If you want a higher overall sensitivity you can always up your ingame sensitivity. Aside from that, some sensors will introduce smoothing at higher DPI levels, so it’s always safer to stay at 1600 or lower. It is a common marketing gimmick to advertise gaming mice with absurdly high DPI counts, but most professional gamers set their DPI anywhere between 4, making these absurdly high DPI possibilities virtually useless. So in general the DPI of your mouse will determine how sensitive it is throughout your entire system. If your mouse is set to 800 DPI it will travel 800 pixels (‘counts/dots’) on screen per inch of movement on your desk.ĭPI is always set on the mouse itself (or via software) and as such translates to the sensitivity of the mouse in Windows, internet browsers, and so on. The higher your DPI is the more your cursor moves when you move the mouse, so the higher the DPI, the more ‘sensitive’ the mouse, from a hardware point of view. If you’ve got your mouse set at 1000 DPI it means that the mouse will ‘measure’ 1000 points of movement per inch that you move the mouse.
Dpi resolution calculator Pc#
Note: in PC gaming, CPI (Counts Per Inch) is used intermittently with DPI.ĭPI stands for Dots Per Inch.