Lag problems on computer games.

[dardas]

Hello,

When I am playing games such as Counter Strike: Source or Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or any other multiplayer FPS game I have lags, they jump to 400 ping.
I have:
GeForce 7800GTX
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6750
Memory 2G RAM

My Network interface controller is bought from Edimax and my router too.
IMPORTANT INFO: my fps is high 200-150 average.

I would like to know if my lag problem comes from my Internet Card, Router or something else,

Thanks in advance,
James

 

[pale paladin]

how fast is your internet? what type is it? do others use your network? Are there other programs that might use the internet while you are playing?

 

[dardas]

12Mb, what do you mean by type?
My brother using it exactly like me (connecting to a router) and he got no problems, no lags at any game, and no programs are using the internet.

 

[dardas]

Up

 

[dardas]

UP

 

[Hawkeye22]

I'm not sure if this still works, but if you can access the games console via the ~ key, then type this in the console:

net_graph x

where x is between 1 and 3 inclusive. net_grapgh 0 turns it off.

This works with a lot of Valve's games.

http://www.etcwiki.org/wiki/Counter_Strike_Source_lag_choke_loss_and_ping

 

[sk1939]

Are you running anything in the background, what type of internet do you have (DSL, cable, etc)?

 

[dardas]

Hawkeye22
It happens in non Valve games too, but i'll try it in CSS hope it works.
sk1939
I don't have anything running in the background and my internet type is Cable.

 

[sk1939]

Cable suffers from lag spikes because it is a shared connection. Not much you can do about it.

 

[dardas]

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