So guys, what DPI settings do you use?

[H3iman]

I use 800 DPI for most games and web browsing, but switch down to 400 DPI for low-resolution FPS gaming or games like BF4 that have multiple sensitivities in-game that you can't adjust (gunner seat in vehicles, for instance). All this is done on two 1080p monitors.

[TacticlTwinkie]

On my 1440p monitor, I find 3000 pretty nice for desktop use. In games, I sometimes bump it up to 3500. I don't need it any higher than that. I can't imagine how anyone uses a dpi 1500 or lower, especially on 1440p. Its such a chore to move the mouse across the screen.

[TacticlTwinkie]

1600 max is all you need.

awe man. I just tried that and I couldn't do it. Maybe I'm so used to high sensitivity, that anything under 2000 is unusable. To me that is. 3000 is the sweet spot to me. But to each his own.

[s4spencer]

I typically use around 1800  and 1200, switch between them depending if its morning or power hour in the evening

[ManOfDisguise]

1500 for everything. i used to use crazy DPIs when i had my da2013 but it just limits you no matter how much you are used to it.

[olbaze]

For web surfing i run at 2300 and gaming i do 1800. I dont understand how people do lower it just makes it such a chore to have to pick it up and move the mouse every time i want to re aim, the only time i even lift it is when i have to fly a chopper or a plane.

 

Well, strictly speaking CPI isn't the only measurement to determine your sensitivity. A lot of people prefer  to use the default CPI on their mouse to avoid needing to install drivers. Another set of people are those who prefer using the native CPI of the mouse, since interpolated CPIs lead to a theoretical inaccuracy. Personally, I have ran into a several games where I had to lower my CPI simply because even the lowest sensitivity setting in the game was too high at 1150 CPI.

 

As for the larger movements required by lower sensitivity, most of the players who play low sensitivity do it because it makes them less prone to errors. For example, if you know that to turn 180 degrees, you need to move your mouse from one side of your mousepad to the other, that'll make your play far more consistent. For comparison, if it took 2 centimeters of movement to get that 180 degree turn, you could do that anywhere on the mousepad, meaning that you would have to rely on very, very precisely trained muscle memory, which takes a lot more time to develop. Not to mention that the latter can be totally decimated if you get a new mouse that is not 100% accurate to what it claims to be. And then you'll just have to start over.

 

Also, a lot of low sensitivity players have massive mousepads. In FPS games, this eliminates a lot of the need for re-centering your mouse, since the crosshair is always in the center anyway.

[DIV1D3]

I fin it depressing that only myself and one other person has selected the last choice. 

But legitimately I only use 800 DPI (CPI) lol, that's only because that's what my mouse is defaulted to. 

[D00M_GaMeR]

400 or 800 CPI depends of what i`am playing

[tobin4]

I'm curious to see what dpi everyone uses. I wanna see if there is a common number or if it is all over the place.

 

Personally I use 600 when I game and around 900 when I am on my desktop. (thanks to the M65 and its dpi buttons)

 

So what do you guys use for your mouse? Whether its just browsing the web or getting 500 kill streaks in COD.

[Jobbe03]

1700

[Guest]

800 on a 1680x1050 monitor.

[KieranFretwell]

2400 DPI. 

[xox]

1000 currently on my G602. Also in power saver mode.

[H4X3R]

1600, i used 800 on 60hz but apparently DPI over 1000 is beneficial to 144hz screen users so i just doubled mine.

[FuzzyYellow]

1200

[OfficialJsP]

400 and 2.5 in game

[Paul_VB]

1400 on my logitech G600

[RevoltTrain]

Using a single 1080p panel, 6400 DPI (Mad Catz RAT 7), always, anything lower feels weird to me and I can't get used to anything lower.

[RelentlessAF]

1600

[Lord Pantaloons]

200-2500

[SpagettiNinja]

I dont even know, but it works.

[Thorium19]

950, but I do sometimes use 250 for finer work, such as photo editing.

[QueenDemetria]

1600 in desktop

3000-3300 with most games

800 when sniping and other random games

[Jade]

2000.

[MegaDave91]

1250 vertical x 1700 horizontal