Gadgetory

well hello good people today let's have some fun shall we I want to explore the topic of maximum dpi for gaming mice because it's such an arbitrary and almost vague number that nobody should ever use so why does it exist in the first place so here is me gaming at 400 dpi as you can see how full control my muscle memory kicks in in terms of flicks and aim correction when I overshoot my target but here is me gaming at 16,000 16,000 dpi it is impossible to game at 16,000 dpi you probably already knew that it's hilarious and it's also frustrating even after lowering my sensitivity in Windows and in game to somewhat of a level where I have a bit more control it's just it doesn't make any sense but of course there are reasons why we have mice with 16,000 dpi sensitivity with 12000 dpi and CPI so let's talk about all the reasons why right after this the new t46 calibre ddr4 memory is one unique RGB kit with awesome light spill from each module and the special edition has a cool totem design on the light bar you get lifetime warranty up to 4,000 megahertz speeds and full lighting control through the software check out the t46 calibre ram down below alright so i'm a bit of a mice collector and so here's a collection of all my mice and their maximum DPI sensitivity starting off with the lowest one I have the Zoe FK one it only goes up to 3200 dpi which is respectable given that started audience for eSports players and most of whom don't go above a thousand dpi because you want to have that control when doing those headshots moving up the scale we have the MX master 2's it's a Productivity Mouse but it only goes up to 4000 dpi and they say only in comparison to what you're about to see come next my favourites still series mice the rival 310 and 600 both go up to 12,000 CPI then laundry Tex g3 or 5g for 3G 6 or 3 and the original G Pro go up to 12,000 dpi as well but if you're not moving up the dpi chain how you really dancing and this is where I think you know gaming brands are kind of an dilemma they want to appear like they're releasing new products and innovating but you know releasing a 16k sensor versus a 12k sensor we had two years ago technological advancement is there and you can appreciate for this true one to one performance throughout the entire range no filtering from 100 to 16,000 dpi it's impressive but it doesn't matter it seems like it's being released just as a showpiece you know like this is where we are right now with sensor technology but machines can detect 16,000 dpi with no filtering but humans can't now I love the approach from Logitech in terms of releasing these new sensors and upgrading their older mice like the g502 hero and the G Pro now have the new 16 K hero sensors without any price premiums you're still paying $79 for this and 69 for the G pro mouse and wireless integration of course is a brand new one but it's awesome to see older bodies being upgraded with the new sensors without any price premiums but of course marketing has played a huge role in increasing the maximum dpi I think because 16 K sounds a lot better than 12 K and below but I think is a gaming community as a whole we've moved beyond preceding high sensitivity sensors as anything of like value to us because now it's all about the weight the shaped buttons the quality of the entire structure more than the sensor itself because the sensors are becoming so good that any advancement in them is almost irrelevant so for example the original G pro of Mouse that I've used ever since launch a fantastic performer and by the way you can check out my favorite list of my style description below along with mouse mats but the new G Pro has the new 16 hero sensor and upgraded cable based on feedback but everything else is identical and aside from having the thinner cable the doesn't kink might perceive performance between these two mice one a 16 K sensor or the other is 12 is identical at 400 dpi so it makes no difference but now I'd like to discuss all the reasons why high DPI sensitivity exists in the first place let's begin with high resolution gaming so I went back to cs:go enabled 8k resolution the adsr I know it's not exactly a k resolution since I'm playing in the 4k display but just having control is so it's almost impossible even though I played this for half an hour before recording this gameplay just to understand how my cursor would you know behave and you know and how much movement I have to control so in any of these examples you can see the mouse is very jerky I have very little control of where my crosshair goes and in csgo it's super important because that's how you aim so precise and accurate shots are important so for example here I take out my pistol trying to aim and I'm trying to correct for my error but it's just impossible because tiny movement of the mouse to like a million little movement of the mouse mat is so much movement on screen it's almost like I'm flicking everywhere and just simple aim becomes impossible now jumping into quake champions another super-important FPS where aim is crucial but this one we have a bit more margin of error because rocket launcher is another weapons deal damage in the radius format so you can still shoot at the wall and potentially kill your opponent so here is me playing at 400 dpi I'm very comfortable with my aim I know exactly where to pre aim when I go around certain corners but then when we switch to 16,000 dpi this story changes and just as with csgo my aim is impossible I cannot find my target and it was quite frustrating at 16,000 dpi it's quite unnatural having such slight motion of the mouse itself that lose so many pixels on screen if you really want to test your in-game patience play with an extremely high DPI that is unnatural and yeah see how frustrated you get but gaming aside another argument for having high DPI sensitivity on the mouse is if you have multiple high resolution monitors so imagine if you have 8 4k displays all together and you need to get from one corner of one them to the bottom you know dragging windows and stuff and right now I'm at 12,000 dpi and you can see just how fast I can maneuver that window and this is at 100% scaling but then you lose the whole control you know the precise accuracy is lost when your look dealing with something that is so high in dpi but I'm guessing having that really high 12000 or 16,000 dpi in a really large pixel real estate might actually be helpful for productivity as long as you can drop down for that navigation accuracy the Newmark - coarser strafe and k70 keyboards are fully loaded with custom illumination convenient media buttons USB pass-through extra set of key camps and ergonomic rest rest for each keyboard so you can type or game comfortably with a variety of MX switches available so you can check out which keyboard suits you best in the description below alright so the takeaway is this gaming at really high DPI makes no sense even if you try to control for it by lowering sensitivity in game and increasing it on the mouse take advantage the full potential of that 16k sensor because it's all about showcase it's about like here we can make this technology happen without increasing the price and not because the users necessarily need it and I would love for you guys to do something go to your maximum dpi in the mouse and record yourself in gameplay and send us on Twitter because I want to see the hilarious reactions of trying to control something that's so unnatural and unfamiliar based on what your original or most common dpi is all right I'm Dimitri hope you enjoy this video make sure to check out this other relevant content check out there our new boot sequence Channel and all the mice and things will be listed in the description below so yeah they starts for watching we'll see you in next video