youthedog Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 So, I've got this problem with CS:S where I get high ping in-game (100-180) where my normal ping is (30-80). I recently reinstalled windows which seemed to fix the problem temporarily but it's back again. 1. Not my router. 2. Not my modem. 3. Not my ISP. 4. Winslows is being annoying as fuck. Can anyone help :\? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RageQuit Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 If you recently reinstalled Windows, you may have a ton of extraneous useless services running in the background that are slowing down your game. Disable the ones you don't need up (obviously look up what they are individually before making a decision) and see if that makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 updating your NIC drivers? did you try any of the cfg files that tweak with your network settings? cl_cmdrate 66 cl_updaterate 66 rate 25000 If you're running Windows 7 or Vista, try optimising the TCP/IP network stack. A lot of stock settings aren't the greatest out of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youthedog Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 updating your NIC drivers? did you try any of the cfg files that tweak with your network settings? cl_cmdrate 66 cl_updaterate 66 rate 25000 If you're running Windows 7 or Vista, try optimising the TCP/IP network stack. A lot of stock settings aren't the greatest out of the box. Already optimized it, all css net settings are the perfect, and shouldn't cause any problems. If you recently reinstalled Windows, you may have a ton of extraneous useless services running in the background that are slowing down your game. Disable the ones you don't need up (obviously look up what they are individually before making a decision) and see if that makes a difference. Done this too, one of the first things. The thing is, when I started playing after I reinstalled, it was fine. Now it randomly starts lagging again. I've talked to my ISP and they've reset my modem, done latency tests from their server directly to the modem and it's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 So these settings were changed? Enabled ECN? High restrictive autotuning for TCP Window Size? Enabled RSS? Enabled TCP Chimney for offload processing? Disabled Heuristics for autotuning? Changed the congestion provider to CTCP? Disabled RFC 1323 timestamps? Enabled DCA (Direct Cache Access) for your NIC? These settings can impact your connectivity. I would suggest checking these settings out. As well, it's possible that the network nodes needed to connect to a server has changed and that is why your ping has gone up. This happened to me with League of Legends. I used to have low 50s and now I have low 1xx ping (usually 130). Remember your ISP can test from their server (which probably have better/more stable nodes they can ping/tracert to) to your modem and still get good pings. Consider the following: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>ping 198.144.153.132 Pinging 198.144.153.132 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 198.144.153.132: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=56 Request timed out. Reply from 198.144.153.132: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=56 Reply from 198.144.153.132: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=56 Ping statistics for 198.144.153.132: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 79ms, Maximum = 80ms, Average = 79ms Ping statistics for 168.144.82.120: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 79ms, Maximum = 80ms, Average = 79ms C:\Windows\system32>ping 198.144.159.130 Pinging 198.144.159.130 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 198.144.159.130: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=56 Reply from 198.144.159.130: bytes=32 time=89ms TTL=56 Reply from 198.144.159.130: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=56 Reply from 198.144.159.130: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=56 Ping statistics for 198.144.159.130: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 82ms, Maximum = 90ms, Average = 87ms Each of these nodes are in Toronto, notice how each have unique pings. One is high as 90 ping, low as 80. To show the variance, I will select a location further east in Canada C:\Windows\system32>ping 198.27.88.177 Pinging 198.27.88.177 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 198.27.88.177: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=59 Reply from 198.27.88.177: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=59 Reply from 198.27.88.177: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=59 Reply from 198.27.88.177: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=59 Ping statistics for 198.27.88.177: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 84ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 84ms C:\Windows\system32>ping 142.4.202.125 Pinging 142.4.202.125 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 142.4.202.125: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=58 Reply from 142.4.202.125: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=58 Reply from 142.4.202.125: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=58 Reply from 142.4.202.125: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=58 Ping statistics for 142.4.202.125: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 96ms, Maximum = 98ms, Average = 97ms Let's come closer to home to Seattle: C:\Windows\system32>ping 208.43.144.33 Pinging 208.43.144.33 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 208.43.144.33: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=56 Reply from 208.43.144.33: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=56 Reply from 208.43.144.33: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=56 Reply from 208.43.144.33: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=56 Ping statistics for 208.43.144.33: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 100ms, Maximum = 102ms, Average = 101ms The ping drastically increases... However, if I ping to Montreal, I have similar pings to Toronto. Biggest gap of 7 ms. The point of all this is to explain that, each server (node) you connect to MAY have routing issues (especially if it's based on your ISP's own backbone, typically it isn't) If it happens to hook up to a decent backbone (the server) and your ISP, then you will get a better ping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) If you're running Windows 8, it can easily be the drivers which aren't up-to-date. My laptop which runs windows 8 has network driver issues which causes my ping to sky rocket whenever i download the smallest file. Edited December 6, 2012 by Tommo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youthedog Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Enigma that means every server then, as each servers ping when up at least 60ms, I'll try updating my chipset and network controller drivers to see if that'll do anything. I did follow a guide to enable network options, I'll take an ss of the thing when I get home. Edited December 6, 2012 by youthedog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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