I know netflix and youtube are probably not good examples as they can load before the lag, but I am perfectly fine talking and hearing my friends, while my game says I have no internet. this has happened in 4 different games so it is not a game problem, and I have tried multiple wifi adapters so I believe it is most likely a computer problem. please help I have been trying to fix this for days.
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Hello shlebysog...hopefully I can give you a bit of helpful guidance given the information provided.
When talking about lag, I understand that as "the delay between the actions of a player and the reactions on the game server". This can have a variety of causes. Most commonly is high latency on your network connection, but it can be other things as well; the amount of available RAM, CPU utilization, GPU, etc.
Netflix and YouTube will have a couple tools that help alleviate the appearance of lag, namely buffering and auto-adjusting their streaming quality. Discord audio does not use a great deal of bandwidth while in a voice call.
There are some troubleshooting steps you can do to help narrow down and isolate what you are experiencing. This is a process of discovery and analysis...there is no 'check this one thing' and you're done.
Since you are using wireless for your connection point, my first suspect is that connection. You've used multiple wireless adapters, and with the same results I'd have to consider environment (distance from access point (AP), wifi signal saturation, physical interference: walls/filing cabinets, other devices in use on the network, etc..). First thing I'd do is try and determine if this was wireless related or not by hard-wiring to the network with a network cable, disabling the wifi connection. If the problem goes away entirely, then you know it has some thing to do with wifi. If not, you could still be looking at a network issue in the form of local bandwidth availability (other devices, etc..) an ISP issue, or something specific to your PC.
There are a number of settings in games that can impact performance and relate to the hardware you have. Another thing you can do is look up the recommended game settings and compare that to the make/model of your computer...most importantly focusing on memory (RAM), CPU, and graphics. You may need to adjust the in-game settings to be lower in order to accommodate PC capability.
Another thing you can look for is other applications running at the same time or in the background consuming system resources. For instance...if you have a Chrome web browser open with 50 tabs while you're trying to play your game, available memory may be an issue. Or perhaps your CPU is being used by other processes causing a processing bottleneck.
It takes some work to narrow down and determine what you have going on...I hope some of this has been helpful to you. Good luck!
When talking about lag, I understand that as "the delay between the actions of a player and the reactions on the game server". This can have a variety of causes. Most commonly is high latency on your network connection, but it can be other things as well; the amount of available RAM, CPU utilization, GPU, etc.
Netflix and YouTube will have a couple tools that help alleviate the appearance of lag, namely buffering and auto-adjusting their streaming quality. Discord audio does not use a great deal of bandwidth while in a voice call.
There are some troubleshooting steps you can do to help narrow down and isolate what you are experiencing. This is a process of discovery and analysis...there is no 'check this one thing' and you're done.
Since you are using wireless for your connection point, my first suspect is that connection. You've used multiple wireless adapters, and with the same results I'd have to consider environment (distance from access point (AP), wifi signal saturation, physical interference: walls/filing cabinets, other devices in use on the network, etc..). First thing I'd do is try and determine if this was wireless related or not by hard-wiring to the network with a network cable, disabling the wifi connection. If the problem goes away entirely, then you know it has some thing to do with wifi. If not, you could still be looking at a network issue in the form of local bandwidth availability (other devices, etc..) an ISP issue, or something specific to your PC.
There are a number of settings in games that can impact performance and relate to the hardware you have. Another thing you can do is look up the recommended game settings and compare that to the make/model of your computer...most importantly focusing on memory (RAM), CPU, and graphics. You may need to adjust the in-game settings to be lower in order to accommodate PC capability.
Another thing you can look for is other applications running at the same time or in the background consuming system resources. For instance...if you have a Chrome web browser open with 50 tabs while you're trying to play your game, available memory may be an issue. Or perhaps your CPU is being used by other processes causing a processing bottleneck.
It takes some work to narrow down and determine what you have going on...I hope some of this has been helpful to you. Good luck!
Hello, Thank you for responding. I have tried ethernet and moving my computer closer to my router and nothing has worked so far. I made an error before saying I was "lagging" when in reality I lose connection completely for a few seconds. (in just the game, nothing else). what some people have been saying is that it could be a problem with the firewall or antivirus, could this be the case? I also was recommended to make my computer or games prioritized using QoS, but I am unsure if I even can do that as I don't have windows 10 pro.
QoS would typically apply at the router level to prioritize traffic when there is congestion. If you are losing connection completely for a few seconds (according to the game), this suggests timeout to me and you could use QoS to prioritize traffic from your computer over traffic from other devices (a TV streaming Netflix, another computer, etc). However if you are running into upload speed limits from your ISP, this may have no impact...or worse, a negative impact. QoS is not something I would recommend playing with unless you have a very good understanding of networking, how to identify policy impact, and device identification. QoS can be good for a crowded network but can wreck havoc unless implemented correctly; I've seen it cripple networks. Do you have cable internet by chance? Cable tends to provide lots of download speed but very little for upload speeds...and if upload capacity (or throttling) is your root cause, all the QoS in the world won't help. Try a speed test or three and go from there.
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