus A7N8X-X Kingston PC3200 512 DDR ATI Radeon 9600SE 40 GIG Western Digital 7200 RPM 20 GIG Maxtor 5400 RPM X-Dreamer II

Soft cloth ones for me, cant stand those plastic ones. -------------------- Asus P4P800S mb P4 2.4Ghz (800Mhz) 1Gb DDR 400Mhz Ram Asus Geforce FX 5600 128mb

if your mouse is the old ball type you need a new one. then it doesent really matter...

I have an everglige giganta (hard plastic) which has a kind of rough surface and is really nice to use once you've adjusted to it.

i got a logitech dual optical mouseman mouse. those sliding things on the bottom wore out for me so now it sticks, but xtrac has his slidy tape stuff so i was thinkin id get that and the pro hs pad. AMD Athlon XP *barton* 3200+ Asus A7N8X-X Kingston PC3200 512 DDR ATI Radeon 9600SE 40 GIG Western Digital 7200 RPM 20 GIG Maxtor 5400 RPM X-Dreamer II

It kind of depends on your mouse and pad combination. I had a microsoft mouse before and at a LAN party I had won a new nVidia hard plastic glossy surface. I would get mouse jumps or it would stick in one spot, so I switched back to my other soft pad. My friend sitting next to me picked it up and used it with his logitech mouse, no problems. Later on at another LAN party I bought a FatPad and it had a semi glossy surface, not as glossy as the nVidia one. and the microsoft mouse worked just fine. Then I got a Logitech MX510 "Blue" and it works great on the mousepad. I just think you need to find the right combo of moust to pad, to best fit your needs.

with some more looking around it looks like i went back to my first choice, the ratpadz gs. i like the smoother pad cuz they move quicker. AMD Athlon XP *barton* 3200+ Asus A7N8X-X Kingston PC3200 512 DDR ATI Radeon 9600SE 40 GIG Western Digital 7200 RPM 20 GIG Maxtor 5400 RPM X-Dreamer II