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| i found out about these higher hertz rates for a windows contolled mouse a couple of weeks ago. i have yet to see the 'hacks' posted on a quake related website which i find oddly strange because quakers are the people that invented setup 'fussyism'. anyhow theres an elite rtcw player (less elite in et) that has a friend with a keen interest in nerd stuff who discovered how to do this shit. visit this site
to see how its done. i wouldnt recommend the 1000hz sampling rate as it simply did not work with my mx500 - its possible it works for newer mice but i wouldnt bother trying it anyway. i was using the 500hz 'patch' for a while and notice my fps dropping below 125?!? a good buddy from et sol pointed out to me if you go into task manager and move your mouse around fast whilst in 500hz mode you can see your cpu usage go up to 20-25%! which is probably why bill gates didnt bother with more than 125hz sampling rates for usb, however the 250hz patch seems perfectly fine. if you do go forward and try this stuff out use mouserate to view the differences in mouse sample rate here
personally after trying out all the 3 patches, it isnt anything revolutionary, it offers somewhat less 'swing' to your mouse control. really, really good aimers will probably benefit but people with less than average aim should stay clear as it might cancel out the luck shots  . to sum up, 1000hz results in a dead usb port, so it obviously needs to be looked into, although its possible it works for more advanced mice - razer?. 500hz feels good but causes increased cpu usage (need all the cpu i can get with 1800xp). 250hz feels sluggish after using 500hz for a while and im not so sure it differs from default 125hz all that much in feel.
you can download the hex editor - hex workshop here
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250 - 500 - 1000 hertz for your usb windows mouse
