Reducing Lag

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 9:13 pm

Since I see a lot of people asking how they can reduce lag, I'll try to give a few of my tips. Most of this is pretty obvious stuff, and a lot of common sense. Please add to this as you see fit Smile

(+) Shut down any other programs running in the background (+)

- Especially ones that use your connection, though if you use something like TeamSpeak in your team, then you might need to keep those open... Surprised

(+) Scan your PC for viruses regularly (+)

- I was getting a lot of lag recently, did a scan of my PC and found 2 downloader.esepor trojans using my bandwith. Removed then and the games were smooth again Very Happy

(+) Scan regularly for spyware (+)

- I use both AdAware 6.0 and Spybot Search and Destroy. Update them before each time you scan, and you could reduce the lag by removing spyware that is using your connection. (The reason I use both programs, is the the things that one app misses, the other gets Wink

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(+) Defrag (+)

- I try to defrag once every two weeks. I download a lot, and if I don't defrag for a long time, say a month, then I defrag, I notice a difference if the lag.

(+) Hosting (+)

- Because lag is mostly dependant on the hosts upload speed, they to let the person with the highest upload host. There's no point having the person with 128upload host, and the guy with 1024up join right? Kind of obvious, but it makes the most difference Smile

There's the few I can think of off the bat right now. Hopefully someone will have found something they didn't know in here Smile

and hopefully people can add other tips, so we can all enjoy smoother gaming Razz

Enjoy your gaming Wink

L8r!

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 3354

And don't forget to reboot your systems from time to time. MS apps require restarts along with most routers to clear errors. If you reboot everything right before you join everything should be starting fresh.

Kai Lover Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 522

...and hold off downloading porn while in game Laughing

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 10:38 pm

Oh c'mon the:one. There's limits to how far we can go just for a smooth game Laughing

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 3354

[IXS]eXodus wrote:

Oh c'mon the:one. There's limits to how far we can go just for a smooth game Laughing

I know right. And you represent porn (X rated) so don't betray your team (not clan).

Kai Regular Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 150

lol

Video Master Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 1815

im always fucked with bandwith since the other people in my house always fuck around with webcams and shit such as paltalk and skype Crying or Very sad

/me waits patiently for fiber optic connection.

Kai Regular Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 150

that sucks

Kai Beginner Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 20

TPP27 wrote:

im always fucked with bandwith since the other people in my house always fuck around with webcams and shit such as paltalk and skype Crying or Very sad

/me waits patiently for fiber optic connection.

install net limiter on their pcs so you all get an equal share ( or unequal if you do it yourself lol)

Kai Beginner Joined: 22 May 2007 Posts: 19

m4rmite wrote:

TPP27 wrote:

im always fucked with bandwith since the other people in my house always fuck around with webcams and shit such as paltalk and skype Crying or Very sad

/me waits patiently for fiber optic connection.

install net limiter on their pcs so you all get an equal share ( or unequal if you do it yourself lol)

That really dont work unless you got enough bandwidth to share, try splitting a 356kpbs connection by 4. Not pretty, when sending webcam data, and talking on skype. I would recommend just getting a faster connection, 5mbps / 356kps should suit you.

Kai Lover Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 744

386k upstream should never suit anyone thats just plain shit telecommunication companies just need to give up the broadband they are withholding. DOCSIS2 modems can go as fast as 50Mb symmetrical its the isp thats keeping the bandwidth.

Kai Beginner Joined: 22 May 2007 Posts: 19

I agree, Road Runner is a rather gay for, $50/mo for 5mps / 356kps.

btw, i have 356kps not 386kps, and for the number of servers running off my network, it suits me fine Smile

Kai Regular Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 184

well, if people actually listened to posts like this then perhaps things would change. Until they do, we must wait Sad