Fast Download Speed But High Ping
Ingrid Abriola
When I run speed test on many websites, it shows more than 300 but when I play games I get 80 ms ping. All games are so slow and lagging. When I open up games and minimize it, internet browser becomes so slow too.
My net is blazing fast, how do I fix my horrible ping? I live in Lincoln, NE btw. Why does someone with less than 10% my internet speed and a way worse computer have half my ping, when we live in similar areas?
And while pro gamers are able to avoid high pings at all costs, perhaps even by upgrading their equipment to the latest and greatest hardware, recreational online gamers generally are left to troubleshoot their own devices. To that end, consider this your ultimate guide on how to lower ping and, ultimately, reduce lag in video games.
Internet connection speed, above all else, affects ping. And for online gamers, internet connection speed is everything. Speed can also be affected by how much data a network is juggling and how many users are on that network at the same time.
Lower ping is better than high ping, because low ping means less lag. And less lag means smoother gameplay. On the flip, high ping means a longer lag. It also means you probably have a poor internet connection speed.
You can run a ping test on most computers, though how to do so differs across manufacturers. Some online ping tests also exist. To simplify, an internet speed test can also provide context to your ping rate.
Another consideration: Are your ethernet cables up to date? Ethernet cables are available in categories ranging from 3 to 8, or Cat 3 to Cat 8. The higher the category, the better your internet bandwidth and transmission speed. Most households have a Cat 5 or greater ethernet cable, which suffices for gaming because it can handle internet speeds of 1,000 Mbps or higher. Outdated cables, however, might not even be able to handle speeds higher than 100 Mbps.
Another thing to consider is how close a game server is to your device, physically. The farther apart you are, the longer it takes for the two to communicate, so the higher your ping will be. Just think of how fast you can communicate with someone sitting beside you versus someone in another country. Good news is some games allow you to choose which game servers your device communicates with. If this is the case for your game, always pick the gamer server closest to your physical location.
Lower latency, also known as ping, is desirable to achieve that smoother gameplay and user experience we all want, without any lag. If your ping is around 1000ms (1 sec) or higher, it is definitely going to result in players suddenly appearing and disappearing all over the screen, continuous buffering of videos and overall gameplay running incredibly slow. Additionally, games where timing is crucial, like first person shooters and racing games, suffer a greatly diminished experience with high latency. In short, time lag from high latency makes gaming and video streaming far less enjoyable.
The frame rate is determined by several factors which can include the graphics card, CPU, and display. A powerful graphics card can render more frames per second, while a fast CPU can handle more game logic and other calculations. In addition, a higher refresh rate display can also display more frames per second.
Anyways, I've been experiencing high ping for about a week now, which came about randomly. My laptop is on wireless, but it was wireless before I started experiencing high ping so I don't see that being the problem. I used to get about 20 ping or lower on minecraft servers such as Mineplex and Hypixel. We contacted our internet provider (Spectrum) and they came and installed a new modem, which increased the wireless speed a lot, and there for about a day or two I was getting better ping (single digits lower than 90). Whenever I do a speed test I get 120mbps download, 11.26 upload, and 14 ms ping. I also pinged Hypixel in the command prop and got 23 minimum, 27 maximum, and 25 average ping. But, when I actually go on minecraft and check my ping it's always at least 90 (rarely) and sometimes even reaches 200, which is almost unplayable to me because other players teleport around and things such as leap lags. I'm not sure if this could be caused by a virus that might've infected my laptop recently, but it would be nice to get a fix to this as playing minecraft on servers has become an inconvenience with the high ping.
Lately my internet connection is having an issue of slow browsing. Download speed is perfectly fine. According to my internet provider, everything is fine with the connection. I just tried doing a ping test to some of the sites I frequently use. I am getting varied ping times between 200ms to 400ms. From what I have read, ideal ping is below 50ms. Does +200ms ping explain the slow web browsing I'm facing lately? How can this be fixed when my ISP says nothing is wrong with the connection?
The ping time only reflects the time it takes to reach a site and negotiate a connection. Pointing at 50ms as being good and 200ms being slow is simplistic - one of the things about ping times is that the distance to the server can dictate minimum times - for example a fast site in Australia will have a ping time of more then 140ms if you are in the USA, mainly due to the speed of light. That said, congested small connections can have very high latencies.
With Chrome's dev tools, you can emulate a connection with poor latency. Loading a few sites with varying ping settings reveals how much high latency hurts. I measured the time taken for the DOM to be loaded, meaning that the structure of the page is known, even though images, styles, etc. might still be loading.
Yes, high ping can slow down your website loading times. When you check the ping time to your frequently visited sites, your computer accesses the website's server then checks the time it took to get there. Logically, if it takes a long time to get information from the website, it will take a long time for you to access it in a browser.
As for decreasing this time (making it faster), eliminate unused clients on your network, upgrade your internet plan (switch from DSL if you have it), or get a higher performance router if you have low WiFi ping.
Generally speaking, no. High latency, what you are calling ping, should not slow down web browsing. You havent given much information on your computer or network, so everything is mere speculation. However, since you said your download speeds are fast, I am assuming your internet connection and internal network is working acceptably.
I am having the same problems with my internet as well. I am lagging and having random spikes in ping when gaming. When I do a speedtest I have 200 down and 5 up on a wired connection but it still lags randomly every few seconds. I just recently had someone come look at it and they put in a new line to the box outside from the house and a new modem and I have the same issues. The ethernet lights on my pc are yellow as well when they usually are green.
I have been on BT ADSL / FTTC for years and have worked from home since 2018. During the first part of lock down we had two home workers (one using an IP phone), home schooling via Google Class and simultaneous box set streaming via Netfilix / Disney etc with no issues. 3 months ago the same problem started to occur, long ping times, loss of data transfer speeds and packet loss.
long story short.... even though my hotspot has a recommended external antenna, and has supposedly full bars with the 5G signal, I'm getting utter TRASH speeds... like, 150-300 ms ping, MAX 10 mb download and 2 mb upload.
any suggestions on how to fix it? im okay getting a different antenna if needed, but from what people have been telling me, that might increase the bandwidth speeds, but it wont affect ping. and ping is what i need....
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Obviously the higher the lag time, the more chance of inefficiency in the network, and this can be detrimental, especially in the case of real-time business operations that rely on sensor data. So businesses prefer low latency and faster network communication for better productivity and more efficient business operations.
The reasons behind audio latency are based on the speed of sound. Latency in VoIP is the difference in time between when a voice packet is transmitted and the moment it reaches its destination. A latency of 20 ms is normal for VoIP calls; a latency of up to 150 ms is barely noticeable and therefore acceptable. Any higher than that, however, and quality starts to diminish. At 300 ms or higher, it becomes completely unacceptable.
I recently posted about having issues with my ping while gaming. I have a cable line with download speeds of up to one gig and upload 40mbs. That line uses a router and a bunch of clients connect to the wifi. They are primarily other gaming machines and smart tvs that stream shows.
I had spectrum come out for a second line. I thought having a new line would alleviate my constant high ping and packet loss issue. So the technician accesses the line at the tv box attached to my house. This is where the line comes to from the spectrum box on the street. The spectrum technician then used a splitter on that line and has two line going into my home. The first line is for my original Internet I mentioned above. The second line I only have a modem and my PS5 is connected to it.
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