Gaming Discussions

[cpurpe91]

I am no expert. I usually barely maintain a 1:1 KD in games. Up until about 8 months ago, I had been playing shooters at 16,000 DPI. Yes, 16k. I have since lowered that to 1600 DPI. In hindsight, I was always curious about how all the other people in my parties were doing so well. I thought people were trolling about their configurations. People were using DPI settings that just seemed so silly to me. I genuinely believed that most gamers were maxing out the DPI on their mice. However, I discovered that most people who are really good at shooters use DPI settings from 800 to 1600 with low sensitivity.

Is this commonly known information, or have casual gamers just been nerfing their performance by not knowing that low sensitivity is the way to go?

I wasn't always a casual gamer. "No-lifing" games was my favorite thing to do in shooters. I wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination, but I tried. It never occurred to me that I would do better with different settings.

Now that I know a little better—just a tad—I can see why sniping felt like I was in a fever dream.

Since I started looking into gaming peripherals, I have learned that many factors make a configuration feel right. Most of it is preference; some of it depends on the game's performance. Many games react poorly to really high polling rates. For example, I had a great time at 1600 DPI and 8k polling in COD BO6, but Marvel Rivals stuttered into oblivion with the same settings. It turns out Marvel Rivals just hates anything over 4k polling on my rig, 7900 XTX and 7800X3D.

What are your DPI and in-game settings? Do you change them from game to game? Are there keyboard settings you use that vary from game to game?

[morphinebear]

I keep mine at 1600 but change sensitivity for each game.

[cpurpe91]

What polling rates do you use?

[morphinebear]

Just keep it on 500. Don't think I've ever changed it.

[cpurpe91]

It's not super important unless you are playing at the highest level of competitive play. My mice and settings are overkill for most gamers. There is also a performance hit at anything past 1000hz. At 8k I have to turn some settings down to keep 240+ FPS. That said, I do still tinker with my settings just for fun.

[johnnyenglish]

Mixed feelings here but the topic is gaming, so i just go with 2100dpi with low sensitivity but I'm no competitive gamer anymore, thats long gone, now its just play time to time. If the high dpi bothers me, i just change profiles on the mouse to a lower seting like 1200dpi and the change actually relaxes me.

When doing graphical stuff, high dpi, super low sensitivity with no mouse acceleration helps, but thats precision work and just not made for gaming, unless you want precise/steady moves on the scope. But again, gaming at that level is looooong gone so I keep 3 profile on the mouse with several dpi settings for what I'm doing at the moment.

RoG Armoury crate changes the profile automatically when you start a game or application, so its setup&forget. Kind of cool, and the RGB on the mouse lets you know the profile selected.

[cpurpe91]

I would do that with my Logitech mouse but Logitech's software conflicts with my keyboard software so I change settings on the onboard memory manager from Logitech's site.

[Montagyuu]

I'm a 400 dpi 1000 hz polling kind of person, even out of game. I am however very bad at fps games so my input shouldn't be regarded 😅

[cpurpe91]

I'm bad at just about every game. 

[Nagrenol]

When I was bothered about all of that, I would watch some of the high end players and look at their settings online. 

None of them every really worked for me... maybe overtime they would If I kept using it but I normally just switched back to what suited me.

Right now my Logitech pro wireless is set as DPI: 1800 and Report Rate: 1000 and I that's what I've always been using. 

I think its best to just find what fits your style best.. I remember these guys in say Overwatch who play Widow with the lowest DPI possible but their play style was more around lifting and moving the mouse and they played like hackers the aim was so perfect.

Then there's another guy who played genji who would have his rate to MAX and his play style was centered around barely moving the mouse with even better aim. 

Just find a middle ground and adjust around it till something feels right.

[cpurpe91]

I agree. It is 100% preference. That said, it is fun to talk about. I see people using 400DPI, and I am amazed they don't need an entire table to hit their shots.

[Nagrenol]

Yes its a lift and move method ive seen people use for those low settings a lot. I couldn't do it at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKgdo8Z0e_k&ab_channel=RefragGuides