When the mouse is polling at 1000hz, the stutters diminish considerably and produce a smooth movement.Blurbuster Source

How 1000hz will improve your game

It all comes down to having a smoother, more predictable movement. A smoother motion will be easier for your eye to follow and therefore, easier to predict in terms of movement. When there is heavy stuttering, your brain has to fill in the gaps which uses ‘brain processing power’ which could otherwise be used towards enhancing your gaming performance.

Brain processing power?

So what is this brain processing power term that is thrown around? It comes down to the theory that the more you have to think about something, the slower your reaction time will be.

Compare the following:
In this example, your brain has to process a huge amount of information in order to locate Waldo. This is similar to playing with the graphics with maximum detail, or experiencing heavy stutter (which causes your brain to fill in the gaps). The more your brain has to process, the slower it will be to locate waldo.

The less amount of the information your eyes/brain have to process, the faster you can react. This means faster, more accurate shots in your game

When you reduce the amount of information your brain has to process, you can react much quicker.

In this extreme example, you can quickly find your target because you don’t have to go through any noise. That’s why we want our game to run as smooth as possible, with the less amount of detail as possible in order to improve your performance.

Make sure you check out our gaming mice reviews, (we’re rocking the Logitech G502 right now) and see what others have to say about reaction time.

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Muscle Temperature & Response Rate

How fast and precise your muscles respond to nervous stimuli is directly related to muscle temperature. Just ask any professional athlete how he performs with cold muscles. The same applies to your fingers, just on a much smaller scale.

In order to be at your best, you must be playing with warm hands.

The main reason that your hands are cold is usually due to a restricted blood flow. This will usually occur for a few reasons…

Cold Hands & Restricted Blood Flow

– First, if your hands are too nervous and clenched up, your blood circulation will be restricted.
– Second, if your body is cold and losing too much heat, your body will redirect the heat to your internal organs to keep them warm because they are more important (Isn’t our body cool?)
– Third, if you have an overall poor circulation, your hands and toes will be affected first. This is the most common case.

Now, we usually play with our arms stretched in front of us for a long period of time. Although this isn’t the worse position, the lack of movement contributes to poor sanguine circulation. The higher your arms are on the desk, the worse it will be.

What To Do Next Time Your Hands Get Cold

Ideally, here’s what you want to do next time you get cold hands:
– A few jumping jacks, this will get your entire body to pump more blood and will warm you up quite rapidly.
– Stretches, often a few simple stretches will fix any circulation issues.
– Take in deep breaths. Deep breathing improves circulation tremendously, you’ll feel more energy and a clearer mind.
– Drink some water / tea
– Get a hand massage. If possible, get a hand massage, not only will it feel GREAT, but it will almost instantly warm up your hands.

All of these things will help you improve circulation, warm up your hands and help you with your aim. I know that we’re getting into smaller details of physical gaming, but they do make a difference.

Another trick suggested by 3ncore is to make your own home gloves:”My hands went from being ice cold and almost hurting to sweating and the entire hand, including finger tips, being very comfortably warm. This little glove mod only cost me $1, including gloves!”

Although these won’t help with circulation, they’ll definitely help with keeping your muscles warm during the cold winter months!

Recapping What Cold Hands Can Do When Gaming

Recap:
– Playing with cold hands will make you less accurate.
– When your hands are cold, improve blood circulation to warm them up
– Can use glove mod to help cold hands
– Watch your posture and breathe properly to reduce cold hands.

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