Why Gamers are Switching to High DPI

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DPI and sensor lag - what you need to know.

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[SimonT]

My grandson said he is “cracked” after I show him this video. I think that is good. Newly subscriber!!! Thank you!!!

[MatthewMora]

The amount effort put into this video is crazy. The combination of relevant PC/gaming information and god tier cinematography is unmatched! 👏👏

[DeSinc]

not sure if it's been mentioned here but some sensors interpolate between samples for their higher DPI giving you a more noisy output that isn't as accurate and drifts (not that much but it's still something) with some sensors actually getting interpolation turned on at as little as anything above 1600 dpi. basically it pays to check your specific sensor and see what its max dpi is before it starts running interpolation and use that. or alternatively, pick what feels best in windows at medium sensitivity (6/11 setting in windows) and call it a day (never change windows sens value, if nothing's changed since the early days then changing that setting introduces even more artifacts that you don't want to deal with). also some mice run better at 500hz and struggle to run 1000hz and give you inconsistent reporting. you can download a mouse polling rate checker and move your mouse around quickly and see if you get 990-1000hz reporting or if it bounces between 638hz 782hz 598hz 802hz 712hz etc. for really consistently fast movement - probably just stick to 500hz if you see that. (if you move your mouse really slowly it can do that too though just be aware) and not to mention some CPUs actually can get slowed down a bit with 1000hz polling during an intensive game. my old CPU used to actually have noticeable skips in gameplay at 1000hz polling rate, just be aware of that

[MaybeBillClinton]

Man this is some serious research. Super impressed with the extent they you've gone for this. Awesome!

[romaDa]

This is next level tech reviews... builds his own machines, writes his own code, and all that delivered in such a good way without any obnoxious screaming and weird facial expressions

[JaredBusch]

I have to say; I've watched several videos on the same topic, but this is BY FAR the first one that was digestible. a.k.a. NOW I understand.

[CoolJoshk]

Would have been really neat to see the most popular mice tested. Also with the DPI tested up to much higher amounts.
Perhaps a part 2?

[DukeSloth]

Absolutely love the tests in this series, looking forward to the next one! Now to find a wireless mouse with a shape I actually like...

[nasser_almashjary]

Dude! You're being very modest. It's not a pasta salad that you whipped up over there but an awesome measurement device. RESPECT!

[BrochMan]

Awesome video, it's really good to know dpi effects latency that much. I'd like to see you test more mice on this, and kinda come up with a top ten low latency wireless mice or something like that.

[punX]

You could also test acceleration of the sensor :) fast move right, slow move back left and the cursor should be at the same startingpoint.

[therick]

not many creators i'll stop what i'm doing to watch, but yours is definitely one of them

[flowerface]

The thing about turning down in game sensitivity and increasing it on the mouse, as well as DPI, was something I totally found out by accident. Thanks for explaining all of this in a way that's easy to understand and for an overall fascinating video

[jeroenvdw]

Good job man, I'll be watching your future videos with these tests for sure. And I've learned it's better to use high DPI with lower sensitivity, will test this out now :)

[CoolJoshk]

I’d be interested in where the line is between physical DPI of the sensor and the interpolation used to reach higher DPI specs.
For example, the actual sensor resolution might be 800DPI while interpolation allows it to figure out up to 3200DPI.

[troger]

Seriously everytime I watch his channel, I get more and more impressed by his cinematography, his PC building and his engineering skills

Ali, you rock!!

[yun]

The level of analysis, depth and just sheer engineering here is god tier

[olivercox]

I REALLY want to the see the next set of tests. Mouse acceleration etc. I don’t see anyone else using something well designed like this. Very cool. And thank god for putting some rest to “wireless will never compete with wired”

[ReignSovereign]

the b roll shot at 1:21 of the mouse and the test machine you built is s-tier. just had to show some appreciation for that. GG

[abyss_mk]

This is top tier content. So many unscientific videos exist on mouse DPI where someone is dragging a mouse by hand. I would love to see the raw data in some kind of spreadsheet format but otherwise nice work!