Thanks for the reply :)

Would you mind providing a source or some info on the testing?

If that's true, I'll definitely go with the better hitreg (I think this cvar gives just a few frames at most)--after all, isn't the point of good FPS essentially making sure your shots hit?

I've been told cl_setupallbones should be set to "1" not "0", as "0" can cause problems with hit registration...what's the default?

People can play multiple formats. Please name one person that is planning to quit 6's or HL for Prolander.

If anything, this will draw fresh players to comp, then they'll inevitably see the shining truth that Prolander is "garbage" and convert to 6's, right?

These reactions seem pretty harsh.

It's TF2, it's something new, and some of us will have a lot of fun, maybe not you. It's perfectly okay to have a dismissive opinion, but I think there's some gratuitous rudeness here--sigafoo has invested a lot of effort into this and it's because he's passionate about a game we all enjoy. Maybe there are some things for you to be positive about here despite your qualms...no need to a downer, eh?

It's a bug in the old firmware with the Surface Calibration feature. Updating the firmware or disabling SC should fix it.

Best tool--and I really don't mean to be a smartass:
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/jftqmkxs9wyajzhbz5yz.jpg

Use with your mouse pad to measure the inches you must move your mouse to perform a 360 in one game, then adjust sensitivity in the other game till you get it to match.

I know nobody likes to spend 5 minutes on something tedious, but it's really not much more difficult, and none of the calculators will be exact; honestly, it's worth checking if they got it right if you used one.

For people struggling with FPS, the LOD tweak makes a huge difference--doubled my FPS from 30-40 to 60-80!

Set it up the same way you do in TF2:
http://etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-17728/

This mod, which makes the DR smaller and farther from your crosshair, does that on certain servers.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jz0vg9thr9l9diq/DR+animation.vpk

Wow, that's rough. Condolences and best wishes, man.

Pro: Nice cords, comfy shapes, more or less well-built.

Con: Very high button latency, problems like mouse input latency at different DPI's in many models, not the best sensors, no software (though this is a sell, it prevents firmware updates to address the issues each release inevitably has, and limits customization), inferior mouse button switches to Logitech and Razer.

Soft pads can create acceleration issues with many sensors.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tech-support/333648-an-overview-of-mouse-technology

Check the "choosing a mousepad" section.

If your GPU is really old relative to your CPU you could start to bottleneck on that side.

Highest quality textures (mat_picmip -1) give equal or superior frames. Most GPU-based settings like anti-aliasing and filtering won't give any gains by disabling or reducing quality either--you can try boosting whatever settings in your graphics driver suite to max and see how it goes without taking much of a hit, since TF2 is CPU-bottlenecked at almost all settings.

Remember to benchmark with timedemo after each tweak if you care to measure their impact objectively :)

Replacing your DisplayPort cable is a good bet (a replacement from the reputable blue jeans cable fixed my 144hz/gsync monitor problems https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/dvi-cables/index.htm )--the power cable could also be the problem.

These are definitely great suggestions, too:

Sennheiser is a much superior brand if the price is right.