Best mouse settings please?

[CYBER]

Hey everyone,
So i just got myself a Logitech G500 gaming mouse with my current budget (sure is better than my old crappy 5 $ mouse!)

so can anyone tell me what's the best settings for best game play?
mouse dpi settings? (the normal one, and the pre-defined downgrade for sniper mode?)
in-game steam mouse settings (all of them plz?)

background info:
sony vaio 16.4" intel i7 windows 7
mouse pointer setting is set halfway, and enhance pointer precision is obviously disabled.
my video card is nvidia GeForce 310M with dedicated 512M with CUDA running at 1600 x 900 in game (if that makes a difference)

thanks for the help everyone!

[Jiggy]

lol wow nerd

[CYBER]

wassabi i'd like to point u out to the first quote in my sig
dont fuck with me :P hehehehe see ya in game in a few mins for some raping!

[Belphegor]

i have a Razor Deathadder so i don't know how high your settings can go but i have mine set to:
Dpi - 1800
pull rate - 500Hz

Steam settings
mouse sensitivity - 5.26
mouse acceleration - 1.10

might change all of this and turn on "raw input"

[Tickle Me Emo]

The best settings are the ones that suit your needs and play style. That's the whole point of customization.

Myself, I run the G500 with a full load of 1.7g weights, with SetPoint settings of:
3 DPI levels 1300-1600-1900
Speed 0
Acceleration 1
Polling rate 333 reports/sec.

I do not use the OS drivers for pointer speed and acceleration, obviously (this is a checkbox in SetPoint).

My CS sensitivity is set to 3 (default). I don't have any checkboxes checked in the Steam mouse settings.

Belphegor: The G500 is capable of up to 5700 DPI, but the sensitivity at that point is so absurd there's really no point in being able to go that high.

[StarsMine]

Ideally you want DPI as high as possible and then lower sensitivity as low as comfortable. what you want to take into acount is how big your mouse area is and how large is your resolution to get a proper feel. What you don't want it to do is skip pixels.

[Steamer]

High DPI and low sensitivity is bad advice. A higher sensitivity will do you zero harm. It makes you no more or less accurate. If you can't control the speed to precision you just cant and your mouse is not to blame it is you, start low and step up. The native acceleration is great to use for sharp turns along with a DPI you are use too. This will give you a hand up on reaction/precision. Using a GOOD mouse/pad and a DPI level your hand eye cord are on key with is most important. If your mouse supports its own hardware tracking drivers use them. Another important step max your polling rate, 1000 it should be, that gives you a 1ms delay, 500 = 2ms, 250 = 4ms, ect.

DPI = Dots Per Inch, Higher of course makes your mouse move over more dots in less time.
Polling = "Screenshots" mouse sends to PC. Higher Hz or rate = more precision and less lag.

The uber high DPI is more for huge resolutions, the smaller you go the less you notice the precision boost.

Set a custom hook to CS and play with the X and Y axes DPI levels to suit your needs. Separating these can do you wonders.

It's all about what you are use to and comfortable with, there is no magic mouse setting to make you better. That comes with good response time and hand eye coordination and time spent learning game patterns.

For CS:S, I currently use Setpoint options 1000 PR, 1600[normal]/1000[scope] DPI , Speed 3, and Acceleration 1, CS:S options I use NO mouse filter, Raw input, Mouse acceleration 1, Sensitivity 3, and 1440x900 resolution. I have a shitty mouse pad and need a better one, I also need to retrack my X/Y DPI levels. I suffer no pixel skip with these settings, any skip is my own fault and related to me moving my hand to fast, my accuracy / hand eye coordination are not great to begin with and the amount of coffee I drink and jitter my hand does does not help. Using a G9.

There are reasons all the older competitive pro players used LOW DPI and LOW sensitivity.
Remember, fast movements = higher DPI settings and higher sensitivity, better tracking and a good aim = lower DPI settings and lower sensitivity (with what you are use to of course).

Playing different types of servers (IE: WCS/GG/PUB) it would be great to get use to settings for each or come to a setting you are comfortable with all if you are to lazy to change for each in turn sacrificing movement/accuracy.

[CYBER]

Does anyone know what that o/o button in the middle of my logitech g500 do? I tried every single function with it and i cant figure it out... Its surprisingly not a dpi profile switch apparently and its not a programmable button... Seems useless ... Anyone?

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Does anyone know what that o/o button in the middle of my logitech g500 do? I tried every single function with it and i cant figure it out... Its surprisingly not a dpi profile switch apparently and its not a programmable button... Seems useless ... Anyone?

.page 6 of the manual....