Does the mouse pointer regularly miss its target? Do you have the impression that the cursor is no longer accurate, especially in games? The culprit is often a feature originally designed to make the computer mouse perform better. If the mouse acceleration becomes hyperkinetic, it’s time to turn it off.
Advantage and disadvantage
Mouse acceleration, also known as pointer precision, has been around for a long time. It already existed in Windows XP. The intention was to make the mouse pointer move on the screen based not only on the distance you move the mouse, but also on the speed at which you slide this device across the desk. With the gear turned on, the mouse pointer will advance as you move the mouse faster, and if you move the mouse slowly, the mouse pointer will travel less distance. When you disable this feature, the cursor moves a fixed distance for every centimeter you move the mouse, regardless of speed. Especially in games such as first person shooters you can suffer from the mouse acceleration. Go to the Start menu and click the gear to select the Institutions to open. Click on that Devices and in the next screen choose in the left column on Mouse.
Features of Mouse
Right at the Related settings do you open the Additional mouse options. This will put you in a panel Features of Mouse where five tabs are waiting for you. Click on the middle tab Pointer options. In the group Movement you switch the option Improve pointer precision from. Then click on the button To apply.
Dpi and polling
If you are a gamer and you still have problems, then it is probably the quality of the mouse. View the dpi quality and polling rates of your mouse. Maybe time to invest in a real gaming mouse? Pay attention to two properties. The first is dots per inch (dpi), the unit that indicates the sensitivity of the mouse. The higher the dpi, the further the mouse will move when you move it. A high dpi quality mouse reacts to small movements. And secondly, the polling rate, which determines how often the mouse transmits its position to the computer in Hz. If a mouse has a polling rate of 125 Hz, it reports its position to the computer 125 times per second. Here you have to keep the church in the middle, because a higher polling rate consumes CPU resources.
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