Do you play better with 400 DPI?

(KangaJoo) #41

You’re right about it being placebo, assuming the OP’s mouse works equally well at all DPI steps which may or may not be the case, but scaled DPI has nothing to do with precision or sensor resolution.

The scaled DPI is just a convenient way to change your sensitivity. The native DPI of the sensor is what determines the sensor’s resolution and since it’s an optical property of the sensor, this cannot be changed with software or drivers. The only way to change the native DPI, and the resolution of the sensor, is to physically replace the sensor with a different one.

That being said some mice work better on certain DPI steps than on others due to how the drivers interpolate the steps.

@god1 You don’t always need to use the native DPI of the sensor for the best performance. Most mice have native steps which work just as well as the native DPI. The main thing is to avoid using interpolated steps.

(Myself_Deal_with_it) #42

in close quarters combat, better
sniping, WORSE

(frolicsomeCrane) #43

I don’t even know how to check for the DPI I currently have.

(Ghosthree3) #44

(SteelMailbox) #45

@Amerika @Ardez

(watsyurdeal) #46

(Ghosthree3) #47

I honestly don’t see a problem with this particular thread getting bumped tbh, I just wanted to post the image :frowning: Should have saved it for a better necro.

(Amerika) #48

It’s still relevant so no need to close. Post on!

(watsyurdeal) #49

Same, but yea, I’ve basically converted to 400 dpi and 36 cm per 360.

Low sens is hard to use at first but damn it gets results, I’m doing way better against level 20+ players.

(Amerika) #50

[quote=“Watsyurdeal;76083”]Same, but yea, I’ve basically converted to 400 dpi and 36 cm per 360.

Low sens is hard to use at first but damn it gets results, I’m doing way better against level 20+ players.[/quote]

When you aren’t over and/or undershooting a lot and instead simply making minor corrections your tracking tends to go through the roof.

(watsyurdeal) #51

Yea, which is harder to do on higher sensitivity. I was playing at 4 inches per 360 when I was playing TF2 in a league, I’m literally almost triple that sens now. And I’ve been getting Godlike and 50 kills a game with relative ease.

(Nix) #52

Ummmmm…

(Ghosthree3) #53

“Wireless gaming mouse”, that’s so contradictory I threw up a little.

(watsyurdeal) #54

Actually…wireless mice aren’t that bad these days…

Like the new Razer Mamba is actually great, just not quite as good as a wired mouse for competitive, but for casual gaming, it actually works great.

(Nix) #55

Its actually not wireless, it can be wireless but I keep it plugged in

(Ghosthree3) #56

That’s actually pretty cool, I’ve never heard of a mouse that does that.

(Vampwood) #57

Technically the question should be do you play better with a lower sensitivity/ 360/cm, as using higher DPIs with lower CPIs does increase accuracy of the sensor.

(god1) #58

What? DPI and CPI mean the same thing when it comes to mouse sensors.

(watsyurdeal) #59

Dpi and cpi are the same thing. Having more doesn’t increase your accuracy, you only get that benefit with a higher sens on bigger resolutions.

(Ghosthree3) #60

CPI is the more technically correct one.