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Zeus May 25, 2020 @ 4:05pm
Resolution affects mouse sens?
Just switched from 4K to 1920x1080, now I feel like my mouse sensitivity is all wacky. Is DPI related to your resolution? I added a second monitor, so it could be that, but I doubt it. It feels ~twice as fast, which is making me think it's based on the resolution, cause it went down by a factor of ~2 in each dimension.

Been playing at 4k for a year or two, and I had my preferred sensitivity pretty narrowed down (still can't aim decent) but the game just feels off. Am I being excessively stupid or is this actually a thing? Thanks!
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Originally posted by Armos:
DPI is affected by resolution, in the way it feels. For example, 800 DPI feels normal on 1080p, or 1920 x 1080. If you switch to 1800 DPI, it will feel way too fast, but might feel more normal on a higher resolution.

It feels slower on higher resolutions thanks to the fact that you now have more pixels on the screen for the mouse to have to cover. Now, I'm not sure there's a proper equation out there to figure out how 800 DPI would translate to have the exact same feel for a different DPI for say, 4k resolution. That part you will have to experiment with.
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Tasso May 25, 2020 @ 4:07pm 
how do U switch from 4K to 1080P eww
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Zeus May 25, 2020 @ 4:10pm 
Originally posted by Tasso:
how do U switch from 4K to 1080P eww
Very helpful
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burner19 May 25, 2020 @ 4:19pm 
Originally posted by Zeus:
Originally posted by Tasso:
how do U switch from 4K to 1080P eww
Very helpful
monitor or tv ?

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Armos May 27, 2020 @ 12:20pm 
DPI is affected by resolution, in the way it feels. For example, 800 DPI feels normal on 1080p, or 1920 x 1080. If you switch to 1800 DPI, it will feel way too fast, but might feel more normal on a higher resolution.

It feels slower on higher resolutions thanks to the fact that you now have more pixels on the screen for the mouse to have to cover. Now, I'm not sure there's a proper equation out there to figure out how 800 DPI would translate to have the exact same feel for a different DPI for say, 4k resolution. That part you will have to experiment with.
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PUPPY_SQUADD May 28, 2020 @ 10:01am 
Yea dpi is scaled to resolution. Some games even have sliders for it. MW has quite the setup for it.
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