Performance diff. between spaceball 4 and 5000?

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Hi All,Just received a promotion from 3Dconnexion Europe for a 2for1 offer - buy aspaceball 5000 (or spacemouse) and get a spacetraveller *free*. I currentlyhave the spaceball 4000, but am thinking about this offer as I have a secondlicense of SW and would be happy to have one on both machines. I am justcurious if anyone has used both the spaceball 4000 and 5000, and can commenton any performance difference. I understand the 5000 has a higher samplerate, and I am supposing that may lead to a smother rotation effectonscreen. True? Also, anyone try the spacetraveller and find it useful? Orare they just trying to unload a lot of product no one wants / likes? :-)Thanks for any thoughts about this!Cheers,Daniel

cbliss · Accepted Answer

I have used all three 4000, 5000 Traveller.  The response from the Traveller and 5000 is quicker than the 4000.  The 5000 and the traveller use the same technology.  I prefer the 4000 because it is smoother but the increase in performance with the others is nice as well.  The problem with the 5000 and traveller is that they tend to be a bit more axial in that it is more difficult to rotate through multiple axis at the same time smoothly.  They have made adjustments in the drivers to smooth this out a bit.daniel wrote:

daniel · Answer

Thanks for the feedback!So, does that mean that if you had the chance to get 2 for 1, you wouldconsider it worthwhile? Over here this costs in the neighborhood of 700 USDfor the spaceball spacetraveller combo.Danielcbliss wrote on 04.03.2004 15:44 Uhr

cbliss · Answer

Sounds like eBay would be a better deal.daniel wrote:

daniel · Answer

cbliss wrote on 06.03.2004 5:29 UhrWOW! that is depressing! Under 400 USD on ebay in the US. However, onlyshipped in the USA, and not available on any ebay in Europe. Bummer. I am inno rush to give my money away...Thanks!

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