Is it actually worth it to upgrade to a mouse with 500 or 1000hz polling rate?

cwhits · Dec 22, 2014

hello guys, I am an avid pc gamer (mainly fps such as counterstrike), and have been using my old mx518 for years and have read online that upgrading to a higher polling rate would in general feel smoother, is this true or would it be a placebo. also my monitor is only 60hz. (if that makes a difference)

EarthDog · Dec 22, 2014

http://www.howtogeek.com/182702/mouse-dpi-and-polling-rates-explained-do-they-matter-for-gaming/

bob4933 · Dec 22, 2014

Counterstrike is actually the only game I've noticed a difference between 500 and 1000. That said, mouse choice is actually kinda important to fps performance. 500 will definitely smooth things out over that ancient mouse you have.

Theocnoob · Dec 22, 2014

I noticed a huge difference going from an old "bum" mouse to my Steelseries Xai, which itself is due for replacement.

Zakarro · Dec 23, 2014

Mouse polling rate yes makes a difference, as for which one to get its all relative to preference and what hands you got.

Personally logtechs give me carpel tunel due to the stiffness of their buttons and mouse wheel. Razer on the other hand is smooth like a woman, got me this new deathadder 2013 and I love it even more then original deathadder. Drivers kinda suck though with their new cloud synapsys crap. TO change sensitivity you have to adjust DPI, old Win 7 driver you could leave max DPI and adjust sensitivity seperatly

peanutbudder · Dec 23, 2014

The last thing I did on my build was get a mouse and honestly it should have been the first thing. I went from a Microsoft "gaming" mouse to a deathadder. It was like learning how to walk again but after a week my hand got use to it and I found my precision went up ten fold. I was getting better hit ratio in bf3 and sniping became a joy for me.

DocClock aka MadClocker · Dec 23, 2014

Polling issues were why I refused to get an optical mouse when they first came out...Just saying that makes me feel old.
At the time opticals were too slow and the old ball mouse was faster..and a year or so later the optical slipped by the old ball mouse as far as performance and never looked back..Yes, I would agree that higher polling rate would help smoothe things a bit

Theocnoob · Dec 23, 2014

DocClock aka MadClocker said:
Polling issues were why I refused to get an optical mouse when they first came out...Just saying that makes me feel old.
At the time opticals were too slow and the old ball mouse was faster..and a year or so later the optical slipped by the old ball mouse as far as performance and never looked back..Yes, I would agree that higher polling rate would help smoothe things a bit

If that makes you feel old, I remember when computers had no mouse to speak of. Lol.

EarthDog · Dec 23, 2014

You were probably in diapers then...

cwhits · Dec 23, 2014

Okay I think I will be upgrading pretty soon then, the Logitech g100s is on sale and so is the 2013 Razer deathadder. Based on looks the g100s looks to be more comfortable. has anyone had any experience with either of the mice?

bob4933 · Dec 23, 2014

Out of the two, the deathadder would be the winning choice 95% of the time. Death adders are fantastic mice, just a bit light for my tastes.

sobe · Dec 23, 2014

Considering coming from an MX518 I would highly suggest looking at the Logitech G400 as it is the same 518 shell with upgraded internals.

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