I have Fast Internet and high latency in game? Help

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GamerOC

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#61981 27-May-2010 00:14

Hello to all,

Please help me

I'm back playing CS 1.6 i still love this game
yes i have CSS as well but some of my mates
only have CS 1.6 so that is why i use it.

no matter time of the day I get from 100 upto 2000 latency
the ping is so high there are only like three servers i can join
without been kicked

i run speed test and 10M is not bad for nz
i cant figure it out the problem

my PC
AMD Phenom Black Edition
Quad 3.2Ghz
4GB dominator corsair
Asus mobo with overclocking headroom
Two SCSI 15000rpm HDs and one iDE 7200rpm
Windows 7 64 bit
Dual Nvidia 9600GT OC.
??
so this game is mean to run is a ancient pc so i cant
figure it out.

thanks guys,

Andy

icepicknz

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#335372 27-May-2010 08:40

1./ What ISP are you with
2./ Are you connecting to an NZ server or international server
3./ What is your ping time like out of game
3.1./ Click START, RUN & type cmd, then ping google.com & ping trademe.co.nz what are the ping times?

The above will provide more info to see if it's game related or your internet or hosts you connecting to

Barry Murphy
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ScottStevensNZ

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#335379 27-May-2010 09:08

Are you using wifi or direct ethernet connection?

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GamerOC

439 posts

Ultimate Geek

#335423 27-May-2010 11:11

My ISP is Thinair LTD im in the plan full speed so speed is from 10M and up in both up stream and down steam.

They have a speed test and ping test from www.speedtest.net at the thinair website and everything is fast as, i watch videos on you tube without waiting or lagg and no longer use the tv because i just watch tv on the pc.

I plug in cable directly to the main modem same problem
so back to the router and yes i'm connected via cable not wireless.

GamerOC

439 posts

Ultimate Geek

#335425 27-May-2010 11:15

i get a ranking A on the Ping test at www.speedtest.net
and i get around 10M bandwith speed

i contacted the company and they argued everything is good in my connection
maybe my pc or router.

I may try updating my drivers to see ....

thanks

Andy

icepicknz

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#335426 27-May-2010 11:17

Again, what are your ping times like out of the game...

This is what mine looks like

C:\Users\Barry>ping trademe.co.nz
Pinging trademe.co.nz [202.162.73.2] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 202.162.73.2: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=250
Reply from 202.162.73.2: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=250
Reply from 202.162.73.2: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=250
Reply from 202.162.73.2: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=250
Ping statistics for 202.162.73.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 8ms
C:\Users\Barry>

Barry Murphy
ISPMap - New Zealand ISP map
Vibe Communications LTD - Business ISP and Wholesale Carrier

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icepicknz

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#335427 27-May-2010 11:18

If the latency is only happening in game then I'd suggest look at your drivers or the game its self.

Barry Murphy
ISPMap - New Zealand ISP map
Vibe Communications LTD - Business ISP and Wholesale Carrier

Any comments made by myself don't reflect the views of my employer, they are mine and mine alone

ScottStevensNZ

245 posts

Master Geek

#335429 27-May-2010 11:22

What are the ping times to the router? They should hopefully be very quick, but you may want to ping for maybe 10-20 times and build up an average and check for any outliers. I have a perl script somewhere that will do it...That will atleast narrow the problem down to something internal on your side, or something external on the internet side.

Ragnor

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#335510 27-May-2010 14:17

A tracert to the gaming servers address would be one of the best ways to identify the problem.

Start Menu > Run > cmd > tracert 203.97.27.199

* Note the above ip address is a on3 network/telstraclear CS 1.6 server

Behodar

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#335538 27-May-2010 15:22

Just to clarify, are you using the Thinair DSL or wireless service? 10 Mb/s in both directions sounds like wireless, which has a higher latency than DSL.

GamerOC

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#335561 27-May-2010 16:30

Yes thinair.net
MetroNET Wireless

Benefits of Wireless Broadband

High speed. Up to 10Mbps!

Always on; there is no need to wait for your broadband to "dialup"

Won't engage your phone line.

Low latency. Lower lag loading webpages

Higher uptime than conventional ADSL

Lower contention ratio than ADSL Broadband

Connection sharing with the right broadband router.

Share your broadband connection with a wireless router.

All plans comes with one free static public IP address.

it saids Low latency.
What's the difference between wireless broadband and conventional broadband?

Wireless broadband from ThinAir Communications delivers a greater broadband experience because it doesn't need to use phone lines. It's not affected by factors such as the distance from the local exchange. Realtime applications such as Digital Phone (known as Voice over IP or VoIP), the exceptionally low latency (delay in transmission of data) of wireless makes all the difference compared to conventional ADSL. In direct contrast, ADSL operates over existing copper phone lines. If you don't live within a certain distance of the telephone exchange or if the ageing copper lines are in poor condition, the efficiency of ADSL will be drastically affected and the range of services that can be offered will be limited.

thanks

Andy

Ragnor

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#335587 27-May-2010 17:23

Wireless inherently has higher latency and more jitter (variation in consistency of latency) than ADSL

For example:

ADSL (interleaving off) is around 10-50ms to local servers
Wireless will typically be 50-200ms to local servers in my experience

However what you're describing sounds a lot worse, so I would run that tracert command I mentioned earlier to the Telstraclear/ON3 CS 1.6 server so we can see the router and latency for each hop is like.