Mouse rate settings for gamers

[Woo Elephant Yeah]

Have you increased your mouse rate ?

The mouse rate is how often the mouse movement is checked, and XP default settings are substandard for todays optical mice.

The PS2 connector ( round and often green ) is the best to go for since it does not use as much CPU usage as USB. The rate for this can be changed by going into the Device Manager, Mouse Properties, Advanced Tab, and increase the Sample Rate from 100 to 200.

For USB, the defaults are even slower, if your mouse came with a USB to PS2 adapter then its worth using. Otherwise increase the rate by making a change in the Registry, it can be done manually but I would use a free program such as the TechConnect Mouserate Switcher:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mouserate+switcher

Taken from greycube.com

[Jinxx]

If you have a high end Logitech mouse DO NOT DO THIS.

Those mice are sensitive enough already and will really fuck your gaming up.

Otherwise, if you're using something else, give it a try and see how it goes.

[spoodie]

I also have a high end logitech mouse

*smug*

[Jinxx]

And you're a Mac user:

*smug*

Edit: YARR!

[wyrd]

i cranked my logitech up to 800

i can't tell the differance

[Nickface]

I usually crank mine up after a fresh windows install, and even moreso when I'm in game.

[spoodie]

And you're a Mac user:

*smug*

Yes!

do my seams look big in this?

[killslay]

i leave my budget optical mouse at default but i 've set it to 6 in the counterstrike options menu, any faster than this is just silly

[wyrd]

i use 11 in the cs config, that way i can turn round without running out of mousemat

[deject]

I cranked my touchpad to ELEVEN! I have the mouse set to 8.5 in CS:S because I'm jumpy enough as it is and anything higher makes me spack ore than usual.