[QUOTE="sn4k3_64"][QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"] I'm sure there are digital artists and architects out there who really need that kind of sensitivity, but as a FPS gamer, I actually saw my performance suffer when I moved up to laser sensitivities. Granted, if you're a diehard RTS addict, then there might well be strategy games out there that let you appreciate that difference, but for me, zero lag and higher signal frequencies come before premium-priced precision.
Personally, I couldn't be happier than with my Microsoft optical mouse. FPS and action games are far more about reaction time than "DPI", so if you're an action gamer, then you'd probably be better off with a 400dpi wired optical mouse than a 1600dpi wireless laser mouse at 10x the price. Don't believe me that a cheaper mouse without the frills can perform at least as well as hi-tech competitors from the likes of Razer? Take a look at QuakeLive world rankings and you'll probably see the MS IE 3.0 is easliy the most popular mouse among the champions.
Having said all that, if you're finding your current mouse is slowing your movement down, it could mean you're using a mouse with too powerful a laser, meaning you have too great a "lift-off height", which makes the mouse feel cumbersome as you're constantly lifting it up into the air so you can move it back to the edge of the mat without dragging the cursor back with it.
Honestly, though, unless we know what kind of gamer you are and a bit more about your playing stlye and requirements, it's really difficult to recommend anything definite.
jimmyjammer69
Yeah i agree with what your saying, its not the mouse that detirmines how good you are, i know this guy on css who has a crappy £6 mouse and he is pretty decent. My mouse goes up to 1800 dpie, but when gaming i find it hard to play properly if the mouse is really sensitive..Heh. That's what happened to me. I switched from a 1600dpi laser mouse when I realised I was playing better on my netbook with a mouse I got for one pound from Woolworth's closing sale. Aside from solving the lag issue I hadn't been aware I was suffering from, with my cheapo MS optical mouse I found that tracking was more consistent, and I was all of a sudden intuitively landing those mystical mid-air rockets I'd sometimes been caught by. For that kind of reflex response, I feel like optical still beats the hell out of any laser mouse I've tried. Yeah, my mouse was is fairly cheap to buy, and is used by a lot of pro's, especially those who play css, 1.6, and other fps games. Its lasted me like 2 years now and still works fine, so thats value imo, im never gna buy an expensive razor mouse or w/e, its a waste of money...the worst thing is though, when people buy expensive keyboards, to me that is like throwing your money away! 
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