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  • Ah, my friend happens to have the exact same mouse. Unfortunately, we tested it, and apparently the wireless dongle it’s using already polls at 1000 Hz aka bInterval 1 (probably the dongle was made with wider mouse model support range in mind), so unfortunately we weren’t able to overclock it at all with this method… :( (we only did his Sony DualSense controller) Well, that’s unless you’d happen to have a different revision or something where that maybe wouldn’t apply? Also I see it has USB-C plus and I’m embarrassed to admit we didn’t try that, so who knows xD

    He saw how 1000 Hz feels on my machine and said he wants to replace his mouse ever since, since that smoothness feeling has stuck in his mind ever since lol


  • Lower effective input latency, higher input smoothness (the latter perceivable probably only on displays with higher refresh rates). That’s of course only for USB input devices (gamepads, mice, maybe keyboard), as for other types of devices idk.

    But do note that only some devices will allow you to do this. For gamepads, the site gamepadla.com has a bunch of OC results made by Windows gamers. For mice, I saw some threads on some forums at some point (my mouse is natively 1000 Hz, so I didn’t focus on this)

    EDIT: But like the difference can be really perceivable, it’s not a placebo. Especially on something like 240 Hz screen, the difference between say 125 Hz and 1000 Hz polling is just jarring. But it’s rare a 125 Hz mouse could be brought up this much, usually its sensor wouldn’t even be precise enough if it was shipped at such low polling.

    But for example my controller could be overclocked from 250 to 1000, but 500 was the sweet spot in how it felt, while at 1000 it was unstable with some lags from time to time. But 500 was working perfectly and felt smoother.

    Also notably the PS5’s DualSense can be overclocked from 250 to 1000 Hz (people claim 8000, but apparently it’s actually a lie)





  • So what’s off there? What are the challenges you had? When one searches “gimp” in any search engine, they only get search results for the image editor. One has to really go out of their way to look into some dictionary to find out the supposed meanings, and even a dictionary does not mention that it’s a slur or anything, unless it’s Urban Dictionary. Which of the meanings is supposed to be the bad one that’s brought up?

    And in any case, what would you realistically expect the GIMP project to do? The software is known worldwide for the past 30 years and the name is not a problem in the slightest in any of the non-anglophone countries. Throwing off their name and branding could be a project suicide, the rebrands are risky and I’d say don’t go too well that often.


  • Maybe in America? I can tell you in most of the world, nobody would even think to give a fuck about the name, it doesn’t mean anything. The word “gimp” isn’t even popular enough.

    This sounds like some weird copium: surely the app would take off and replace Photoshop long ago, if they just changed that damn name! There was one fork that thought that, with a different name, died shortly after creation. Because in reality nobody cares about the name.


  • Or: GIMP – it’s kinda like Photoshop, but for free.

    Why did OP make it so awkward? And it seems there’s some implication that there was some opportunity there lost by just mere mention of the program, which seems like a big stretch. No need to be that insecure about the software you’re using, the GIMP college garage copypasta isn’t real. There’s a chance they were just curious, got the answer and that was it…