whats the point in having high DPI?

[gamercommunity619]

^ thats my exact question. i mean im right now looking at a logitech mouse which has 60000 dpi. hows that going to help a low spec gamer who plays in the lowest settings possible? i just wanna know if its worth the money.

 

[volkgren]

Can you link to the mouse you are referring to? 60,000 DPI is extremely high and nobody would want to use that. I have a Logitech G403 with 12,000 DPI and I prefer to keep it about half way else the mouse moves too fast.

 

[gamercommunity619]

Can you link to the mouse you are referring to? 60,000 DPI is extremely high and nobody would want to use that. I have a Logitech G403 with 12,000 DPI and I prefer to keep it about half way else the mouse moves too fast.

im sorry i added an additional zero

 

[volkgren]

Okay turns out I didn't know what I was talking about. I installed the support software from Logitech and found out my DPI settings and the one I use is 1,600 DPI. So 6,000 DPI mouse should be more than enough.

 

[JoeMomma]

right now looking at a logitech mouse which has 6000 dpi. hows that going to help a low spec gamer who plays in the lowest settings possible? i just wanna know if its worth the money.

Assuming the mouse has adjustable on-the-fly dpi and you pick the normal mode, you would setup up the Windows or game mouse movement slider to be very low. In this way 6,000 dpi equals about 25 mm of on screen movement. So for every 1 mm you move your hand the mouse is tracking 240 times or every 0.004167 mm. Super Exact! Because you are playing at a lower spec, I think any gain you get in response and precision would be worth it.

If you switch the dpi to fast mode you can run around and spin faster.
If you switch to slow mode you can be a sniper or draw better in Photoshop.

 

[fredfinks]

Happy with 400 dpi from an intellimouse optical, even with a 1440p screen.
Aiming is perfection & i can spin fast enough.

 

[JoeMomma]

Happy with 400 dpi from an intellimouse optical, even with a 1440p screen.
Aiming is perfection & i can spin fast enough.

My Cougar 550M mouse has 6,400 dpi max.
I use 1,600 dpi - 90% of the time. The vertical dpi (1,400) is set to be a little lower than the horizontal.
I also have 800 dpi and 3,200 dpi presets. 800 dpi is for Photoshop and rarely use 3,200.