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Title: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: Fragil1ty on Mon, 03 November 2014, 11:21:47
So as the title implies guys, I'm heavily used to using 1150 - 1200 DPI on all of my past mice and what not.

My current settings for the Zowie FK1 are:

1000hz (default I believe)
800 DPI
7/11 - Windows Sensitivity
Razer Goliathus mousemat


When I put the windows sensitivity down to 6/11 it feels a little too slow and anything above 7/10 is too fast, so is the best that I'm going to get out of Windows and my mouse?
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: davkol on Mon, 03 November 2014, 12:44:25
Windows sensitivity above 6/11 isn't the best idea. Better play a bit with lower sensitivity and higher sensor resolution.
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: CeeSA on Wed, 17 December 2014, 15:29:50
DPI 1600
Win 5/11
= 1200dpi

BUT: every 4th count is ignored = inconsistent
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: pro_LAPSE on Mon, 12 January 2015, 22:02:06
It blows my mind that anyone in their right mind can use a sensitivity that high... Do you play videogames like that too?? I cant imagine being good at them with that kind of sens.

for reference sake, I play CSGO with 400dpi, 6/11 windowns sens, and 1.5 ingame sens (CS:GO)
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: cephelix on Tue, 13 January 2015, 02:35:23
well, i don't know about most people, but i use my fk1 at 3200 dpi....for everything...maybe for fps i tone it down a bit..but for everything else from normal everyday use to games, like witcher i use it at 3200
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: pro_LAPSE on Tue, 13 January 2015, 04:26:12
perhaps I became accustomed to using my forearm for moving the mouse instead of my wrist. I love the feeling of a mouse passing over a large surface area, its very pleasing/satisfying/borderline eroitic. One thing about the FK1 that annoyed me, at first, was the mouse "bottoming out". HAve you gotten that at all? The mouse feet are far too shallow, and they allow for the center of the mouse to catch the cloth of the pad if you even press down on it slightly.

Now that I have used it more I am much more used to that feeling.
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: cephelix on Tue, 13 January 2015, 09:12:31
perhaps I became accustomed to using my forearm for moving the mouse instead of my wrist. I love the feeling of a mouse passing over a large surface area, its very pleasing/satisfying/borderline eroitic. One thing about the FK1 that annoyed me, at first, was the mouse "bottoming out". HAve you gotten that at all? The mouse feet are far too shallow, and they allow for the center of the mouse to catch the cloth of the pad if you even press down on it slightly.

Now that I have used it more I am much more used to that feeling.
ahh, you're like one of my friends then..he likes the large swiping motion as well....i personally though find that 3200 dpi is just nice...anything higher and it'll be too sensitive.
i'm trying it out now...maybe i'm doing it wrong. i'm pressing down with my index and middle finger quite hard at the base of the slit, at the highest or thereabouts point of the mouse and i don't get any catching at all. fyi, i'm using a razer goliathus
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: Creizai on Tue, 13 January 2015, 19:56:25
Majority of FPS players play @ 400dpi (resolution doesn't matter on fps) and a good majority of the SC2 Pros use 800dpi @ 1080p.  However in FPS you can adjust sensitivity with any speed you want.  I personally prefer 800dpi on desktop usage over my EC2.  Anyway random.. but I would stick with the DPI 1600 Win 5/11= 1200dpi.  If you actually can notice a problem then you can go from there, if not then don't look back and enjoy the sensitivity you are use to. 
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: pro_LAPSE on Tue, 13 January 2015, 20:57:15
perhaps I became accustomed to using my forearm for moving the mouse instead of my wrist. I love the feeling of a mouse passing over a large surface area, its very pleasing/satisfying/borderline eroitic. One thing about the FK1 that annoyed me, at first, was the mouse "bottoming out". HAve you gotten that at all? The mouse feet are far too shallow, and they allow for the center of the mouse to catch the cloth of the pad if you even press down on it slightly.

Now that I have used it more I am much more used to that feeling.
ahh, you're like one of my friends then..he likes the large swiping motion as well....i personally though find that 3200 dpi is just nice...anything higher and it'll be too sensitive.
i'm trying it out now...maybe i'm doing it wrong. i'm pressing down with my index and middle finger quite hard at the base of the slit, at the highest or thereabouts point of the mouse and i don't get any catching at all. fyi, i'm using a razer goliathus

I don't want to be the guy that tells you a certain setting is superior, but I went from nova 4 to LEM/SMFC within a few months after I just changed it and got used to it. That being said, there are quite a few wrist players out there, and they are amazing with a high sens. They are a very small minority though. 

what games are you playing?
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: SavvyBird on Tue, 13 January 2015, 21:11:05
what game are you playing because

1200 dpi is crazy

i use 400 with 7/11 and .98 sens with cs:go
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: demik on Tue, 13 January 2015, 23:04:17
1200 is high? ****, i play 1800. and 900 if i wanna move slow.
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: cephelix on Tue, 13 January 2015, 23:23:24
perhaps I became accustomed to using my forearm for moving the mouse instead of my wrist. I love the feeling of a mouse passing over a large surface area, its very pleasing/satisfying/borderline eroitic. One thing about the FK1 that annoyed me, at first, was the mouse "bottoming out". HAve you gotten that at all? The mouse feet are far too shallow, and they allow for the center of the mouse to catch the cloth of the pad if you even press down on it slightly.

Now that I have used it more I am much more used to that feeling.
ahh, you're like one of my friends then..he likes the large swiping motion as well....i personally though find that 3200 dpi is just nice...anything higher and it'll be too sensitive.
i'm trying it out now...maybe i'm doing it wrong. i'm pressing down with my index and middle finger quite hard at the base of the slit, at the highest or thereabouts point of the mouse and i don't get any catching at all. fyi, i'm using a razer goliathus

I don't want to be the guy that tells you a certain setting is superior, but I went from nova 4 to LEM/SMFC within a few months after I just changed it and got used to it. That being said, there are quite a few wrist players out there, and they are amazing with a high sens. They are a very small minority though. 

what games are you playing?
Oh no no, i'm not saying setting is superior either.i'm just saying what i've seen.everyone has their personal preference and what matters is that they're comfortable with...regardless of settings
Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 January 2015, 01:57:16
I use 2700dpi  in windows.. because it's more ergonomic to have less wrist movement..


in games I use 800 like all the pr0z..  <-- years ago.. I don't play no more.


The reason for using native/reduced dpi is to lower potential jitter, and input lag..

remember, the sensor has a processor... the more crunching is required, the more the potential latency, and the odds for a hiccup...

Title: Re: Best settings for the Zowie FK1 if you're used to 1200DPI/CPI
Post by: awts on Thu, 15 January 2015, 22:29:11
I play at these settings with my FK2 in CS:GO:

FK2 DPI: 400
Windows Sensitivity: 6/10
CS:GO Sensitivity: 2.0

In OS X however, I switched to 800DPI so I move less...