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How to set up your mouse sensitivity

@joeleo · 15 Feb 2026

A quick primer to dial in a smooth, consistent feel across every game before you dive deeper.

Pick a desk position, open a tracking range, and give yourself 10 minutes to dial things in. This draft is just a placeholder so you can drop in your final wording later.

For now, think of this as a quick-start checklist: keep the DPI simple, lock your in-game sensitivity, and avoid hopping between settings mid-season.

  1. 1

    Pick Windows pointer settings

    Pick the middle pointer speed in Motion, then turn on Enhanced pointer precision.

    Mouse properties setup on Windows
  2. 2

    Pick a baseline DPI

    Pick either 400, 800, or 1600 so changes are predictable.

  3. 3

    Calibrate in-game for a full 360

    Go into game and fire a bullet on a wall, use an ability to make a mark, or target a clear edge like a sign. Move your mouse from the left edge to the right edge of your mousepad and adjust sensitivity until that movement gives one full 360 in-game.

  4. 4

    Save and stick

    Write the numbers down and avoid random changes in the future so when you load a new machine, forget settings, or lose cloud data, you can restore your exact sensitivity.