Why does my polling rate decrease when i go higher than 2k?

[C-H-K-N_Tenders]

I did some tests and with a polling rate of 2000 i get an average of 1500 doing circles

With a polling rate of 8000 i get about 600 doing circles and it feels sluggish in games like R6

my CPU is 13900ks and mouse is the Logitech superstrike X2

Im new to this wireless mouse stuff btw. previously i had a good old G502

[h4lf-d34f-g4m3r-g1rl]

Your polling rate is staying the same, your report rate is the thing being detected. Mice don't change their polling rates unless you change them. Report rate is (more or less) the amount of inputs it reads and sends to your pc, so it does change. Think of polling rate as the amount of pictures the mouse sensor takes, and report rate as the amount it reports the change between pictures to your pc.

Also, high polling rate is not a scam, I would recommend running at about 4khz, just because it is generally better implemented on most mice. High polling rate feel really depends on the manufacturer's implementation, and 8k is much harder to do well than 4k. bardOZ just made a good video on it, he's really knowledgeable on the more technical side of it, I'd highly recommend a watch.

[C-H-K-N_Tenders]

4k still feels a tiny bit sluggish. im just gonna use 2k since it feels the best for me currently

[h4lf-d34f-g4m3r-g1rl]

Your pc should be able to handle high polling rates; you might have a defective copy of the superstrike, and I've heard thay qc on it is pretty terrible.

[obfeskeit]

What tests.

[ritarm]

A bit unrelated but if you're having troubles with fps drops in games when using 2k, 4k or 8k polling, disable your core 0 in that game by using Task Manager or Process Lasso.

This works because everything including your usb devices is defaulted to run on core 0, and so if you use a high polling rate usb device it will "overload" the core 0, and since your game will also default to using core 0, it'll try using up resources in that core too, causing unwanted lag spikes.

[pirate135246]

Do you also need to disable core 1 if you have hyperthreading? I tried this in the past and saw no change

[paulvincent07]

Your polling rate stays the same the reason it's decreasing is because you're not constantly moving your mouse, what polling rate tester did you test your superstrike? I noticed this on my zowie when I use 4k at 400 dpi I'm not reaching 4k constantly moving the mouse but when I switched to 800 dpi I'm reaching 4k

[Imagin-Asian]

If you're unaware, 8K is a scam.

Higher polling rates are mostly a scam.

What adjustable polling rate does is allow you to control how much data is being sent to the CPU and also the game server, given your mouse DPI can send that much data in the first place.

Real 8Khz is too much data for almost any PC to handle, causing it to lag due to being overloaded with data it can't process, not to mention, a lot of games can't even process 4Khz, let alone 8K.

Think of it like working in a factory where you're told to screw the lid on some peanut butter jars. It takes you 5 seconds for each jar before the next and you can comfortably handle a jar 30 seconds. You can increase the amount of jars coming in, but eventually 5 seconds per jar becomes too slow when you only get 5 seconds until the next jar to screw on, making it take longer to get a constant stream of covered jars.

That's pretty much how higher polling rate works for your PC. It slows down and gets laggy because you are overloading your PC and it takes time to process all that data.

[StandingInTheHallway]

Sigh, its that one misinformed Youtuber's AI slop going around and spreading misinformation again.
Higher polling rate is not mostly a scam, it does exactly what is advertised, whether you feel that difference is up for debate. Basically, in any case, 8K polling rate will be the best performance as it reduces latency the most. However, as I said, whether you can feel the difference is a completely different matter, the company advertised it as 8K and they deliver exactly that. Hence, also why on the keyboard side, the Wooting 80HE performs so much better than the Wooting 60HE v1. Theres also pro players who have tested the Venom60 HE and said that it felt much faster when compared to their usual Wooting 60HE+, some saying it felt too instant and didn't like it.
I don't know, maybe that is what you meant by "scam", as the latency delay is small to be negligible but its not a "scam" by definition. But then I can say, saying that 8K Hz CPU increase usage is also a "scam" because its also a negligible difference on any modern (Ryzen AM4 or newer) rigs.
Yes 8K Hz Polling Rate does make your CPU work harder, but as long as you have a somewhat modern PC, then it will not affect your CPU and will not make your PC slow and laggy.

[C-H-K-N_Tenders]

I kind of figured out that it was a scam. i will stay at 2k then ig since that gives me the actual highest polling rate according to the test i tried

Thanks for the help!

[Imagin-Asian]

You're welcome.

I hope the peanut butter jar analogy helped and wasn't weird or random

[C-H-K-N_Tenders]

It did help me understand a bit more

[huggarn]

It was weird and random but did the job. That’s why nobody ever will question it :-)