necrophyte

i just read an article about present mice on tomshardware and got a bit confused when it stated that the "only" purpose of a high dpi resolution is the higher speed.

i thought it is the density of points examining motion, ie. sensitivity/precision itself?! of course, if there are more such points per inch the mouse speed is also potentially higher, but isnt sensitivity > precision the main purpose of a high resolution?

im using the razer/ms habu mouse which is really perfect (imo. and for my usage), but after reading that i might consider resetting my dpi/sensitivity/speed etc. differently if i learn something new now.

right now i have 2000dpi, 500hz polling, acceleration off and a rather low speed set (ca. 3/10) inside the razer software (windows mouse acceleration off and sensitivity set to default - 6th point, of course).

since precision is mainly important for me while playing counter-strike (source), can you tell me now whether the settings im using are optimal?

or should i lower the dpi and increase speed in the razer software, and maybe also inside counter-strike (right now its at 1.8 - although im not a pure awp/scout sniper, use rather rifles, but i aim far better at low sensitivity)?

thanks

BlueMak

As a gamer I have this advice. Use whatever feels better to you. Forget all articles, opinions and comments. If it feels better to you and you see the results, then that's all that matters.

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Zelig

If you have an 800 dpi mouse, and a screen resolution of 800x600, it will take exactly 1 inch of horizontal mouse movement to move the cursor across the screen. Similarly, a 1600 dpi mouse will take 0.5 inches and a 400 dpi mouse will take 2 inches.

Since you can't move the cursor less than a pixel, if you want a mouse to take 1 inch to move 800 pixels, you cannot, by definition, have a mouse be more precise than an 800 dpi one. (ie. Any mouse with a dpi higher than 800 will have to have the dpi reduced to operate at the same speed)

On the other hand, a 400 dpi mouse will be less precise; If you want the cursor to move 800 pixels with an inch of mouse movement, it needs to average 2 pixels of cursor movement per count.

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necrophyte

ok thanks. so since i play on my laptops native resolution 1680x1050, 1600dpi would be some 5% too low to achieve a 1:1 movement per screenpixel, so i should continue using 2000?

and what about the sensitivity settings inside the razer driver - i know that modifying the windows sensitivity actually sets a simple algorythm that skips or delays pixels when not set to default (6). is there a difference between 2000dpi and my current sensitivity of about 3/10 and eg. 1600dpi and then maybe 5/10?

the way it is now it feels perfectly, i just wondered because of that statement about the sole purpose of higher dpi being speed..

necrophyte

now i tested several different settings to achieve the same feeling (speed) as i use by default.

now what settings are better to be changed - the razer software sensitivity, which is at ca. 3/10 as i said before, or the one inside CS which is at 1.8?
i think 1.8 is a bit too low since i dont snipe that much..

sometimes i dont aim accurately as expected and im not sure whether this is due to the mouse settings or maybe my mousepad (razer exact mat), which after only 4 months of usage seems to have some heavily polished areas - quite disappointing for razer's highly highlighted durability of the exact mat, if this is the cause..

ET3D

You always get 1:1 movement, it just takes more movement to do so, which I guess is what the article you read means by "speed". If your mouse is at 1600 dpi, it'd take a little 1 inch to move the cursor 1600 pixels. If it's 800 dpi, it'd take 2 inches, etc.

That's not strictly true, though. A driver can adapt the movement speed so that if you're moving the mouse quickly it'd move 4 pixels per "dot", and if you move slowly it'd give you one pixel per dot.

kris23

when playing CS, reduce sensitivity to 1 and adjust DPI to whatever feels best at your res. i play 1.6 at 1920x1200 and 800x600 with my mouse adjusted to 3200dpi and 1600dpi and 1600dpi and 800dpi each res

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