Mouse DPI guides
By The DPI Analyzer team at 1000 Ventures
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Short answers to what people ask once they know their DPI: where to find it, which value to pick, and how sensitivity fits in. Each guide links to the tool that measures or calculates the number.
Guides
How to Check Mouse DPI on Windows and MacThe maker's app, the spec sheet, the DPI button, or a measured test. Step by step for Windows and Mac.
What DPI Should I Use for Gaming and Work?Shooters, MOBAs, office work and high resolution screens. Why the in-game sensitivity matters more than the DPI.
Tools
DPI analyzerMeasure your real DPI with a ruler and three clicks.
Mouse DPI testCheck the measured DPI against your mouse's setting.
Polling rate testHow many reports per second your mouse sends.
eDPI calculatorDPI times sensitivity, and cm per 360 for your game.
Sensitivity converterThe same aim in a different game or at a new DPI.