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Esorydal
Profile Joined March 2012
Poland42 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-17 17:16:32
November 17 2012 17:16 GMT
#1
hi there used to be a dpi to cpi converter on steelseries website but now its gone does anyone know what 1800 dpi would be on cpi?
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
November 17 2012 17:26 GMT
#2
I think you are dreaming about that converter because Cpi and Dpi is exactly the same thing, and steelseries will say the same

http://faq.steelseries.com/questions/100/Counts Per Inch? CPI? I haven't come across these expressions before, except for DPI (Dots Per Inch)?
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Esorydal
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Poland42 Posts
November 17 2012 17:30 GMT
#3
i wasnt dreaming that faq page does not say anything about cpi and dpi being the same measuring increment
Esorydal
Profile Joined March 2012
Poland42 Posts
November 17 2012 17:31 GMT
#4
http://hardware.gotfrag.com/portal/forums/thread/375434/

look at post 5
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
November 17 2012 17:38 GMT
#5
On November 18 2012 02:30 Esorydal wrote:
i wasnt dreaming that faq page does not say anything about cpi and dpi being the same measuring increment



it says that cpi is the proper term for dpi...if it doesnt mean that cpi and dpi is the same thing (in terms of mouse specifics) then i don't know...
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Esorydal
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Poland42 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-17 17:48:51
November 17 2012 17:41 GMT
#6
On November 18 2012 02:38 ArtyK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2012 02:30 Esorydal wrote:
i wasnt dreaming that faq page does not say anything about cpi and dpi being the same measuring increment



it says that cpi is the proper term for dpi...if it doesnt mean that cpi and dpi is the same thing (in terms of mouse specifics) then i don't know...


yep thats what i was trying to get at, all posts on cpi are vague none of them specify if they are the same as dpi or not it.
buzzkill568
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada56 Posts
November 17 2012 18:08 GMT
#7
CPI and DPI are the same thing. CPI was created because it better describes what DPI actually was. CPI and DPI are the exact same thing. Artyk linked you FAQ from steelseries that says exactly that...
Battleaxe
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States843 Posts
November 17 2012 18:15 GMT
#8
Looks like the calculator you might be lookin for is embedded into one of the product guides:

http://steelseries.com/products/mice/steelseries-xai-laser
Look on the specs page under the "true sensitivity" section, you can plug in your numbers and get your "true sensitivity".
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Esorydal
Profile Joined March 2012
Poland42 Posts
November 18 2012 01:07 GMT
#9
On November 18 2012 03:15 Battleaxe wrote:
Looks like the calculator you might be lookin for is embedded into one of the product guides:

http://steelseries.com/products/mice/steelseries-xai-laser
Look on the specs page under the "true sensitivity" section, you can plug in your numbers and get your "true sensitivity".



oh thank you very much
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20322 Posts
November 18 2012 01:38 GMT
#10
DPI and CPI are exactly the same thing.

1000DPI/CPI means that if you move the mouse 1 inch your cursor will move 1000 pixels.

The sens thing only applies to first person shooter engines, etc.
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