Razer Deathadder

eZyKillQQ

I recently purchased the Deathadder and i want to gauge the overall settings of the deathadder users here. I'm accustomed to a 400 DPI mouse so its very fast for me, even with 0 in-game sensitivity. Would it be a good idea to tune up the DPI and lower the sensitivity? (I have a max DPI of 3500). The profiles are 900, 1800, and 3500.

For you peepz with the deathadder, what are your configs?

doop51

eZyKillQQ wrote: »

I recently purchased the Deathadder and i want to gauge the overall settings of the deathadder users here. I'm accustomed to a 400 DPI mouse so its very fast for me, even with 0 in-game sensitivity.

For you peepz with the deathadder, what are your configs?

0 is gonna be fast, especially if you use 1000hz and 1800 dpi


lowering your windows sense might help abit, but its all up to you

personally i see no difference between 450 dpi and 1800 dpi, but that is because i use a small resolution. When you use a high resolution it is necessary to have higher dpi (but for crossfire it doesn't matter)

eZyKillQQ

I like it to be very precise, so am i left to lower the DPI? Or will lowering the windows sens keep it balance if i choose to use 1800.

Dark_Swifty

I use 1200 dpi. A lot of people consider it the default dpi.

doop51

eZyKillQQ wrote: »

I like it to be very precise, so am i left to lower the DPI? Or will lowering the windows sens keep it balance if i choose to use 1800.

precision has very little to do with dpi

doop51

Just because some mice can do a very high dpi, does not mean you should upgrade to them for dpi alone. There is a simple formula for approximating how much dpi your mouse actually needs to have to not cause any problems with precision. The ideal is that each input from the mouse turns you just one pixel or less on the game screen. This formula works because the standard CS:S field of view is 90 degrees at a 4:3 aspect resolution. The number of vertical pixels is the second number in your resolution. (like 768 in 1024x768 or 1200 in 1920x1200)

[(Vertical # of pixels at in-game resolution) x 2.667] / (inches needed to make a 180 turn) = (Necessary DPI)


This shows how much dpi is actually useful for the sensitivity and resolution you wish to play at. For example if I play at 1024x768 and want to turn 180 in 3 inches, it would say I need at least 700dpi to do that and still have pixel accuracy inside the game.