is 8mbps good enough for gaming?

[aggelos123]

so i tested my connection several times and the avarage mbps was 8....is that enough for gaming ?fps games etc..?

 

[ahnilated]

Yes, you can do gaming on 10kbs, it is only the ping time that really matters for FPS games. The data going over the line isn't all that much.

 

[wanderer11]

Yes. Plenty enough. The ping is much more important though. The easiest way to test your ping is go to pingtest.net and see what it says.

 

[RealBeast]

Third vote for 8Mpbs being more than enough, but as mentioned your latency is key. Check it out at pingtest.net

 

[aggelos123]

Yes. Plenty enough. The ping is much more important though. The easiest way to test your ping is go to pingtest.net and see what it says.

i tested my pin and the result is 25ms..is that fast enough?i mean so i can play fps games like bf4 without any problem..is that fast enough?

 

[enemy1g]

25ms is about average. 8 Mbs is more than enough as long as you don't have other people streaming or whatnot. People used to play SC on 56k, so you should be fine.

 

[thdarkshadow]

Oh yeah that's plenty good. I play on 1.25mbps down and a ping of 25-30

 

[RealBeast]

25ms is excellent.

 

[St0rm_KILL3r]

Most of the games recommend 512kbps speed for smooth gaming. And your ping won't be a problem as it is fine or also great in some cases. Your connection is just more than enough for any game.

 

[-Fran-]

Where did you do the ping to?

The game servers are located all over the world in some cases, so you need to find the location to be sure the games you want to play won't have lag. I play from South America and the ping I usually get is 150ms... I can't participate in any "pro" tournaments (or "play for real") for that very reason and its frustrating, haha.

Cheers!

 

[aggelos123]

so i will be able to play bf4 without any lag?

 

[wanderer11]

Assuming you pick a server with good ping, yes.

 

[aggelos123]

poeple look..the story is that i am building a gaming pc...i though of buying a wireless usb so i can connect to my router which is away from my room...but what i did is that i bought a 20m wire and i will be using it...i made my home like **** from the holes that i drilled in the wall for the cable to be able to travel to my room..do you think it was a bad idea to buy a 20m cable and it would be better to connect with wireless?

 

[aggelos123]

Assuming you pick a server with good ping, yes.

i have another question..i bough a 20m cable and i tested the connection speed with it...25ms as i said...i made my home look ugly from the holes that i drilled becuase the router is far from my room..do you think it was a bad idea to buy a 20m cable instead of using a wireless usb (for gaming)??

 

[wanderer11]

Wired will work much better for gaming than wireless.

 

[aggelos123]

Wired will work much better for gaming than wireless.

yes i know..but i tested my connection speed 2 times with WIRED and 2 times with WIRELESS in my laptop and i noticed that wireless had a higher ping...i got disapointed...was all this a waste of time?i mean for the cable...?

 

[RealBeast]

A 20 meter Ethernet will add less than 1ms latency -- wireless will add far more and be very unreliable in comparison.

In fact, through multiple routers configured as APs and switches, I have a 450 foot run of CAT5e and its latency is still less than 1ms with an SSD to SSD transfer rate over 860Mbps.

Wired crushes wireless for latency and stability.

 

[aggelos123]

A 20 meter Ethernet will add less than 1ms latency -- wireless will add far more and be very unreliable in comparison.

but the wireles test had less ping ;///...

 

[aggelos123]

A 20 meter Ethernet will add less than 1ms latency -- wireless will add far more and be very unreliable in comparison.

In fact, through multiple routers configured as APs and switches, I have a 450 foot run of CAT5e and its latency is still less than 1ms with an SSD to SSD transfer rate over 860Mbps.

Wired crushes wireless for latency and stability.

i just did a test now with wireless...32ms...it doesnt have the best stability as i see..and as you said...so you think that the 20m cable was a good idea right?

 

[ahnilated]

A 20 meter Ethernet will add less than 1ms latency -- wireless will add far more and be very unreliable in comparison.

but the wireles test had less ping ;///...

Wireless will never ping the less than wired to the same location. It physically takes longer to send the signal. Now if you pinged to 2 different locations then you could get different results. The easy thing to do is ping your cable/dsl modem to see what delay you get there from both wired/wireless.