High dpi mice

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Hey folks,

Since Christmas, I've built myself a nice rig around 3x r290s. It's silky smooth in benchmarks and games, but I'm struggling to find a nice mode in battlefield 4 and think it might be down to my mouse

Basically, it's an aging logitech mxlaser x20. A little reading around suggests it's 800dpi. What's happening is that when using the mouse, panning is jerky when looking around and attempting to aim. The FPS is rock solid at 60fps due to vsync but it appears jerky

Earlier, I plugged in a 360 controller, and it becomes such a nicer experience in that it just looks and feels much smoother. A totally different experience.. apart from I can't use pads for shizz in these games :p

So, given that you can get mice upto 5600dpi now, maybe more, is the way my 800dpi is tracking causing the issue. Would be so much better if my mouse gave movement like the pad does, but before I fork out on one, just thought I'd ask if you think this makes sense. Or is this just how it is based on the way controllers work?

Cheers
 
I have a Razer Abyssus which have a 3 modes, 800/1500/3000 dpi ( or something like that).
I would look at Razer Mamba or DeathAdder if I were you. They are very solid and will last you forever ( i have my Abyssus almost 2 years, still working great ).
 
Cheers

So does the higher the setting give a smoother feel?

At the moment, it looks like micro stutter and is just a bit annoying more than anything else
 
Higher dpi is not smoother.

It's possible your mouse isn't smooth, but the fact that it is only 800 dpi is not the reason for that. It's likely the mouse is just rubbish. A good mouse on the 800 dpi setting would still be perfectly smooth. dpi is literally just hardware sensitivity. Please do not fall for the marketing trap of higher dpi = better, because that is not true at all. Higher dpi = your mouse moves faster. That's it. And your mouse moving faster is not a good thing. If your mouse moves too fast (for me, too fast is anything above 1800 dpi) it actually becomes harder to aim, not easier.

Also, 60 fps in a first person shooter is not very high. I'm certain if you unlocked your fps your game would look smoother.

If you want a mouse recommendation: Razer Deathadder, Logitech G400, Zowie FK/EC1/EC2/AM, Steelseries Rival, Microsoft Explorer 3.0, Microsoft WMO. Avoid any laser mouse as they all have inherent positive acceleration.
 
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Disable vsync. That often makes things a bit jerky for me on certain games.

Another vote for the Deathadder here. 5 buttons and a pleasure to hold!
 
Thanks

I think I'll just lend a few friends different mice to see if it is just mine being old and rubbish

Tried it without vsync on and it's the same really, but now with added horrific tearing to boot : )
 
First thing first, turn off vsync.

Secondly it's probably time to buy a new mouse.

High DPI won't make any difference at all. The higher the DPI the further the mouse will move on your screen when you move the mouse. Basically if you are playing FPS games, then ideally you would want to use a DPI of either 400/800 with a low in game sensitivity. Reason being for this is it allows you to move the mouse slowly and aim precisely at targets. Best way to set your in game sensitivity is you should be able to do a 180 degree turn with one swipe either left to right without dragging the mouse. If you had a high DPI you could literally move the mouse a tiny amount and the mouse would fly all over the screen.

As for your problem, seems like you have the good old new rig old mouse bug. Your mouse probably only does 125hz on the polling rate which is causing it to skip or lag. A mouse’s polling rate is how often it reports its position to a computer. Polling rate is measured in Hz. If a mouse has a 125 Hz polling rate, it’s reporting its position to the computer 125 times every second. In other words, 125 Hz polling rate means the mouse is reporting its position to the computer every 8 milliseconds. A 500 Hz rate would mean that the mouse is reporting its position to the computer every 2 milliseconds and 1000Hz ever 1 millisecond.

Was exactly same issue I had when I bought a new machine this year, turned out the polling rate was causing an issue for it to lag or skip. If you use Logitech drivers, try uninstalling them and using the basic windows ones and seeing if it still does it.
 
High dpi mice are just a marketing gimmick. As for BF4 that's the biggest gimmick. Don't change your hardware/peripherals for that pile of **** of a game.
 
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High dpi mice are just a marketing gimmick. As for BF4 that's the biggest gimmick. Don't change your hardware/peripherals for that pile of **** of a game.
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No, it's not a gimmick.

Being able to change your DPI while gaming is a wonderful tool where you can lower the DPI for when you aiming or sniping or higher the DPI when you are inside a vehicle and aiming the turret or when flying.
 
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