PC Peripherals High DPI mouse, gimmick or useful after all?

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I always thought that anything above 3200 or 4000 DPI (isn't it CPI for mouse?) is more than gimmick, as I thought that higher DPI/CPI means the speed of per inch cursor movement. Until yesterday where I saw this comment on Anandtech that high DPI means more precise movement? Is that true? So I bumped up mine at 8200, and set the sensitivity at -5, it's like normal 1400/1600 DPI (which I normally use) with +/- 0 (default) sensitivity. Honestly I don't feel any precise movements! Is that comment* true or my belief? I am really confused!

* http://www.anandtech.com/comments/6...ats-kone-xtd-and-kone-pure-gaming-mice/293784

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6802/capsule-review-roccats-kone-xtd-and-kone-pure-gaming-mice
 
Higher DPI does help especially in that situation when you want to aim at a target and the aim is slightly right to the target so you move the mouse slightly left and now te aim is to the left of target, not on the target. But after a limit it doesn't really show much effect as the pixels on monitor are also limited.
 
To understand how the DPI/CPI helps in precision, one must understand how the optical mouse works in the first place. I haven't done much research about it, but I believe in straight line motion it's of little use, but it will help significantly when you move your mouse diagonally or in a circular fashion. People who work in this field might be better able to explain how this works.
 
Hmm, so I guess that guy was right!
@blkrb0t: Yep, I really don't see any difference when I am dragging the mouse on X axis, but it might be of use on Y axis, haven't really tested that much.
 
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