2026 is shaping up to be a golden year for gaming mice, as Razer's battery-boosting FrameSync adds more goodies to the pot

2026 is shaping up to be a golden year for gaming mice, as Razer’s battery-boosting FrameSync adds more goodies to the pot | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Gaming Mice Best gaming mouse in 2026: We’ve tested the very best mice and these are the top picks Gaming Mice Logitech G’s chief engineer says there’s ‘no doubt’ the cutting-edge tech behind the Superstrike could be used in cheaper mice Gaming Mice The Logitech Superstrike has allowed me to get excited over some genuinely new PC gaming technology for the first time in what feels like forever Gaming Mice A rep for a major mouse company thinks half of gaming mice will be like the Superstrike in three years Gaming Mice Underneath the Superstrike: How Logitech has kick-started the next generation of gaming mouse tech Gaming Mice Now I’ve got my hands on the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike, I believe its inductive tech will be as much of a game-changer for mice as Hall effect is for keyboards Gaming Mice Razer’s web-based gaming mouse and keyboard software remains ‘in Beta while development continues’ despite support for the Viper V4 Pro Gaming Mice ‘We knew we had a golden nugget in our hands… so we took all the shortcuts we could’: Logitech’s new wonder-mouse looks very similar to the Superlight 2 for good reason Gaming Mice Razer Cobra HyperSpeed gaming mouse review Gaming Mice ‘We need to do lightweight, but fine, what else?’ says Logitech chief engineer, and after getting tons of hours in with the Superstrike I agree the new tech is worth a heavier gaming mouse Gaming Mice Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike review Gaming Mice Best wireless gaming mouse in 2026: These are the cordless rodents we love getting our mitts on Gaming Mice Behind the curtain of mouse development: from hand-carving to mechanical flinging, here’s how Logitech makes and tests its gaming mice Gaming Mice Is the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike good enough for the pros? 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Subscribe to our newsletter Ever since mouse sensors in premium gaming mice all became generally on par, and especially now that some sensors in budget mice are pretty on par too, it’s been difficult to get truly excited about any new rodent-based technologies. But earlier this year, Logitech changed the game with the X2 Superstrike and its haptic-inductive analogue clicks. Now, Razer’s got a new techy trick up its own sleeve with its new Viper V4 Pro in the form of FrameSync.It might not sound quite as initially exciting as analogue switches, but FrameSync promises something that should appeal to a wider base, primarily because of how it can help improve battery life.An often overlooked benefit of a new sensor and/or MCU (microcontroller unit) is improved power efficiency. An optical mouse sensor takes tons of snapshots per second and feeds these into the MCU, which hands them over to your computer when polled. Any improvements to how efficiently the sensor takes those snapshots, how the MCU processes them, or how they all sync up with each other can improve battery life.Article continues below You may like Best gaming mouse in 2026: We’ve tested the very best mice and these are the top picks Logitech G’s chief engineer says there’s ‘no doubt’ the cutting-edge tech behind the Superstrike could be used in cheaper mice Razer’s new Viper V4 Pro could be as big of a deal for competitive gamers as the Logitech Superstrike, even without those haptic clicks The Viper V4 Pro’s FrameSync focuses on this latter part, as the name suggests: the ‘sync.’ The implications for battery life actually slipped me by a little when I first heard about the technology, because I was focused mainly on what it may or may not do for tracking.I never really have a problem with tracking using regular 1 kHz or 2 kHz polling if the sensor is decent, though, so FrameSyn