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 Spinner Sage 165 posts   |
Very nice and accurate guide. Though, there's something that's wrong, from my point of view.
Daru wrote: In Short: Wacom's the recommend brand. Cintiq and Intuos tablets are too expensive and give no real advantage over Bamboo for osu!. See the recommend options above for the recommend models. Also try your luck at a used Intuos3 if you're also into art. A Cintiq tablet is probably much better than a Bamboo/Intuos one for osu!, resembling the DS gaming experience. If you have someone on your family that has a professional use for a Cintiq and has a old one (if this person bought a bigger one, for example), it's actually better than the other two lines. I'm sort of a skin bugtester for skins I like (or on requests too). Always accepting supp gifts. HUEHUE BR? BR GIB SUPPORT I REPOT U |
 Rhythm Incarnate 854 posts   |
Maav wrote: Very nice and accurate guide. Though, there's something that's wrong, from my point of view. Daru wrote: In Short: Wacom's the recommend brand. Cintiq and Intuos tablets are too expensive and give no real advantage over Bamboo for osu!. See the recommend options above for the recommend models. Also try your luck at a used Intuos3 if you're also into art. A Cintiq tablet is probably much better than a Bamboo/Intuos one for osu!, resembling the DS gaming experience. If you have someone on your family that has a professional use for a Cintiq and has a old one (if this person bought a bigger one, for example), it's actually better than the other two lines. I say "give no real advantage" with respect with the price. The small bamboo can be had for $70, whereas Cintiqs start at $1000. I feel that it's very hard to justify buying a Cintiq if you're going to use it for only osu! at this price difference. Furthermore, the advantages of playing on a screen are, for some, countered by the disadvantage of having your hand and arm covering a good bit of your play area, so I don't think it's right to say that Cintiqs are objectively better than the tablets without screens. From my personal experience I've found this disadvantage to be very significant (I've played osu! on a friend's 12" Cintiq, as well as Tablet PCs). As for getting things from relatives, note that this is a tablet purchase guide.  I'm trying to weigh price relative to functionality in osu!, and paying upwards of $1000 for a device that you're only going to use for osu! would be, in my opinion, a complete waste of money. Though, thanks for the input.  |
 Spinner Sage 139 posts  |
Very good review, complete information about tablets
 .For anyone who wants to know I've tried 3 kinds of tablets, "Bambo 2nd generation", "Bamboo 3rd Generation" and "Wacom Intuos 4"(This is my tablet). I bought it because i just had the money, i'm not a drawer, i just use it for math and osu. So let me tell you: If you want to buy a GOOD tablet go for BAMBOO CONNECT (considering the money) because is almost the same than intuos4 (it cost me like $USD 340). The main difference i felt between this 3 tablets was the "lift detection" of the pencil; with intuos4 you can play with the pencil in the air very well, but with 2nd and 3rd generation sometimes i missed the detection and i failed (like 1or 2cm of difference, that's all). Also intuos 4's software allows you to adjust your Area. This is very important because YOU MUST PLAY in the same proportion than your resolution. I play 1680x1050 (aspect ratio (AR) 16:10) and intuos 4 is 16:10 so it's perfect for me. This is very helpful because you can decide your area with numerical values. EDIT Active areas for tablets you obtain the aspect ration in full area dividing long by high Intuos4 = 6.2" x 3.9" in AR= 1.59 2nd Gen = 5.8" x 3.6" in AR= 1.61 3rd Gen = 5.8" x 3.6" in AR= 1.61 so as you can see, all wacom tablets*were made for AR 16:10, consider this to play in a good "rectangular proportion" ingame, you shouldn't try to introduce a square into a rectangle, that's why AR is sooo important. I hope this can help you if you're not pretty sure on what to buy. Sorry for my english but if you still have any dude ask me Last edited by nVidi4x on , edited 1 time in total.
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 Cymbal Sounder 35 posts  |
nVidi4x wrote: Very good review, complete information about tablets .For anyone who wants to know I've tried 3 kinds of tablets, "Bambo 2nd generation", "Bamboo 3rd Generation" and "Wacom Intuos 4"(This is my tablet). I bought it because i just had the money, i'm not a drawer, i just use it for math and osu. So let me tell you: If you want to buy a tablet go for 3rd generation (considering the money) because is almost the same than intuos4 (it cost me like $USD 340). The main difference i felt between this 2 tablets wais the "lift detection" of the pencil; with intuos4 you can play with the pencil in the air very well, but with 3rd generation sometimes i missed the detection and i failed (like 2cm of difference, that's all). Also intuos 4's software allows you to adjust your Area. This is very important because YOU MUST PLAY in the same proportion than your resolution. I play 1680x1050 (aspect ratio 16:10) and intuos 4 is 16:10 so it's perfect for me, but if you're buying a 3rd gen bamboo your resolution should be in aspec ratio 16:9 (resolutions HD 1280x720, 1920x1080, etc) I'm not pretty sure but i think you can have a little advantage with intuos. I hope this can help you if you're not pretty sure on what to buy. Sorry for my english but if you still have any dude ask me Thx dude! I was wondering what tablet I should choose for 16:9 a.r. and you have answered my question! btw, is there any difference between pen only tablet and pen & touch? I mean are there any tricks or smth? |
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LnDSuv wrote: nVidi4x wrote: Very good review, complete information about tablets .For anyone who wants to know I've tried 3 kinds of tablets, "Bambo 2nd generation", "Bamboo 3rd Generation" and "Wacom Intuos 4"(This is my tablet). I bought it because i just had the money, i'm not a drawer, i just use it for math and osu. So let me tell you: If you want to buy a tablet go for 3rd generation (considering the money) because is almost the same than intuos4 (it cost me like $USD 340). The main difference i felt between this 2 tablets wais the "lift detection" of the pencil; with intuos4 you can play with the pencil in the air very well, but with 3rd generation sometimes i missed the detection and i failed (like 2cm of difference, that's all). Also intuos 4's software allows you to adjust your Area. This is very important because YOU MUST PLAY in the same proportion than your resolution. I play 1680x1050 (aspect ratio 16:10) and intuos 4 is 16:10 so it's perfect for me, but if you're buying a 3rd gen bamboo your resolution should be in aspec ratio 16:9 (resolutions HD 1280x720, 1920x1080, etc) I'm not pretty sure but i think you can have a little advantage with intuos. I hope this can help you if you're not pretty sure on what to buy. Sorry for my english but if you still have any dude ask me Thx dude! I was wondering what tablet I should choose for 16:9 a.r. and you have answered my question! btw, is there any difference between pen only tablet and pen & touch? I mean are there any tricks or smth? Pen and touch just has a feature where you can use your finger. Buy the pen. osu! Mumble Server! !~xXx~Sync Nasty~xXx~! 21:38 JAKACHAN: God this is gay as fuck (ノ￣ω￣)ノ ヘ(￣ω￣ヘ) |
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Spinner Sage 139 posts |
LnDSuv wrote: I was wondering what tablet I should choose for 16:9 a.r. and you have answered my question! btw, is there any difference between pen only tablet and pen & touch? I mean are there any tricks or smth? I edited the info, all tablets were made for ar 16:10. Pen and Touch is White and (just) Pen is Black. Touch must be disable to play osu well, but is the same tablet, it has the same spech techs. just buy the color that u want |
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Rhythm Incarnate 854 posts |
Actually the older tablets are 4:3.
Basically everything before the Bamboo tablets are 4:3, and most everything after is 16:10. There is still a Cintiq that's 4:3, I believe. My intuos3 is 9x12", or 4:3. I didn't put any info about actually playing with a tablet because that would require a thread in and of itself, I think - this is strictly a purchase guide that weighs the various benefits of certain tablets against the prices, plus some basic info. @LnDSuv: The majority of monitors nowadays are 16:9, though most "art" class monitors that focus on color reproduction above all else are 16:10, which is part of the reason why the tablets are made in that aspect ratio. I'd personally recommend remapping it to have 1:1 vertical:horizontal movement, even if it means you're cutting off a bit of the active area to do so. My tablet is 4:3, but I have a 16:10 monitor, so there's a slice at the bottom that's not used. The difference between Pen&Touch and Pen models is really just the "touch" function. I really don't think it's worth it, but that's just from my personal experience. --- Oh, and to answer that question from a while ago about overlay sheets... I've found that a piece of plexiglass cut to the correct dimensions, then sanded down with very fine sandpaper (600+ grit) makes for a suitable, cheap replacement for your overlay sheet. The sheet can then be adhered to the tablet with some double-sided tape. It's quite a bit thicker than the regular sheet, which is the only drawback, but you can get decently sized pieces for under $4, which is much cheaper than Wacom's $30 replacement sheets. |
 Whistle Blower 23 posts  |
From what I know about graphic tablets, I would highly recomment to get the Capture instead of the Connect.
Bamboo Connect sure is enough to play osu!, but there is only a 20$ difference between this and the Capture, and you get multi-touch, programmable buttons and Photoshop Elements. At first, I bought my Capture thinking about using it to play osu!, but later I found that multi-touch gestures are far more ergonomic for navigating than the mouse, which I use only in games now. The presence of PSE in the software bundle makes it also a far better deal. |
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