Mouse Polling Rate?

[jacobgoblin]

What does raising or lowering a polling rate actually do? Is high or low better on a laser mouse?

[Giganizer300PRO]

Not sure, but polling rate is how fast your mouse/device sends updates to the computer.

In that case, raising it would be more effective for competitive gaming.

As for lowering I don't see a benefit... maybe lower strain...?

[Verne]

"This is the frequency with which data is being sent to the operating system." source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=56240.0 (its a good read, section 2.2 for polling rate)

[Mao_Zedong]

It is the number of times it reports to your computer. Higher is better, but it really doesn't have that big of a difference. If you want a recommendation for a mouse, give a budget, use, and general hand size.

[Keyboy]

What does raising or lowering a polling rate actually do? Is high or low better on a laser mouse?

On PS/2: No idea

 

On USB: Changes the Hz (times per second) the computer will ask the mouse what new has happened

[WereCat]

It's latency.

1000Hz polling rate = 1ms

500Hz = 5ms

etc...

[heethoofd27]

On PS/2: No idea

 

On USB: Changes the Hz (times per second) the computer will ask the mouse what new has happened

 

PS/2 actually sends an hardware interrupt so I don't think polling rate effects those peripherals.

[Timmy-P]

It's latency.

1000Hz polling rate = 1ms

500Hz = 5ms

etc...

500Hz is 2ms.

[woll3]

It's latency.

1000Hz polling rate = 1ms

500Hz = 5ms

etc...

 

 

It is not, polling rate is polling rate. ^^ A mouse with 1000hz and bad FW can have higher latency than something with 125hz.

 

Also it is not how often Data gets sent, but how often for Data is asked.

 

Depending on CPI and Mouse people might prefer a lower polling rate, either because it performs better, or simply because the tracking gets smoothed out at lower polling.

 

 

[WereCat]

It is not, polling rate is polling rate. ^^ A mouse with 1000hz and bad FW can have higher latency than something with 125hz.

Also it is not how often Data gets sent, but how often for Data is asked.

Depending on CPI and Mouse people might prefer a lower polling rate, either because it performs better, or simply because the tracking gets smoothed out at lower polling.

Thanks for clarification.

I though that it is simply like latency. The more often mouse ask for data the sooner mouse register movement.

So sorry for misinformation.