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What mouse DPI do the pros use?

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spirates
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden148 Posts
September 19 2011 12:54 GMT
#1
Well after alot of thinking I decided to try play without mouse accerlacation and thus changing my DPI from 650 to 1600. I now have big issues with micro'ing good XD..

So is this how most pros play? Without mouseacc and high DPI?
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
September 19 2011 12:55 GMT
#2
some have low some have high, use what suits you best.
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Termit
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden3466 Posts
September 19 2011 12:55 GMT
#3
I think 800 or 1000 dpi is the most common now when pretty much everyone is playing i 1920x1080.
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ElusoryX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Singapore2047 Posts
September 19 2011 12:57 GMT
#4
what exactly does DPI do?
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Dalavita
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1113 Posts
September 19 2011 12:58 GMT
#5
Speaking about DPI..
I have an oldschool intellimouse 3.0 that doesn't have a DPI setting or anything like that, so I've never really understood DPI.

What's the difference between raising your sensitivity and raising the DPI setting of your mouse, pixel losses aside.
tw!tch
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States563 Posts
September 19 2011 12:58 GMT
#6
ah! you've been playing with mouse acceleration?! that's rough, I find most games unplayable with that turned on ><
Skew
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States1019 Posts
September 19 2011 13:01 GMT
#7
there's no problem with mouse acceleration and mouse speed doesn't matter, just whatever you're used to. i think mouse acceleration might work differently across windows versions which would obviously cause a lot of issues if you go to many lans.
Skillver
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria1309 Posts
September 19 2011 13:03 GMT
#8
I play with a very low dpi setting. Just play what suits u best
FireSA
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia555 Posts
September 19 2011 13:06 GMT
#9
I play with 3500 dpi, and tbh I think that you get used to any dpi over time, and I am very happy with my dpi and where its at. Started off with 1800, but prefer 3500 now :D but yes I think lots play with pretty low dpi..just whatever works for you
Tofugrinder
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria899 Posts
September 19 2011 13:06 GMT
#10
I have 1600 since my mouse only knows 800/1600/3200/6000 and everything else is either way too slow or way to fast. maybe there's a possibility to manually set it to 1400 but I guess I would miss the awesome "1600 dpi" speech when clicking a button :D

it really depends on the size of the monitor. With my current settings I could never play on a friends 17" laptop for example.

everybody needs to test for him/herself I guess
spirates
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden148 Posts
September 19 2011 13:07 GMT
#11
hmm okej.. i was almost sure all the pros played with like 2000+ :O
DarKcS
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1237 Posts
September 19 2011 13:08 GMT
#12
use max dpi and LOWER SENSITIVITY - tldr; if you are using DPI to change your mouse speed you are doing it wrong.
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MenSol[ZerO]
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada1134 Posts
September 19 2011 13:11 GMT
#13
i use 1800 dpi with 45% sensitivity in sc2 and 6.5 on windows.

play with what your use to
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Offhand
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1869 Posts
September 19 2011 13:12 GMT
#14
On September 19 2011 21:57 ElusoryX wrote:
what exactly does DPI do?


DPI stands for "dots per inch". It's a ratio of how much you need to move the mouse physically to how much the cursor moves on screen. Higher DPS means less movement is needed to get the cursor to travel further. I don't think you can adjust DPI on most normal mice, Razers and Steelseries usually do though.
chaPeL
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany33 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-19 13:15:09
September 19 2011 13:13 GMT
#15
On September 19 2011 22:08 DarKcS wrote:
use max dpi and LOWER SENSITIVITY - tldr; if you are using DPI to change your mouse speed you are doing it wrong.

well, using dpi to change mousespeed is the only right way to do it naturally^^
windows 6/11, sc2 51, dpi how you want it. that's the correct way
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
September 19 2011 13:14 GMT
#16
On September 19 2011 22:08 DarKcS wrote:
use max dpi and LOWER SENSITIVITY - tldr; if you are using DPI to change your mouse speed you are doing it wrong.

Why is your tl;dr longer than your actual post?

So is this how most pros play? Without mouseacc and high DPI?

Whatever they like. Seriously, play what you are most comfortable with and then it's all fine. Just don't make it too slow.
Msr
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)495 Posts
September 19 2011 13:16 GMT
#17
I've noticed the best micro players use very low settings(400dpi), but I personally like higher.
Cephiro
Profile Joined May 2011
Finland1934 Posts
September 19 2011 13:20 GMT
#18
I personally play with 6/11 windows, ~53% SC2 settings (The required 51-54% for no pixel skipping), and 5600 dpi. And it still feels slow to me But I don't want to lose precision for extra speed.
Rachnar
Profile Joined October 2010
France1526 Posts
September 19 2011 13:21 GMT
#19
i play at 3000 dpi i love just tiny touches
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Tofugrinder
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria899 Posts
September 19 2011 13:21 GMT
#20
On September 19 2011 22:08 DarKcS wrote:
use max dpi and LOWER SENSITIVITY - tldr; if you are using DPI to change your mouse speed you are doing it wrong.


try working on a computer with 6000 dpi and you realise that you have to lower your dpi.
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