Hey guys,
At the start of July I got a new custom built PC, something that was long overdue, and I've not had any problems with it so far... except for this. Every online game I play I get random ping spikes. It'll suddenly shoot up from a stable 30ms to anywhere between 100 -300ms. It doesn't impact download or upload speeds and I'm not experiencing any packet loss when it occurs. In terms of impact on the game, it's just enough to knock my character out of sprint for example. I'm on a wired connection.
I've tried just about everything I can think of to fix this.
I'm left thinking perhaps this is a hardware issue? Could this be caused by a faulty ethernet port/motherboard?
My specs, if they are at all relevant;
Windows 10 Home
i9-10900k
Asus Rog Strix B560-F motherboard
32GB Ram
Nvidia 3070Ti
1TB Samsung 970 nvme ssd
Cat 6 cable
Plusnet Hub One Router
I hope someone here can help. The only option that I can think off that's left is calling up the manufacturer and getting a replacement part. But that seems like the extreme, no choice left option.
At the start of July I got a new custom built PC, something that was long overdue, and I've not had any problems with it so far... except for this. Every online game I play I get random ping spikes. It'll suddenly shoot up from a stable 30ms to anywhere between 100 -300ms. It doesn't impact download or upload speeds and I'm not experiencing any packet loss when it occurs. In terms of impact on the game, it's just enough to knock my character out of sprint for example. I'm on a wired connection.
I've tried just about everything I can think of to fix this.
- I've checked all the odd Windows 10 settings (automatic updates, p2p update hosting, power management etc)
- I've tried rolling back lan drivers (and updating them again when that didn't work)
- I've tried a new ethernet cable
- Reset the router
- Disconnected every other device from the router
- Disabled the firewall
- I tried reconnecting my old PC, to the same router, using the same ethernet cable, playing the game games on the same servers at the same time, and the issue just doesn't exist there.
I'm left thinking perhaps this is a hardware issue? Could this be caused by a faulty ethernet port/motherboard?
My specs, if they are at all relevant;
Windows 10 Home
i9-10900k
Asus Rog Strix B560-F motherboard
32GB Ram
Nvidia 3070Ti
1TB Samsung 970 nvme ssd
Cat 6 cable
Plusnet Hub One Router
I hope someone here can help. The only option that I can think off that's left is calling up the manufacturer and getting a replacement part. But that seems like the extreme, no choice left option.