#what's the best dpi?

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hoary marsh
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Recently I've gotten the razer viper mini, and I realized that for my whole gaming career ive been playing on 1600dpi cause my main mouse back then didn't have any software, and with not much experience I never knew the difference between 800 and 1600dpi, I thought they were the same thing for while, but now when I try 800 dpi with pro player sens such as tenz (0.403), it feels too slow, cause I always played with his sens when I was on 1600, the most common thing I hear is the it's the difference between you and pro players, they move their arms or wrists faster than you so they have more mouse control, I think it's definitely a perfect time to start training my mouse control, why do you all think about the whole dpi thing? Would love to hear your opinion

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sturdy badger
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to start off with, it doesnt matter and you can get any rank in any game (including voltaic) on any dpi, it is irrelevant to your actual performance. that being said higher dpi is more information being sent, so if your mouse can handle it (e.g. came out after 2010) then higher is better. I run 3200 BC it's the highest I can go while games still giving me enough control over my sens for me to be happy

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also, double the dpi is the same as double the sens, so 0.25 1600 is the same as 0.5 800, so you've likely been playing on crazy high sensitivitys that are unreasonable to control

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there is a thing called edpi (effective dpi) which is your in game sens multiplied by your dpi, use this when translating a pro players sens to your own (or cm/360 which is more complex but better)

hoary marsh
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That could definitely why am very inconsistent on mnk but very consistent on controller, I don't think it's a aim assist thing either

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I could prob get a good rank in most games if am on controller, the same unfortunately can't be said about me on mnk

sturdy badger
hoary marsh
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uh huh

sturdy badger
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if it's not aim assist, you would be able to get to a high rank in ow on an aim intensive role using pad <3

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once you play a game that doesn't use stupid aim assist you'll understand

hoary marsh
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I'll def give it a try man

ocean hatch
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I use 8k dpi and divide the typical sens with 800 dpi by 10. Higher dpi visually looks slightly smoother if you test it on very small motions, but that's probably more of a placebo effect than a tangible benefit. Realistically, if you miss a shot in game it's a mouse control issue and not a dpi issue

sturdy badger
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it's never going to be a dpi issue, pros regularly use 400 dpi and are consistent. What higher dpi is good for is placebo (unironically very impactful) and using programs like raw Accel benefit a lot from the more information that higher dpi offers