Optical Mouse Recommendations

Since MS totally gimped mouse support in Windows 8.1, I'm in the market for a new optical mouse to replace my beloved Intellimouse Explorer 3.0. I play pretty much everything out there, but I want something that's really going to shine in old-school FPS, like Quake Live and CS.

I don't really care about ergonomics, DPI or extra buttons; I just need a mouse with excellent tracking, no inbuilt predictiony gimmicks and a high native polling rate (since MS killed the possibility of OC'ing with the release of Win 8).

Any suggestions?

http://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-Sensei-Gaming-Edition-Rubberized/dp/B008OQTQSO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390339928&sr=8-2&keywords=steelseries+sensei

Thanks for the suggestion but I'm trying to stay away from laser sensors. For some reason they just don't suit my FPS play style.Something always feels really unnatural to me in the tracking. Plus they tend to continue tracking when I lift the mouse up off the mat. :(

As I always say, asking for mouse advice is completely pointless since everyone is looking for something different, and what someone finds comfy and good will not be the same for someone else.

If you're just after good sensors, Razer Deathadder and Zowie mice have good sensors.

either this I recommend the most for FPS gamers http://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-Rival-Optimized-Optical-Gaming/dp/B00G6IJ5QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390399796&sr=8-1&keywords=steelseries+rival

or if you're into something more besides FPSs you may concider http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-G400s-Optical-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B00BCEK2LA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390399860&sr=8-1&keywords=g400s

The mouse closest the intellimouse 3.0 shape wise is probably the steelseries rival

You can still use your intellimouse if you use a fatal1ty motherboard on 8.0/8.1. In f-stream there's something called Fatal1ty mosueport. Using 1000hz on my salmosa pro on 8.1 a z77 professional-m pro atm, and it reports 1000hz according to dimr and anything else I've checked it with.