Nah, I wasn't really looking for increased game performance I just wanted to know if it did, and if some of the advertising was just hype/true or something that wasn't mentioned. I already have all those other things though 120Hz, 200+fps, g400, and QCK+.

I didn't think it would make me "magically better" maybe slightly like .2% better. Which is why I am asking.

idk I just kinda wanted to know just how big the difference was, or if that it affected gameplay in a way that I may or may not like, and if their was any buyers remorse because of how much it cost vs. how well it performs.

It's about time I get a new keyboard (been using the same one for the past 7 years and some keys are starting to not work)

And I was wondering is a mechanical actually worth the extra money? or if they really are that much better than a regular keyboard.

some questions

Does air-strafing become "easier" i.e. does it feel like you're doing a better job at air strafing.

Does A-D spam feel different?

Are there any moments where you find yourself thinking "if I had a regular keyboard I wouldn't have been able to do that, or not as easily, or at least not as often."

etc.

Also pretty sure if I do buy a mechanical keyboard it'll be Cherry MX Brown Switches.

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Are you able to play for any longer periods of time, or that your fingers feel more relaxed?

^this

also what happens if Open is only 1-2 teams short of the requirement?

You 100% do not need to add any custom settings, 144Hz works at all resolutions (at least the common ones) below and at 1920x1080 with a dual link dvi cable.

No.

Just be aware that if you current monitor isn't already 1920x1080 you might experience worse performance.

Not really.

Only thing I can think of is related to the screen size 1920x1080 on a 27inch monitor means you're going to see individual pixels alot easier which isn't great for picture quality.

I would like to point out that extra 2 seconds of minicrits means an extra shot or 2 of Mini-Crit flak coming your way when a pyro airblasts you, even if you don't die he still has 2 more shots. #VALVEPLS

Actually I was just informed it's actually possible to get all 4 shots off in that 5 seconds with ease. :(

why am I oddly tempted to buy a shit ton of those 20 bundles of laptops and sell them for like $5 each...

Twitch changed how they provided video service about a month ago, this has been happening ever since for a lot of users. That and most stream delays are at best 20 seconds if not more.
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http://blog.twitch.tv/2013/12/service-update-major-video-system-update-and-prague-is-online/
read the comments

Does your ticks received per second suddenly drop below 40, and then burst well over 67?

I disagree, their's still plenty of players out their who would love to play competitive but think they're not good enough or they just simply hate the rulesets. You forget that TF2 is probably the 2nd-3rd most popular FPS out there after CS:GO and maybe BF4.

I've been having a similar issues

things I did
things that had little to no effect
-Reinstalling TF2
-Defragging
-Changing TF2 Settings
-Changing Mice

things that had an actual effect
-Reformatting and installing windows 8.1 (I had win7)

Now it's much more noticeable, but it's less frequent and I have been able to narrow it down to either A. My ISP or B. Routing

Just curious though, Turn on Net_Graph 1 and when you experience these "lag spikes" does your ticks per second drop down to like 40 or lower, instead of the usual 66/67? and during the following second immediately jump to 80+ ticks per second?

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nvm just looked at your screenshots you're having the exact same issue with the ticks per second.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=28alrbr&s=5#.Us0CavRDv8p <- you spiked to 100+ ticks per second, and was likely rebounding from a drop to about 20-30 ticks per second probably just a second earlier.
I must ask who's your ISP, and if you only experience this on Dallas, Denver, and LA servers?

I use a Steel Series QCK+ black mouse pad, and I clean it 1-2x a month.

You just reminded me I have a air duster lol, I'll go try that now.

Their's also alot of other variables with just monitors alone. cause I guarantee you will see very different results from these match ups

60Hz 1ms GTG vs 120Hz 5ms GTG

60Hz 5ms GTG vs 120Hz 1ms GTG

60Hz 5ms GTG vs 120Hz 5ms GTG

60Hz 1ms GTG vs 120Hz 1ms GTG

can't forget their's also monitors out their with 12ms, 8ms, and 2ms GTG as well.
I have done -some- eye/play test on several monitors

60Hz 5ms
60Hz 8ms
75Hz 5ms
75Hz 2ms
120Hz 1ms
144Hz 1ms

and I have to say by and far the biggest difference in monitors is the pixel response time in terms of gaming, with 120Hz being only a minor-moderate boost in itself over 60Hz. While 1ms vs 5ms gtg is literally night and day, thank you to my roommate for letting me use his BenQ to learn this :/

that and other small things like an FPS Cap is detrimental to some systems for reasons I can't explain and if one player has it on and their system doesn't agree with it they will not perform as well as they should.

Recently I bought a Zowie FK preemptively assuming my G400 will die sometime soon, and today I just started noticing a weird issue.

Problem:
My Mouse does not track like it should, actually this mouse tracks almost as well as a 400dpi $5 mouse I got for a short period of time about a year ago. I am noticing significant pixel skipping at very low movement speeds at all 3 DPI settings. I am running windows 8, and I reused my g400 to test if it was just the OS and it is not.

What I think the problem is:
I think the sensor might be dirty which is kinda odd cause I got this mouse like 6 days ago, on a mousepad I had just cleaned and have never had this issue with my g400. Though the little plastic covering (which I assume is their to lower the lift off distance) makes it difficult to clean. I even tested this by blowing into it and trying to get condensation to build up to see if I could get a similar but more noticeable result, which it was. Problem is I am not sure how I should go about cleaning the sensor or if their's something else I am missing with Zowie FK mice.

clean your laptop out, and you can also try capping your framerate to ease the burden, idk something like 150 should be fine.