The DPI of the mouse does not mean that you have to move a smaller radius, you can keep the radius at 9" but at the same time you increase the accuracy of the movements within that radius giving you smoother mouse movement. It also allows sensor errors to be more easily ignored by the mouse drivers as it has more data points to work from. Your example of ever decreasing movement circles is only true if you lock your sensitivity to be the same for all mice and assume mice drivers do not have things like error correction.
Oversampling is a sound idea in theory, but when you actually try to do it in games, it rarely seems to work well in practice—and it makes the assumption that the game allows sensitivity to be set
below 1, which is not the case in most games. (though some allow it via config files)
Furthermore, Iʼm not sure that actually setting 1800 CPI on a 3500 CPI-capable mouse is actually capturing at 1800 CPI, or simply oversampling at a hardware level, which would be preferable to doing it in software and produce consistent results.
True and gaming grade mice almost always track the best.
Absolutely, though laser mice seem to be gaining popularity, and they have general issues regardless of whether itʼs a gaming-grade mouse or not.
You can account for it, the bigger problem is usually when you jump between games with different acceleration curves. That aside I agree that having it off it better and personally I do prefer no acceleration curves in games but if you cannot disable it (and some games this is the case) you can learn the curve just like you learn the sensitivity settings of your personal mouse.
You can get used to it, but you will never reach the same level of precision or be able to react as quickly as someone that isnʼt using acceleration.
Think of it this way—if you move your arm a 30cm to the right, it doesnʼt matter how quickly or how slowly you moved it, your arm still moved 30cm.
Without acceleration, this is exactly how a mouse behaves, and so the game world reacts more like the real world, because your viewpoint is now moving as an extension of your arm.
If you have acceleration, when you move your arm 30cm, how quickly or how slowly you move it determines the distance that the game world moves. This is unlike anything in reality, and means that thereʼs an additional layer of abstraction between your physical actions, and what happens in the game.
This is also the reason why you are better off using a moderate sensitivity (1.0 in the game, and 800–1800 CPI on the mouse) that is fixed, rather than switching between high and low CPIs at the touch of a button when changing between regular aiming and looking down a scope, for example.
Mine has a rechargeable battery and lasts a few weeks with daily usage.
Thing have really moved on from the bad old days in that regard. I would however avoid Bluetooth mice as they always have large latency and drink batteries.
What mouse is that out of interest? I have always found the wireless ones with 1000Hz polling to need charging at least once a week if not more. (though many come with a dock, which is handy for charging when you are not using the device)
I'm pretty shocked nobody has suggested using the magic mouse with bettertouchtool. It's pretty powerful free software that gives you tons of control over your MM using 40+ gestures (100s of combinations with modifier keys). If ever I need to simultaneously right and left click, I just bind it to 2 or 3 finger click. IMO gestures on the mouse feel much more natural than having 10 buttons under your thumb.
Having one physical button is incompatible with some games, and the software is for OS X 10.6+ only, but I can't imagine playing some games without it. My WoW interface is pretty much dependent on it.
The magic mouse uses Bluetooth, so that means high latency, and personally I cannot game without having separate physical buttons. It never does well enough at detecting your intent at high speeds.
I don't like those mice with loads of buttons either though. Two side buttons (back/forward) in addition to left/right, and a mousewheel that clicks is more than enough for me. (but I don't play MMOs)
