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I don’t think anything has improved this authors game more, than changing my mouse settings. I did some research on this pretty early when starting on CS:GO, but it is something everyone should do right away. The change was so noticeable that I went from being silver to gold nova, pretty quick after changing mouse settings. As of today here in 2016, I am currently at the highest rank; Global Elite. This is not just based on my own experience though, I have made a lot of research. Looking at statistics from the best players and also checking all the pro players mouse settings.
We have broken the guide into different categories, which is the following:
- Operating system mouse settings (Windows)
- CS:GO mouse settings
- DPI/CPI/Sensitivity settings
- Crosshair settings
- Choosing the right mouse and surface
- Mouse and mousepad recommendations
Operating System (OS), Windows Mouse Settings
Almost every good CS:GO player has the same Windows mouse settings – which is the “default” with no mouse acceleration. To change this settings, navigate to: “control panel -> mouse -> pointer options”. The pointer speed should be at 6/11 – this is the Windows default speed. Enhance pointer precision should NOT be checked on. Going over 6/11 in Windows sensitivity, will result in skipped pixels. At 8/11 two pixels is occasionally skipped and at higher sensitivities, the minimum mouse movement becomes multiple pixels. At lower Windows sensitivities, certain amounts of movement are thrown out, but minimal mouse movements still results in 1 pixel of movement.
We don’t want any enhanced pointer precision OR mouse acceleration as this will randomize our mouse movements!
Therefore it is also important to check that mouse acceleration is turned off in your driver software (depending on your mouse manufacturer, e.g. Steelseries, Logitech, Razer etc.).
Best CS:GO Mouse Settings
The most important thing here is to turn mouse acceleration OFF.
As you can see “Raw Input” in turned ON. This means that it ignores Windows mouse settings. Why use raw input you then might ask? Well I just recommend it as a safety feature, if you by a mistake change some Windows mouse settings, your in-game mouse settings will still work.
You can also archive these settings by console commands. I use the following settings in my autoexec.cfg:
m_rawinput “1” //Raw Input on
m_customaccel “0” //Mouse Acceleration off
m_customaccel_exponent “0” //Acceleration Amount
m_mousespeed “0” //Windows mouse acceleration off
m_mouseaccel1 “0” //Windows mouse acceleration initial threshold (2x movement)
m_mouseaccel2 “0” //Windows mouse acceleration secondary threshold (4x movement)
m_customaccel “0” //Mouse Acceleration off
m_customaccel_exponent “0” //Acceleration Amount
m_mousespeed “0” //Windows mouse acceleration off
m_mouseaccel1 “0” //Windows mouse acceleration initial threshold (2x movement)
m_mouseaccel2 “0” //Windows mouse acceleration secondary threshold (4x movement)
DPI/CPI and Sensitivity Settings
What is mouse DPI/CPI?
Dots per inch (DPI) is the number of pixels in one inch (2.54 cm). Mouse DPI, properly known as counts per inch (CPI) and formerly known as polls per inch (PPI), is the number of times your mouse notifies the computer of its position per inch moved. If you have 300 CPI, your mouse would tell the computer it moved 300 times for every inch it traveled. High CPI does NOT increase accuracy. CPI relates directly to how sensitive a mouse is when moved.
Dots per inch (DPI) is the number of pixels in one inch (2.54 cm). Mouse DPI, properly known as counts per inch (CPI) and formerly known as polls per inch (PPI), is the number of times your mouse notifies the computer of its position per inch moved. If you have 300 CPI, your mouse would tell the computer it moved 300 times for every inch it traveled. High CPI does NOT increase accuracy. CPI relates directly to how sensitive a mouse is when moved.
Total mouse sensitivity
To calculate your total/true mouse sensitivity, you have to take your DPI/CPI and multiply it by your in-game sensitivity. If you for example got a CPI of 1200 and your in-game sens is 2.5, your total mouse sensitivity will be: 1200 x 2.5 = 3000. This requires that your Windows pointer speed is 6/11 (default) or you have set “Raw Input” ON in the CS:GO settings.
Statistics shows that a lot of the professional CS:GO players are using low sensitivity settings. I cannot state enough how important it is to use a low in-game sensitivity/DPI/CPI. If you are used to a very high sensitivity, it might take some time for you to get used to a very low sensitivity – but trust me, in the end it will improve your game and aim immensely. You will need to move your mouse a lot more, but again, you will get used to it. I have lowered my sensitivity many times, and right now I play with 810 CPI and 1 in-game sensitivity – making my total sensitivity 810 (800 x 1). For me it feels perfectly normal.
To back up my statement about good players are using low sensitivity, i found a survey (sorry link is broken) some time ago. I have taken two graphs from the survey that you can see below.
Sensitivity index is the same as the total mouse sensitivity i mentioned before. As you can see, most higher ranked players have a sensitivity index around 1000, whereas people ranked in Silver has an index around 3000. Also 400 DPI seems to be the most popular choice. I can highly relate this to myself. When I started playing CS:GO many years ago, my mouse sens was crazy high. I got ranked in the upper Silver range. I couldn’t land headshots quickly enough and couldn’t understand why until I researched about mouse settings. Now I am in the Global Elite with a total sens of 810.
The total sensitivity is of course a personal preference. I have seen much debate about whether these recommendations are correct or not, but I advice you to test it out for a month at least.
In this video adreN – a professional CS:GO players – talks about finding the right sensitivity. He recommends everyone to have a total sensitivity around 520-1600 (400 CPI with between 1.3-4 in-game sensitivity). Again, 1000 being the median among pro players.
USB polling rate
Changing your USB poll rate from 125hz to 1000hz do make the mouse slightly more responsive. It has no effect on mouse sensitivity settings, but it changes the polling interval from 8ms to 1ms. Most gamers want to run games with at least 100 fps (10ms per frame displayed) or 60 fps (16.67ms per frame). This means that changing your USB poll rate, could potentially make your mouse inputs display up to 1 frame faster.
Changing your USB poll rate from 125hz to 1000hz do make the mouse slightly more responsive. It has no effect on mouse sensitivity settings, but it changes the polling interval from 8ms to 1ms. Most gamers want to run games with at least 100 fps (10ms per frame displayed) or 60 fps (16.67ms per frame). This means that changing your USB poll rate, could potentially make your mouse inputs display up to 1 frame faster.
Screen resolution and sensitivity
Your mouse sensitivity stays the same when you change resolutions. Both in the Windows desktop and in CS:GO. Your mouse has a larger pixel distance to travel, when you increase the resolution. Resolution is also highly debated in the CS:GO community and I won’t go into detail about this. I use my native screen resolution at 16:9 and don’t play with black bars. I have witnessed some professional matches where players couldn’t see an enemy in the corner of the screen, due to low resolution and black bars (see the video below). But it is up to personal preference what to use. I might go into detail about the pros and cons about screen resolution in another tutorial.
Your mouse sensitivity stays the same when you change resolutions. Both in the Windows desktop and in CS:GO. Your mouse has a larger pixel distance to travel, when you increase the resolution. Resolution is also highly debated in the CS:GO community and I won’t go into detail about this. I use my native screen resolution at 16:9 and don’t play with black bars. I have witnessed some professional matches where players couldn’t see an enemy in the corner of the screen, due to low resolution and black bars (see the video below). But it is up to personal preference what to use. I might go into detail about the pros and cons about screen resolution in another tutorial.
Crosshair settings
The default crosshair might be good to begin with, but you would never see a pro player using the default crosshair. Which crosshair to use is entirely up to you, it’s all about personal preference. Everyone uses different crosshairs, even the pros. One thing most have in common though, is that they use a static crosshair.
I won’t go into much detail about why to use a static crosshair, but almost everyone does it. One explanation is that the flickering movement (enlarging and shrinking) from a dynamic crosshair is distracting to the player. Besides a good player know when they are accurate and when they aren’t, so they don’t need the “hint”.
Example crosshair
cl_crosshairstyle 4
cl_crosshairsize 5
cl_crosshairgap -1
cl_crosshairthickness 0
cl_crosshair_drawoutline 1
cl_crosshaircolor 4
cl_crosshairsize 5
cl_crosshairgap -1
cl_crosshairthickness 0
cl_crosshair_drawoutline 1
cl_crosshaircolor 4
You can use a Crosshair generator to create your own crosshair.
Choosing the right mouse and mousepad
Choosing the right mouse and surface is entirely up to your preference. What we recommend is that you find a mouse, where you have the option to change the DPI/CPI settings. Try some different and choose the one that gives you most comfort. I don’t like if a mouse has too many buttons. Popular brands are SteelSeries, Razor, Logitech, ROCCAT, Corsair, Madcatz, Cooler Master etc.
When it comes to the surface I personally prefer a BIG cloth mouse pad. Why? Because when you play with a low mouse sensitivity you need to move your mouse A LOT. The before mentioned brands also makes some good mousepads. I use the SteelSeries QCK+ which is 450x400x2mm. I prefer cloth pads compared to steel or glass mousepads, because these tends to get cold and uncomfortable to use.
Mouse recommendations
After analyzing pro players and reading up on the latest reviews, we have made a list with recommendations for mices and mousepads. Please note that the gear is in random order and individual preferences play a big part in choosing the right gear. There are so many brands making great gear targeted towards gamers, so we have cut out a lot of. This list is just to give you some inspiration. That said, all our recommendations is some of the most used an recognized by several pro CS:GO players currently in the scene.
Mouse List
Mousepad recommendations
As well as with mices, personal preferences is a big part of choosing the right mousepad. Here is a small list of recommendations.
Mousepad List
If you want to learn more about what settings and gear pro players are using, head over to Pro Player Settings.
TL;DR (Too Long Didn’t Read)
- Windows sensitivity: 6/11, enhance pointer precision: off.
- Mouse driver settings: mouse acceleration off.
- CS:GO mouse settings: raw input on, mouse acceleration off.
- DPI/CPI and in-game sensitivity – recommendations:
DPI/CPI: 400-800
In-game sensitivity: 1-3.75
Total mouse sensitivity: 600-1500 (CPI x In-game sensitivity) - Crosshair: static.
- Mouse: comfort, being able to change DPI/CPI, made for gaming.
- Mousepad: big mousepad, maximum comfort, cloth.
I hope you enjoyed this guide, if you have anything to add then please leave a comment.
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What is it?
It is a registry file that removes Windows 7 mouse pointer acceleration.It is like the CPL Mouse Fix and Cheese Mouse Fix, but gives exactly 1-to-1 mouse to pointer response for Windows 7.
Exactly 1-to-1 means no discarded or delayed mouse input while game playing.
How do you use it?
- Find the display DPI that you currently use:
Click Start, click Control Panel, select Appearance and Personalization, select Display.
See if you have 100% or 125% or 150% selected. - Open the ZIP file at the link above.
- Select the REG file that matches the DPI% you use and Double-click it.
- Answer Yes, OK to the prompts that appear.
(See below for non-Administrator account use.) - Reboot or Log off to apply the fix (you have to reboot or Log off).
- Enjoy exactly 1-to-1 mouse to pointer response!
Why do you need the fix?
If you don't know you need it, then you don't need it!Some older games, such as Half-Life 1, Counter-Strike 1.x, Quake, Quake 2, Unreal and others, while they are active and running, call a Windows function intending to disable variable mouse acceleration by forcing ALL movement to be accelerated by the same amount (doubled).
On Windows 2000 and earlier, that removed all variable acceleration.
Pointing and aiming in those games was OK, because the mouse response was then linear (all movement was accelerated by the same amount; it was doubled).
In XP, Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft changed how mouse pointer acceleration worked.
Now when those games call the function (asking that all movement be accelerated), Windows enables the mouse 'Enhance pointer precision' feature, which adds mouse acceleration using a varying curve to control the mouse response. (It enables it even if you have it turned off in the Control Panel Mouse settings.)
With 'Enhance pointer precision' enabled, slower mouse movements make the pointer go extra slow and faster mouse movements make the pointer go extra fast. It is not linear and not straightline.
This is annoying, because where you are aiming at depends on how far you move your mouse, and also on how fast you moved the mouse to aim.
How does the fix work?
It redefines the curve used by the 'Enhance pointer precision' feature to be a completely straight line. The slope of the line is tuned so that every on-mouse-pad mouse movement is turned into exactly the same amount of on-screen pointer movement.How do you know the fix is working?
You can test if it is working by temporarily turning on the 'Enhance pointer precision' feature and see how the mouse responds.(NOTE: Only turn 'Enhance pointer precision' on for testing: it should normally be set OFF.)
If you have 'Enhance pointer precision' OFF, then the fix will not be active (but it will be waiting to be activated when needed).
Just as some games turn it on when you don't want them to, we can turn it on manually to test that the fix is working properly.
- Go to Control Panel, and select Hardware and Sound, then click Mouse. Select 'Pointer options' and check-ON/enable the 'Enhance pointer precision' option.
- See how the mouse responds.
- If you want, you can run the MouseMovementRecorder.exe program that is included in the ZIP file to see that the mouse and pointer movements are 1-to-1 and always the same.
(The numbers in the MOUSE MOVEMENT column should be the same as the numbers in the POINTER MOVEMENT column. Any differences will appear in green or red.If you do sometimes see differences, also test with 'Enhance pointer precision' OFF, in case the problem is with Windows or MouseMovementRecorder.exe rather than a problem with the fix.) - Turn the 'Enhance pointer precision' option OFF when you have finished testing.
Does my game need a mouse fix?
You can test your game to see if it turns 'Enhance pointer precision' ON, and needs a mouse fix.- Turn the 'Enhance pointer precision' option OFF,
- Run Mouse Movement Recorder (included in the ZIP file),
- Run your game and look at the 'EnPtPr' column footer at the bottom of the Mouse Movement Recorder window.
If it is displayed with a red background then the game has turned acceleration ON and needs a mouse fix.
Is this fix different from the Cheese Mouse Fix?
The 'Enhance pointer precision' option works slightlydifferently in Windows 7 than it does in XP and Vista.The Cheese Mouse Fix gives exactly 1-to-1 mouse response for Windows XP and Windows Vista.
The MarkC Mouse Fix gives exactly 1-to-1 mouse response for Windows 7.
(Note: Both fixes need the Control Panel 'pointer speed' slider set to the 6th, middle position to give exact 1-to-1.)
But I don't use the middle 6/11 pointer speed setting?
If you want exact 1-to-1 in-game response when the pointer speed slider is not in the 6/11 position, or you have a custom display DPI, see the MarkC Mouse Fix Builder, which works for Windows 7, Vista and XP.For those older games that turn acceleration on, it gives the same response as position 6/11 does (1-to-1), without having to move the pointer speed slider to 6/11.
The MarkC Windows 7 + Vista + XP Mouse Acceleration Fix Builder
How do you remove it?
- Open the ZIP file at the link above.
- Select 'WindowsDefault.reg' and Double-click it.
- Answer Yes, OK to the prompts that appear.
- Reboot or Log off.
Loading the fix with a non-Administrator account
On Windows 7, when adding the mouse acceleration fix to the registry, you may get this error message:'Cannot import (filename).reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry.'
This error happens because part of the fix turns off acceleration for the Welcome screen (the log on screen).
If you use the Welcome screen (or the Windows Log in dialog) and acceleration is NOT turned off for the Welcome screen, then the MarkC fixes have a 1 pixel / 1 mouse count error when the mouse changes direction left/right or up/down.
You can remove this 1 mouse count error by any of these methods:
- Run Disable_WelcomeScreen+Login_Accel.CMD as Administrator (Right-click > Run as administrator).
- Add/Merge Disable_WelcomeScreen+Login_Accel.reg to the registry while logged in as an administrator.
- Run RegEdit.exe and edit 'HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelMouseMouseSpeed' to 0 (zero), while logged in as an administrator.
- Not moving or touching the mouse while using the Welcome screen (use arrow keys to select the user and Enter key to log in).
- Ignoring the 1 mouse count error! It's only a single count: You won't notice it.