Suggestions for a high DPI mouse for 1080p monitor?

[shmithers]

I currently have a Logitech mx510 which worked great for my 1024x1280 monitor, but now that I have 1920x1080 I find it too slow . Any suggestions for higher dpi with similar feel?

Cheers,

Shmithers

[Arc'xer]

Considering that the MX510 is a palm grip mouse I'm guessing if you've been using the 510 this long since it was taken off the market a long while back. Your not gonna want any other grip than palm.

Some options are the logitech G500, G700(heavy wired(128g) or wireless(154g) but does offer even more buttons) if you are gonna stick with logitech. There's also the popular Mionix Naos 5000, qpad 5k and there's a few others using the ADNS-9500. The other high DPI option is going the philips twin eye route but even on the desktop people notice it's negative effects(jittering etc.etc.). And if your wanting to go the trackball route there's the CST L-trac-x with 3200DPI.

[Brodie337]

Pretty much what he said. I've got the G700, and I love the thing, thought I do favor a heavy mouse. G9x and G500 also use the same sensor. I think the G500 is a fairly similar shape to what you've got already if I remember rightly.

[vun]

Pretty much what he said. I've got the G700, and I love the thing, thought I do favor a heavy mouse. G9x and G500 also use the same sensor. I think the G500 is a fairly similar shape to what you've got already if I remember rightly.

 
Yeah, the G500 and the MX510 have pretty much the same shape and size, although I believe the G500 has a larger pinky rest. If you want a similar feel I'd say the G500 is the way to go, I have a G9x with the same sensor and it is fantastic, using it at 3200 - 5700 dpi most of the time.

[noodles256]

i had a g700, but I have very slight input lag that makes me go crazy, but srsly it is like 0.1 ms and I can't stand it.

on another note, I have a deathadder and that **** is sexy. my dpi is 1500 on my 1080p.

I guess it depends on how fast your tracking is but 3500 should be enough

[phillip]

how fast are you wanting the mouse to be?  the mx510 was more than fast enough for me on a 1920x1200 display

[Zamorph]

Make sure your acceleration is at 0 is all I have to say.  The DPI is just user preference.  I like 2k

[vun]

Make sure your acceleration is at 0 is all I have to say.  The DPI is just user preference.  I like 2k

 
I'd say accel is also preference, personally I don't like it but I don't have all that much against it.

[Brodie337]

I tend to like a little acceleration on my trackball, but can't stand it at all on a mouse.

[Brodie337]

My trackman wheel sure as hell does. It is kinda nice to have at times, though.

[The Solutor]

I always used mice and trackball with acceleration, never cared about high dpi, and frankly I can't understand why this argument became so popular.

[Arc'xer]

I always used mice and trackball with acceleration, never cared about high dpi, and frankly I can't understand why this argument became so popular.

Because you can get the same speed bonus from higher DPI than from acceleration considering the fact that acceleration isn't as customizable as it can be. In other words instead of relying on a basic acceleration movement, you consistently apply the same speed of motion, hence why when you add acceleration to higher DPI mice you get a stronger acceleration effect. Due to the fact your adding a bigger base speed. If acceleration could be customized as in-depth as possible though though you won't see high DPI disappear but you would see some tweak the acceleration a lot. In simplest terms you use the speed of high DPI to give you a consistent speed modifier rather than an acceleration curve with non-customizable parameters.

Unified links of DPI and my input on it

I never really mentioned acceleration per se since that's a whole other topic but in simplest terms DPI acts as a base speed modifier making the acceleration trigger more easily and with greater effect, similar to high DPI + low sensitivity reducing your maximum tracking speed by software despite the hardware specifications saying otherwise.

[The Solutor]

Because you can get the same speed bonus from higher DPI than from acceleration considering the fact that acceleration isn't as customizable as it can be. In other words instead of relying on a basic acceleration movement, you consistently apply the same speed of motion, hence why when you add acceleration to higher DPI mice you get a stronger acceleration effect. Due to the fact your adding a bigger base speed. If acceleration could be customized as in-depth as possible though though you won't see high DPI disappear but you would see some tweak the acceleration a lot. In simplest terms you use the speed of high DPI to give you a consistent speed modifier rather than an acceleration curve with non-customizable parameters.

The fact is that with an high dpi mouse you loose precision when you have to do basic things eg. hitting a button in windows, while with acceleration you can use quick movements to cross the screen when needed, and still have a reasonable precision to manage tiny objects.