400 or 800 DPI? - G MX518

by beAsty • 6 Jun 2020, 23:32 • Journals
Hello everyone,

after some ages I have decided to start some gaming again.

I still have my old QL and W:ET configs. Interestingly I have different sensitivities noted in my configs which I believe are related to 400 and 800 DPI:

Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory:
sensitivity 2.58 // = 1,45
cg_fov 90
Resolution: 1920x1080

Quakelive:
sensitivity "4.5"
cg_fov "103"
Resolution: 1920x1080

So I believe that I played with either 400 or 800 DPI back then (Deathadder / G400).

Does the chosen DPI have and positive or negative effect?
E.g. negative accel?
Also it seems like with todays mouse sensors I am not required to stick with the default / native DPI anymore?

Thanks in advance!
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BOBiKA 7 Jun 2020, 00:54
Anything above 800 is negative accel, so basically no issue 400/800

also in ET above 4sens starts getting choppy, 5 is the limit, after that its a shit show, so essentially higher DPI = lesser ingame sens = better "smoothness"


but there may be other factors from back in the day aswell, since I remember some people using specific DPI because of specific HZ, but that may have been BS aswell as I really dunno if it somehow works out changing the way mechanic work (dpi+hz together) xd
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beAsty 7 Jun 2020, 09:42
Mhh I think there is a correlation between DPI, sensitivity, screen resolution and fps. So it is not just "anything over 800" causes negative accel.

See: https://s547.neocities.org/mouse.html
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cutee 7 Jun 2020, 16:21
thx for that link!
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cutee 7 Jun 2020, 02:24
Is there any sense/mouse tutorial how to get things right?
I also have problems finding really good settings for my mouse....

When I see how incredibly fluid and precise some pros play, I'd really like to know their settings that lead to that. (Apart from all the training, of course.)
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beAsty 7 Jun 2020, 09:37
144Hz display is probably the biggest boost in fluidness and skill you can get.
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walle 7 Jun 2020, 19:14
144hz is some amateur gaming, real pros play CRT
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beAsty 7 Jun 2020, 19:30
Real pros play on a laptop with integrated CRT screen.
I once tried it with my gameboy but the battery doesn't last long enough.
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seareal 7 Jun 2020, 09:51
There is no special settings, talent/practice. Fluid / smooth motion is the result of mouse control on whatever sens be it 3cm/360 or 36cm/360
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dazX 8 Jun 2020, 15:37
1600 DPI and 2.0 sensi xD :D
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Franz-Joseph 9 Jun 2020, 05:28
wtf do you do cocain?
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dazX 9 Jun 2020, 10:23
Yeeee try this
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iNTERR 9 Jun 2020, 14:00
@beAsty, Do you have the old MX518? I have MX518 2019 version with the following settings in ET:

cg_fov 110
Sensitivity: 5.0
DPI: 800
Resolution: 1920x1080 on a 23 inch screen
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