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Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Original Message

Name: bigbadwolf
Date: September 3, 2005 at 13:08:08 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?
OS: XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 3200/1gb

Comment:

I have broadband but on every game I go on I get ridiculously high ping, even on local servers. Does anyone know why as it's really pissing me off. Thanks

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Response Number 1

Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy)
Date: September 3, 2005 at 13:33:33 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

high ping is not just due to the bad internet connection. video lag, sound lag, virus, spyware, worms, or so on, could cause the high ping. not enough Ram could cause the problem too.
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Response Number 2

Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy)
Date: September 3, 2005 at 13:36:09 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

but do you feel any lag? cuz i play CS:S at home with my DSL. and i got 60-110 ping, but i dont feel any lag.
P4 3.2GHZ
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ABIT AS8 mobo
Nvidia geforce 6800 128mb
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520W PSU

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Response Number 3

Name: bigbadwolf
Date: September 3, 2005 at 14:02:28 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

I don't get lag on CS:S, but I get stuttering all the time and it's really annoying. I get lag on BF1942 and Unreal 2004 and sometimes get a connection error. I dunno what's up with my connection, it was fine on my old computer.

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Response Number 4

Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy)
Date: September 3, 2005 at 15:35:54 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

what does it say

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Response Number 5

Name: bigbadwolf
Date: September 3, 2005 at 16:04:12 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

It usually just says "connection error" or something along those lines, it differs depending on what game it is.

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Response Number 6

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: September 4, 2005 at 08:24:52 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

http://www.dslreports.com/tools
Run some tests and see what's going on.
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Response Number 7

Name: bigbadwolf
Date: September 5, 2005 at 17:53:41 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

On one of the tests it said I was 'unpingable'
The rest I didn;t understand

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Response Number 8

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: September 5, 2005 at 21:16:14 Pacific
Subject: Why is my ping so high?

Reply: (edit)

Can you get another computer plugged in and run the same tests? Trying to figure out if it's your computer or your ISP.
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