I just got a new pc yesterday of NewEgg, CHEAP PRICES! Anyway I was wondering if having high graphics setting or resoultion, I got a screen that is greater than 1600 by 1200 will affect your ping. I have dsl (3mb/s) in NJ. Will these settigs affect my ping. My ping is normaly 15-30 for games but I'm just wondering.

1. Close out any background program that ultilize internet... 2. Make sure no hidden spyware or virus using your bandwidth at background. 3. Get a faster delicated connection, perhaps T3 is what you want for ultra low ping. But as far as 15-30 ping in games, that's really good already... TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE P4 506 @ 4100Mhz 1.525v Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 2000RPM FAN + AS5 1GB Corsair 2-3-3-5 DDR400 40GB 5400RPM/120GB 7200RPM HD Radoen 9500 mod 9700 @ 375/600 CHS+RHS

TMP-Man.....what's the cost of a T3 in your neck of the woods??? I'm curious!!! Chris don't worry about your ping, screen resolution and ping don't have anything to do with each other. Virus/Spyware scan on a regular basis is good though.

Verizon is coming out with something called "FIOS". I heard it will be $50 for 30mb/s. Or what suits you in speed to money. I hope they bring it to NJ.

I never get a Ping that is lower than 300!! I guess that very bad. I got 256KPS Cable connection. Is it the connection? or the Server I am connecting to? Please help Samuel Roshan

Ping is a function of the physical distance your ICMP packet has to travel and back through the wires plus the # of routers it has to pass through. If your game server were located in, say, Australia your pings would be on the order of 500-800ms. With the pings you're claiming the server must be in the same city as you. The other metric you have to watch out for is packet loss. Doesn't matter if you have a great ping if you have 50% packet loss: That means that your effective throughput is HALF what it's capable of. Also, just because the ping is great that doesn't guarantee your game will run smoothly. Typically a game server has a separate queue for pings to reduce the load on the game. Your packets to the game server are fighting for attention from the game server like everyone elses' and if the server is overloaded it doesn't matter what your ping is: You're going to lag.

Thank U Orion, That was quiet Informative. I asked this because I get constantly KICKED OUT of Game because of High Ping. I am talking about Games hosted on Steam. :( Samuel Roshan