help

alahthebest

can someone tell me why i lagg spike alot even though i have excellent internet connection.. i dont know whats worng..

CFShu

Wrong section.

alahthebest

EmperorShu wrote: »

Wrong section.

idc get off this if your not helpiing

CFShu

Same problem to me. I'm lagging another 20 ping. While my friend doesn't lag at all.

FIREAGLE

I thought the other team was better... but... I don't know, this 1 really showed the competitive side.

alahthebest

EmperorShu wrote: »

Same problem to me. I'm lagging another 20 ping. While my friend doesn't lag at all.

i mean i lagg spike like i could be at 10 ping at once and go up to 200 then 1000 and all other the place

CFShu

Oh well, i'm usually 12 ping, but now I get 30-50 ping, and sometimes I get 150 ping for like 2 seconds every about 10-15 seconds.

alahthebest

EmperorShu wrote: »

Oh well, i'm usually 12 ping, but now I get 30-50 ping, and sometimes I get 150 ping for like 2 seconds every about 10-15 seconds.

ok? can you tell me how to fix

CFShu

I don't know, I just ignore the problem.

COLLINZZ

Other things going on on your network?
Background programs running?

alahthebest

Lytes wrote: »

Other things going on on your network?
Background programs running?

other people using comps in my house? could it be tht

CFShu

That can be the solution, downloading or someone else using the same internet can affect your speed for everyone using it.

hammer_mav

if you have wireless internet, it can do w/ other people sharing your bandwidth

alahthebest

hammer_mav wrote: »

if you have wireless internet, it can do w/ other people sharing your bandwidth

alright, i have like 3 people using the internet in my house somtimes and also using 360/ps3 thts prolly the problem

CFShu

But are they on?

AKZ1

First of all, if you are running on wifi, when others use other devices like the PS3, XBOX, or streaming videos it will hog most of your bandwidth and it will create lag spikes. The problem can be a number of issues between you, your ISP or even the CF servers (doubt that there is).

You can check your internet connection in the command prompt in your OS. Type in "ping -t www.google.com", and it starts a continuous ping to google and reports back the time value.

Try different configurations on your network setup. Test to see if certain pings spike very high. For example, take out your router and cable modem (if you are using them) and plug in your PC directly to the cable modem. Try to avoid wireless for gaming.

You can try modifying the firewall settings or NAT settings, but this most likely won't fix your issue.

Also, make sure you don't have any servers running on your network because it can hog the bandwidth on your PC.

Google is your friend. Go step by step from your network settings, LAN or at ISP first. Then good luck from there friend.

alahthebest

AKZ1 wrote: »

First of all, if you are running on wifi, when others use other devices like the PS3, XBOX, or streaming videos it will hog most of your bandwidth and it will create lag spikes. The problem can be a number of issues between you, your ISP or even the CF servers (doubt that there is).

You can check your internet connection in the command prompt in your OS. Type in "ping -t www.google.com", and it starts a continuous ping to google and reports back the time value.

Try different configurations on your network setup. Test to see if certain pings spike very high. For example, take out your router and cable modem (if you are using them) and plug in your PC directly to the cable modem. Try to avoid wireless for gaming.

You can try modifying the firewall settings or NAT settings, but this most likely won't fix your issue.

Also, make sure you don't have any servers running on your network because it can hog the bandwidth on your PC.

Google is your friend. Go step by step from your network settings, LAN or at ISP first. Then good luck from there friend.

thanks for all of tht. it will come in handy friend

TCLQwerty

Try restarting your router, sometime if you have not restarted in a while its acts up.

Does this happen to to you only on cf or do you randomly spike on the web? or other games?

if it only happens here try sending in a support ticket and they may have the right answer for you.

or maybe you are fps spiking. ( Frame per seconds. )

go to your Graphics card support (site) and check if there are any updates for it.

buster_jr

maybe I am not helping, or maybe you already do this, But I have to change settings in task manager for the cf.exe

1st I need to set affinity to cpu 0 only, by unchecking cpu1, and next I need to set priority to low. This helps me with spiking and also helps with the keyboard and mouse loss of control that sporadically can happen out of the blue.

Sorry if this is old news and not helpful. The others are definitely right about other network activity that may be congesting your router and lagging you. Make sure no one is p2p downloading, I even find that when my kids are on youtube, I get that same spike you talk about, mine however spikes 10 to 100+ to 5000+ and after 3 - 4 seconds it reverts to 10 and gameplay resumes normally. Any type of bandwidth hog application will affect your ping. Even other computers watching movies on the network that reside in a network share folder can cause this.

Also, I know I will be corrected if I am wrong :0, but will opening the cf and xtrap ports in windows firewall help any? I really hope you find a solution, because I get this every now and then. I even bought a brand new E2000 router and it has still happened to me once since. Again this happened just after my kids got home and were net surfing. I even use opendns and router parental controls to limit sites and activity, but http and https cannot be stopped :P, hence why the torrent sites are starting to offer http torrent d/l's. Makes a nightmare for us network admins.

One last suggestion to help with fps is turning off vertical refresh in you video cards catalyst.