Talking to professional Counter-Strike gamers satisfied me to lastly improve my mouse’s polling price, however not all the best way to 8K

A few days in the past I obtained the prospect to talk with two professional Counter-Strike 2 gamers, Azuwu and yxngstxr, each from workforce Luminosity Gaming. Amongst different issues, I requested them about polling charges.

As a long-time (and recently-returned) Counter-Strike participant, I’ve caught to 1 kHz regardless of all of the hype over 4K and 8K. I’ve tried 8K for comparability earlier than and could not make out a lot of a distinction.

I’ve at all times caught to 800 DPI and 1 kHz, similar to yxngstxr, in my case primarily as a result of it saves battery life and would not threat any decrease efficiency or stuttering which is a threat with 8K on some techniques. Our James lately tried out completely different polling charges and did not discover a constant profit, both.

But I by no means tried out larger polling charges for too lengthy, and after now having heard instantly from professional gamers that the distinction is noticeable above 1K, I’m pondering I’d give it one other go.

I used to be a little bit shocked that yxngstxr sticks to 1K, however he explains that that is as a result of he likes to do extra flick-shots than maybe most low-sens professionals:

“The low-sensitivity player, because they’re not moving a lot, they like the smooth feeling. If you have low-sens, you’re usually not a flicky guy. That’s why the low-sens players usually play like 2K, 4K, like peak Niko.”

Perhaps I’ll find yourself being the identical and sticking to 1K. But given professional gamers are telling me they positively can really feel a distinction, I feel it is excessive time I give it some extra in depth testing and hope that FaceIt rank begins to climb.