Constant Ping Spikes and Lag

[gmtett]

For a few months I have been experiencing really bad ping/lag spikes.

I play Overwatch and CS:GO and every minute or so, my ping would spike to 400+ and then slowly lower back down. From then on it's rinse and repeat for however long I play. This problem occurs not only when i game though, often within discord i'm able to see my connection lower.
At first i thought it may have been my wireless adaptor card within my PC, so i bought a new one, and I continue to have the same problem.

Down below i have included a PNG image of PingPlotter, you'll be able to see how my ping fluctuates within the 20 minutes.

PingPlotter Results: https://share.pingplotter.com/2UCQxvFsTRF

PC SPECS:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3701 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
GPU: GTX 960 4GB

Wirless adapter:TP-LINK TL-WN881ND 300 Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter

Internet speed: http://www.speedtest.net/result/7299249408


At this point, i'm really unsure of the problem and i would appreciate any guidance or suggestions on how to fix this persisting problem.

Thanks, Grace.

 

[camieabz]

Suggest you start by testing pings to your DNS servers, and to other, public ones. Sometimes a better DNS server can make things more snappy.

1.1.1.1 is worth a look.