ETF2L – Latest activity in “Just another "new mouse" thread” https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/ Reply by Rake https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64832 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64832 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:36:03 +0200 Reply by Iller https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64829 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64829 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:18:25 +0200 Reply by Nyctal https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64817 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64817 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:14:32 +0200 Reply by Ino https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64812 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64812 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:02:01 +0200 Reply by Iller https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64806 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64806 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:41:53 +0200 Reply by tramsig https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64804 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64804 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:35:40 +0200 Reply by Iller https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64796 Since you don't seem to understand I'll say it here. DPI is nothing more than a marketing scam to encourage noobs to think higher DPI gives progressively higher accuracy. NOBODY needs more than 800 dpi to guarantee pixel perfect accuracy unless playing at a rediculously high screen resolution like 3800x2460 or something. Ok, but what about skipping ? Shouldn't a higher DPI help against skipping since it takes snapshots at the mousepad at a higher rate ? Or are there absolutely no advantage with higher DPI ? When I changed my DPI from 800 to 1600 on my Ikari optical it felt much better in a way. But of course it might have been an psychological effect.
MX518 is not bad just because it's older "hardware" as you put it. The mouse tracks equally as well as Razer Deathadder and uses practically the same optical engine as far as I know. Both of these mice have absolutely no problems with tracking regardless of how fast you move the mouse. It's impossible to move these mice at a speed/acceleration fast enough to make them track wrongly provided you're using any half decent mouse pad.
Yes, I have read that very few people encounter skipping problems with those mice. (Even if some people say that you can make the DA skip on some surfaces at higher speeds)
Laser mice having higher DPI does NOT mean they are more precise in any significant measurable terms. Theoretically yes higher dpi is more precise but it is not this simple. As an example, playing with MX518 @ 800 dpi @ 1680x1050 resolution will give you the same pixel-perfect precision in an FPS as a Razer Mamba @ 5600 dpi @ 1680x1050 Any reviews you read that say you'll get more precision in games with laser mice due to higher DPI should be disregarded as reviews from people who have no clue, noob and have bought into the same marketing bullshit that so many other new gamers do on search for their first gaming mouse.
Agree. Regarding the Ikari laser, some reviewers says it is more precise than the optical version, but not just because it has higher DPI, but because of their experiences in-game. So what about DPI, what DPI should you use and what difference does it make ? I have noticed, in accordance with what you say, that many professional gamers use rather low DPI on their mice.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64796 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:50:12 +0200 Reply by KOVACS https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64795 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64795 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:30:47 +0200 Reply by Iller https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64696 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64696 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:37:36 +0200 Reply by morf https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-5/?recent=64832#post=64695 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64695 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:35:00 +0200 Reply by Iller https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-4/?recent=64832#post=64693 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64693 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:25:03 +0200 Reply by eoN https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-4/?recent=64832#post=64690 + The best optical sensor on the market with 1800DPI(The Razer Mamba's sensor is alot higher DPI, i think 5600DPI or something?) and it almost never skips I think that is what KOVACS was talking about.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64690 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:21:32 +0200 Reply by Iller https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-4/?recent=64832#post=64686 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64686 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:14:18 +0200 Reply by KOVACS https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-4/?recent=64832#post=64677 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64677 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:54:02 +0200 Reply by Iller https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-4108/page-4/?recent=64832#post=64631 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=4108&post=64631 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:41:06 +0200