How do I keep the same sensitivity after changing my mouse DPI?

Multiply your in-game sensitivity by your old DPI and divide by your new DPI. Doubling DPI from 800 to 1600 means halving sensitivity, e.g. 2.0 becomes 1.0. Your eDPI (DPI × sensitivity) and cm/360 stay the same.

cm/360 is how far you move the mouse, in centimetres, to turn a full 360 degrees in game. It combines DPI, in-game sensitivity and the game's own rotation scale, so it is the one number that compares directly across games.

Why can't I compare eDPI between games?

Each game turns a different number of degrees per mouse count at sensitivity 1 (its yaw). CS2 uses 0.022°, Valorant 0.07° and Overwatch 2 0.0066°, so the same eDPI turns you at very different speeds. Compare cm/360 instead.

How do I convert CS2 sensitivity to Valorant?

At the same DPI, divide your CS2 sensitivity by 3.182 (0.07 ÷ 0.022). A CS2 sensitivity of 1.0 is about 0.314 in Valorant. Going from CS2 to Overwatch 2, multiply by 3.333.

Mouse Sensitivity Converter: New DPI or New Game

Same game, new DPI

Convert between games

From

Game

Sensitivity

DPI

Game

DPI

Valorant sensitivity 0.3143

cm/360 (both): —
in/360 (both): —
eDPI before: —
eDPI after: —

Hip-fire (unscoped) sensitivity only. Scope and ADS multipliers are separate settings in each game.

How the conversion works

Every game turns the camera a fixed number of degrees for each count your mouse reports, scaled by your sensitivity. That per-count angle at sensitivity 1 is the game's yaw. The distance you move the mouse for a full turn is then:

cm/360 = 360 ÷ (yaw × sensitivity × DPI) × 2.54

Converting keeps that distance the same. For a DPI change in one game the yaw cancels out, so it's just new sens = old sens × old DPI ÷ new DPI. Between games, the yaw ratio does the work.

Yaw values used by this converter
Game	Yaw (° per count)
Counter-Strike 2	0.022
CS:GO	0.022
Apex Legends	0.022
Team Fortress 2	0.022
Valorant	0.07
Overwatch 2	0.0066

Only games with a single, well-established yaw are listed. Games whose sensitivity also depends on field of view or resolution (Fortnite, Rainbow Six Siege and others) need more inputs than this tool asks for, so they're left out rather than guessed.

Questions

Should I raise DPI and lower sensitivity?

If the game lets you set a low enough sensitivity, a higher DPI (e.g. 1600 instead of 400) gives smaller rotation steps per count, which can make slow micro-adjustments smoother. Your overall speed stays the same as long as cm/360 does, which is what the first converter keeps constant. Very high DPI can also speed up menus and the desktop cursor, so pick what feels right.

What is eDPI, and why doesn't it match between games?

eDPI is DPI × sensitivity. It's a handy shorthand within one game, but each game has a different yaw, so 800 eDPI in CS2 and 800 eDPI in Valorant are very different speeds. cm/360 is the number that compares across games.

Is my DPI setting accurate?

Not always. Sensors can run a few percent above or below the number on the box, and that shifts your real cm/360. You can measure it with the DPI checker and use the measured value here.

Does Windows or macOS pointer speed matter?

Usually not. Most shooters, including the ones listed here, read raw mouse input, which bypasses the OS pointer speed and acceleration settings (in TF2, make sure m_rawinput is set to 1). Those settings still affect your desktop cursor and menus.