Do I need a gaming mouse with a 4K polling rate? [Video]

Gaming mice with 4K polling rates became the norm this year. In fact, we saw hardly any mice with 1,000Hz and 2,000Hz polling rates being released — period.

These new-generation gaming mice weren’t hard to spot thanks to manufacturers using higher polling rates a bit like DPI values have been used in the past — to plaster the fact on marketing materials in an effort to entice players wanting to buy only the fastest mice available.

But the truth is, you really don’t need a mouse with a 4K polling rate, and here’s why…

The truth about mice with 4K polling rates

A mouse’s polling rate is the number of times per second it reports its position to the computer. That being so, a mouse with a 4K polling rate reports to the computer 4,000 times per second, a 2,000Hz mouse reports 2,000 times per second and so on…

A mouse with a 4K polling rate, therefore, should …