If your gaming mouse doesn’t get this one thing right, you’re toast

A high DPI, or dots per inch, resolution of the sensor occupies pride of place in most players’ minds as the most important feature to look out for for better performance in gaming mice. But the truth is, having a mucho high DPI – one in the region of 20,000 to 30,000 – is more of a novelty than anything else.

To be sure, serious gamers rarely use anything above 1,600 DPI and certainly never more than 3,200 DPI. That’s not something I’ve just read about – I, too, have tried out different...