Installation, Testing and Comparison:

Here's a picture of my OCZ Equalizer Mouse on the Styx GP1 for size comparison, you can see it's fairly large but not too big as to take up a lot of space on your desk.

For my gaming and general use though I use my Logitech G5 Rev2 Laser Gaming Mouse on my main system, the OCZ Equalizer is on my secondary system I use primarily for testing...

The first thing I noticed about the Styx GP1 Mousepad is it's looks, it's a very attractive mousepad, yes I know looks aren't everything but it's nice to see something besides plain black that the majority of mousepads are. The metallic surface is very cool and adds to the overall aesthetics of the Styx GP1 while supposedly helping the accuracy and tracking abilities of your mouse.

Quite a few games were released recently and of course I played most of them, Gears of War and Crysis being the two main ones that I played using the Styx GP1 mousepad. During gaming I found the Styx GP1 to be excellent, my G5 just glides across the surface as though it were ice, and I also have to note that it is very quiet as well. If you run your fingers across the surface there is a slight rough texture to it, but yet it feels smooth.

The Styx GP1 is so smooth that when I put my G5 down on it the tension from the cord actually pushed the G5 across the pad, very interesting and cool.

Tracking with the Styx GP1 is just excellent, it's as though I don't have to move the mouse as far to cover the same distance I would on other pads. There is no skipping at all, the accuracy of the G5 seems improved while using the Styx GP1, no matter what types of movements, quick, fast, jerking, or very slow my G5 never missed the mark while on this mousepad. It truly is a great mousing surface that anyone would love to use.

The Hades-Gaming Styx GP1 is almost perfect, yes I said almost, the one problem I found is that it hasn't gotten flat yet, there are still slight curls on the left and right side of the pad. I tried rolling it the other way but that didn't do anything. It doesn't effect using you mouse, but I just like my mousepads to be flat.