EPTI did the MSPaint test and the differences are essentially imperceptible. I guess it just comes down to a matter of comfort/preference.
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SoLaR[i.C]
United States2969 Posts
I did the MSPaint test and the differences are essentially imperceptible. I guess it just comes down to a matter of comfort/preference. | ||
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relay
Norway30 Posts
On September 14 2010 03:46 lindn wrote: well, why didn't you leave the windows one alone and used the deathadder DPI thing to the left? I didn't adjust Windows sens -- it's at default 6/11 -- and I did adjust the DPI. | ||
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Zapperkhan
United States436 Posts
On September 15 2010 01:43 Bumblebees wrote: What correlation does that have to SC2 at all? The units are not 1 pixel wide, or even 4 pixels wide. Obviously pixel accuracy is important for FPS since sometimes your target IS a few pixels wide, but when is such precision ever absolutely required for optimal play in SC2? I'm gonna go ahead and say it's important because you click on stuff. There are some pretty small units in the game. Pretty sure feedbacking a ghost requires quite a bit of precision. | ||
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lindn
Sweden833 Posts
On September 15 2010 01:43 Bumblebees wrote: What correlation does that have to SC2 at all? The units are not 1 pixel wide, or even 4 pixels wide. Obviously pixel accuracy is important for FPS since sometimes your target IS a few pixels wide, but when is such precision ever absolutely required for optimal play in SC2? if there's the same inaccuracy as the test on page 1 (or close to) then it could stop you from microing as well as you could have though it's mainly a FPS thing but having major inaccuracy while playing any game can ruin a lot of things | ||
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btlyger
United States470 Posts
OP, You have a nice and steady hand sir. | ||
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ktang
United States196 Posts
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
(sorry i am not tech-savy at all, didn't even know what DPI was before this thread) | ||
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chocopan
Japan986 Posts
I tried the Steermouse method and it seems ok to me after a day or two of use. Install Steermouse, set accel to 0, and then up your mouse DPI to something reasonable (I use a MX518 I think). | ||
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OdinPimphammer
Afghanistan40 Posts
On September 15 2010 07:54 GGTeMpLaR wrote: so just to get this straight, if I get a mouse with 3500 DPI as opposed to my current one with 500 DPI, I can decrease my windows sensitivity from 11/11 to 6/11 and have the same "speed" but greater "precision"? (sorry i am not tech-savy at all, didn't even know what DPI was before this thread) Exactly, I ended up buying a mouse with 5000 DPI (only needed about 3500 like you were suggesting) and the difference is def noticeable and this is coming from a long time PC gamer. Set your Windows sensitivity to default and up the DPI on your mouse to get the smooth precision. I actually noticed this issue before he made this thread but didnt know the cause or really look into it, so, thanks alot for this thread. | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
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TheBase
United States17 Posts
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relay
Norway30 Posts
On September 15 2010 10:02 GGTeMpLaR wrote: what "polling" rate should I use, 1000 or 250? Higher is more precise, but demands more of your computer. Personally I have it at 500. | ||
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
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artanis2
United States732 Posts
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Solis_Fonte
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xzidez
Sweden147 Posts
If you are playing with it and you are fine with it, great, keep it that way. But please dont suggest that other should use it. Its pretty common that good players dont use this setting, and its not because they are trying to be cool or anything like that. Its just because it IS BAD. The thing is. If you want to move a certain distance on the screen to press something, you want to move the same distance with your hand no matter how fast you do it. (this is because when you improve you dont want to "relearn" the distance you have to move). Its pretty much impossible to apply "reflexplay" with mouse acceleration on. Because you have to observe where the cursor is and move it more / less until it is in the right position. (Dont know if reflexplay is any word for it but I guess all former FPS players know what im talking about). But without it your muscles can learn that ok I need to move that faar, go ahead and do it then click. You will not know until after if you missclicked or not. But thats pretty much how it is in a nutshell. Your brain needs time to observe, analyze and send signals to your hand. And you want to speed up this process by making is as simple as possible. And this is done by keeping the same ratio no matter how fast you move your mouse. This way you can increase your gaming speed without you having to adapt and change the distance you move the mouse. It will greatly help you becoming faster at clicking stuffs, and the right stuffs. But sure, if you want to learn at a slower pace, go ahead and check that box! | ||
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Neo.NEt
United States785 Posts
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stafu
Australia1196 Posts
On October 11 2010 02:22 Neo.NEt wrote: Wow thanks for this, I'm using an Intellimouse which I think is 400 dpi. I've been playing on like 8/11 or 9/11 and like 87% in game and I've always suspected that something wasn't right. I always had trouble clicking exactly where I wanted. I figured I was just bad, but I guess that was only half of it. So I need a mouse with higher dpi so that I can put windows on 6/11 and in game at 50%? I'm a mouse newb but I'm guessing if the dpi is higher there is a third setting for sensitivity which you can adjust? Yep, most mice have a hardware or software switch for changing DPI between 400 and the mouse maximum, so you might find 800 or 1600 adequate. You can also use a higher dpi and lower the sensitivity via Windows/SC2 (one and the same) as lowering sensitivity does not cause the same loss in precision as raising. | ||
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Neivler
Norway911 Posts
On September 16 2010 08:37 TheBase wrote: Man... I really wish I had a mouse with a dpi higher than 400 (using the intellimouse 3.0). I'm forced to use enhance pointer precision because the in-game sensitivity settings is stupid and the default settings without enhance pointer precision is too slow. I'm going to report this to Blizzard right now. What should I write up so that they themselves can actually test this? WHAT? I use that mouse and it have a perfect sensitivity. I use a XXL mouse pad so that might help a lot. ![[image loading]](http://www.techtastic.ca/reviews5/qpad/qpad2.jpg) | ||
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TheOGBlitzKrieg
United States346 Posts
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