(16 Dec 14, 01:32PM)Flames Wrote: ^bah, how often do you change your mouse?
Only when I feel the need to. I'll sometimes buy new mice to try while I'm currently using one, and then if I like it enough I'll switch. I'd still be using my original rev1 G400 (the one modified with the Avago ADNS-3080E sensor) if the cable didn't die on me (on the day of the 2014 ACWC too, so I had to play with my trash deathadder). :>
(16 Dec 14, 04:50PM)ExodusS Wrote: ^The most important information is here, lower values may not find enough points on the ground* to it may not move when it should, and higher values may find informations on the ground* that aren't supposed to be informations (ex: deformations, dust ...).
Didn't see this post in time, pretty much correct but just wanted to elaborate. Higher than 1000 dpi being bad isn't an absolute rule for all mice, for instance the Avago ADNS-S3688/8888/9888 (used on all deathadders + original abyssus) run better at 1800 dpi, for instance. But generally I think you won't need anything higher than 1800 or 2000, and it's important to research the sensor specifications on the mouse you have to make sure the settings you have are optimal.
About finding information on the mouse surface, optical sensors generally aren't as bad as laser sensors. Lasers are generally so powerful that they can even read the fibers in cloth mousepads and it can cause some problems with jitter and stutter and stuff, especially if your mousepad is multicoloured (G500 was awful on my QcK+ Fnatic). The only real advantage of laser sensors is that they offer high DPI values, which as stated previously are useless.
Optical all the way <3