large ping spikes

[nddz]

When gaming (any game really, but it's the most detrimental in DOTA2 - you guys know what I'm talking about) all characters on the screen will run in place for one to two seconds and then resume whatever it was they were doing. There is no FPS loss. Essentially, it's a huge ping spike, then everything is back to normal. There is no rhyme or reason to when this happens. Sometimes (if I'm lucky) it'll go five minutes without, sometimes every 10 seconds, and sometimes every 15 - 130 seconds.

 

[Unolocogringo]

That is normally your Internet service provider or someone else in the game has a high ping.

You can check your download/upload speed and ping times at several sites.
dslreports.com
2wire.com
speedtest.net
And many others.
If your ping is below 100ms-200ms for long distance tests, after checking different sites it is probably someone else in the game.

 

[nddz]

That is normally your Internet service provider or someone else in the game has a high ping.

You can check your download/upload speed and ping times at several sites.
dslreports.com
2wire.com
speedtest.net
And many others.
If your ping is below 100ms-200ms for long distance tests, after checking different sites it is probably someone else in the game.

my ping is always less then 10 , ive tested tons of times do you think its due to a poor wireless adapter? connection is good but its spiking in games

 

[Unolocogringo]

Wireless could be the problem if you are not getting a strong signal. Or other devices are interfering with the connection.

The running in place means you are not getting updates from the game server fast enough and your computer must wait for an update before it can continue.

 

[nddz]

Wireless could be the problem if you are not getting a strong signal. Or other devices are interfering with the connection.

The running in place means you are not getting updates from the game server fast enough and your computer must wait for an update before it can continue.

with my old internet connection i didn't had this issue and it used to be worse then this one by alot but i had etheral cable connected to computer , with this one i wasnt able to put it through pc so i placed a wireless. im getting most of the times 4 waves in wireless it says excellent and sometimes good.