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HammerStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Canada37 Posts
September 28 2012 21:34 GMT
#1
I just purchased a new mouse and was wondering if it's best to turn up the DPI and lower the sensitivity in-game? I know there are threads on mouse settings here but I have yet to find out a definitive answer on this. Cheers.
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Tomba
Profile Joined January 2012
Norway106 Posts
September 28 2012 21:38 GMT
#2
Put windows settings to 6/11, turn enhance pointer precision off, and adjust dpi to find correct sens for you.
And why not just turn mouse sensitivity off in sc2? Then you will have the same sens as everywhere else.
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
September 28 2012 21:49 GMT
#3
As said above, 6/11 windows sens is default and will prevent pixel jumping, then remove sc2 sens. A lot of players use between 800 and 1200 DPI, 1200 DPI being already quite high. Demuslim said on his stream he uses 1070, I use 800. It's a matter of preference anyway, but around those numbers you have a good speed/precision compromise. I don't know how people can play at 3200 DPI as I saw in other threads x_x
HammerStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Canada37 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-28 21:52:47
September 28 2012 21:52 GMT
#4
On September 29 2012 06:38 Tomba wrote:
Put windows settings to 6/11, turn enhance pointer precision off, and adjust dpi to find correct sens for you.
And why not just turn mouse sensitivity off in sc2? Then you will have the same sens as everywhere else.

That's awesome, I didn't even think of that lol. Thanks brotha

On September 29 2012 06:49 Nimix wrote:
As said above, 6/11 windows sens is default and will prevent pixel jumping, then remove sc2 sens. A lot of players use between 800 and 1200 DPI, 1200 DPI being already quite high. Demuslim said on his stream he uses 1070, I use 800. It's a matter of preference anyway, but around those numbers you have a good speed/precision compromise. I don't know how people can play at 3200 DPI as I saw in other threads x_x

Thanks man, appreciate it
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jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5502 Posts
September 28 2012 21:54 GMT
#5
On September 29 2012 06:49 Nimix wrote:
As said above, 6/11 windows sens is default and will prevent pixel jumping, then remove sc2 sens. A lot of players use between 800 and 1200 DPI, 1200 DPI being already quite high. Demuslim said on his stream he uses 1070, I use 800. It's a matter of preference anyway, but around those numbers you have a good speed/precision compromise. I don't know how people can play at 3200 DPI as I saw in other threads x_x

I'm curious as to whether any legitimately good players use 3200 DPI and above. I've tried and its completely rediculous.
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HammerStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Canada37 Posts
September 28 2012 21:55 GMT
#6
Does a mouse "track' better if the DPI is higher and sensitivity set lower?
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jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5502 Posts
September 28 2012 21:59 GMT
#7
On September 29 2012 06:55 Hammer77 wrote:
Does a mouse "track' better if the DPI is higher and sensitivity set lower?

Having the sensitivity in windows set to anything besides 6/11 in windows and 51-53% or off completely in sc2 will make your "tracking" imperfect.
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xHQx
Profile Joined August 2012
Russian Federation601 Posts
September 28 2012 21:59 GMT
#8
On September 29 2012 06:34 Hammer77 wrote:
I just purchased a new mouse and was wondering if it's best to turn up the DPI and lower the sensitivity in-game? I know there are threads on mouse settings here but I have yet to find out a definitive answer on this. Cheers.

should always use 6/11 in windows and same in sc2 (50%+-2, or just turn it off)
as for Hz - download mouse rate checker and figure out on how much Hz your rate is 100% of time is the same when you're moving mouse with different speed and in different directions
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-28 22:03:36
September 28 2012 22:00 GMT
#9
On September 29 2012 06:55 Hammer77 wrote:
Does a mouse "track' better if the DPI is higher and sensitivity set lower?


No. The most accurate area of the screen you can mouse on to is a single pixel. The mouse already does this, at 800dpi you are telling it to move 800 of these little jumps per inch of movement, at 1000dpi you are telling it to move 1000.

Having sensitivity scales messed up (not at 6/11, 51-54%, driver settings wrong) will just result in inconsistent and inaccurate movement.

If you are refering to smoothness of movement etc, no, it wont change at all, as long as you are on the right scale settings (6/11 in windows, 51-54% in sc2).

By raising DPI you are telling your mouse to move 1 pixel more often in movement (in very exact margins), but by lowering sensitivity, you are telling windows to, for example, ignore the mouse a third of the time that it tells windows to move the cursor 1 pixel
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
September 28 2012 22:04 GMT
#10
On September 29 2012 06:54 jimminy_kriket wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2012 06:49 Nimix wrote:
As said above, 6/11 windows sens is default and will prevent pixel jumping, then remove sc2 sens. A lot of players use between 800 and 1200 DPI, 1200 DPI being already quite high. Demuslim said on his stream he uses 1070, I use 800. It's a matter of preference anyway, but around those numbers you have a good speed/precision compromise. I don't know how people can play at 3200 DPI as I saw in other threads x_x

I'm curious as to whether any legitimately good players use 3200 DPI and above. I've tried and its completely rediculous.


Ive never seen anybody legitimately use over 2k, out of all the people ive asked etc, nobody actuly used that without having positive and/or negative acceleration on, or messing up scales, using for example 3200dpi, but 3/11 in windows, which will ignore 75% of your mouse movement
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HammerStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Canada37 Posts
September 28 2012 22:37 GMT
#11
Thanks guys, that's great feedback and exactly what I needed to know. Cheers!
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-28 23:37:43
September 28 2012 23:36 GMT
#12
And in terms of sensitivity, my advice would be to pick a dpi between ~400-1000, get used to it, never change it, play some Osu or something similar like 5 hours a week and you will have god micro in no time. That sens will serve you well for pretty much anything, i played 360/450 on a dualscreen (1920x1200 primary) setup for quite a while, but thats low end.
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boomudead1
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States186 Posts
September 29 2012 00:36 GMT
#13
3500 dpi. 1000hz. enhance pointer precision on. fast but once u get used to it. u barely need to move ur mouse. doesnt hurt ur risk. and move mouse further w/o moving ur risk a lot. for micro. u will get used to it.
Pisko.
Profile Joined August 2011
United States214 Posts
September 29 2012 01:01 GMT
#14
On September 29 2012 09:36 boomudead1 wrote:
3500 dpi. 1000hz. enhance pointer precision on. fast but once u get used to it. u barely need to move ur mouse. doesnt hurt ur risk. and move mouse further w/o moving ur risk a lot. for micro. u will get used to it.

You're just asking to get RSI.
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
September 29 2012 02:38 GMT
#15
For micro? Good luck selecting anything. I find my ability to click, or box running speedlings or target fire individual mutas or phoenix's when stutter stepping towards them very notably impaired going from 450dpi to 810.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
YouthSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom355 Posts
September 29 2012 02:46 GMT
#16
I've always used 3500DPI (maximum dpi in the Razer Abyssus), and 71% sensitivity in sc2, and 6/11 in windows.

To be honest, some pixel skipping in sc2 (if it does occur at 71%), is NOT a problem at all. I have never noticed pixel skipping or lack of mouse control whatsoever.
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sour_eraser
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada932 Posts
September 29 2012 02:51 GMT
#17
Whoa. All these fancy senstivity mumbo jumbo confuses me
I just play at default at 450 dpi with my Abyssus and have no problem. o_O
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
September 29 2012 03:02 GMT
#18
On September 29 2012 11:46 YouthSC wrote:
I've always used 3500DPI (maximum dpi in the Razer Abyssus), and 71% sensitivity in sc2, and 6/11 in windows.

To be honest, some pixel skipping in sc2 (if it does occur at 71%), is NOT a problem at all. I have never noticed pixel skipping or lack of mouse control whatsoever.


Well then your 71% sens in sc2 is taking you to about 7k effective DPI. Your sensitivity is far far too high (by a factor of at least 3-5) for you to be able to have the accuracy in the first place that you say you are not noticing losing.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
1a2a3a[MB]
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States297 Posts
September 29 2012 03:05 GMT
#19
Zowie Mico 800 DPI good for micro excellent feet loud scroll squeaks (sometimes)...
good buy for the price
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Rollin
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia1552 Posts
September 29 2012 04:01 GMT
#20
I use about 2000 DPI for starcraft 2 at 1920x1080 (6/11 with no accel and ignore sc2 sensitivity of course).

For fps I use between 1200 and 2000 depending on the game. Even 2000 feels slow for me in starcraft 2 sometimes, but I'm not going to go higher: I'm comfortable microing at 2000, but I'm not sure it would be as easy at say 2500 or 3000.
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