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[Sp1nn3y]

So.. last month when i was "borrowing" internet from a neighbor i could play TF2/CS/GE:S fine, maybe a little 2 sec stop lag here and there but other than that I'm pretty gravy.. and now that i've decided to buy internet and have it all to myself..



I get 20-25Mb/s... Not bad for 25$ a month.. i don't torrent or anything so my upload is whatever.. When i am sitting on my desktop looking at servers to join i get a nice 20-50 ping[depends on server].. when ANY game finally opens.. and i get in there I'm pinging 150-250 easy. and it's so laggy i can't even play. I've talked to service people and it they've reset my shit already and still i get this crap. it's also 24 hours after the grace period she mentioned.

Any suggestions as to what i should be doing.. Or what I'm doing wrong.... I got better game time in borrowing internet from 2 miles away then paying for my own.. I'm straight into the modem.. no router here..

[killermonkey]

First of all, PING has nothing to do with bandwidth (except for satellite internet due to the bullshit involved). It is just a measure of how long it takes for a packet to make a round trip.

With that said, you may be experiencing lag due to your COMPUTER not your connection. When you tax your computer, it is affecting your frame rate, which affects how often you respond to the server. I don't think this is the cause since it worked well with your stolen connection.

Second idea: Your windows firewall might be acting funny on you. I suggest you try disabling it for one game session to see if it changes anything.

Third idea: Uninstall any of that Comcast software they may have installed on your computer. Shit is whack and I was actually REALLY pissed off that the twit who installed my cable internet put that shit on my computer. It is bloatware.

[Sp1nn3y]

Hmm wtf is this shit.. i wasn't fully watching this guy but i think he enabled my firewall because i heard the monitor click.. ?? What the deuce is this?

EDIT: ok so i don't need this desktop doctor and comcast desktop software? fucking good. removing now.

[Sp1nn3y]

ok so now after doing as told and editing my reg the firewall is completely off and i cannot turn it on for anything. and i'm still getting game lag.

[killermonkey]

Go back to your stolen internet for a bit and see if you still lag. That will rule out your computer.

[Sp1nn3y]

Go back to your stolen internet for a bit and see if you still lag. That will rule out your computer.

Thing is that it's down.. there is no more internet i can use. which is why i ponied up for my own service lol...

[VC]

You got caught?  Or you're too lazy to crack the WEP and get back online?

[Sp1nn3y]

You got caught?  Or you're too lazy to crack the WEP and get back online?

No, They just had an un-passworded network up. and after 4 months of using it.. they don't have an internet connection anymore and after 3 more days they took down the network so i'm guessing they moved or something idk.

Still no fix on my shit.. i'm pretty irate right now. i can't play any games.

[Kratos]

comcast does throttling if anyone didnt know. Im not sure if they do it alll the time while your gaming, or just for bittorrent.

go to your command prompt and type this

ipconfig /flushdns  (  theres a space between g and /  )

Do you or did they give a router as well? Let me/us know.

[Sp1nn3y]

ipconfig /flushdns - "Requires elevation" ?

Nope, No router.

[VC]

You sure they really unplugged?  I find that hard to believe with how well-trained people are today to consume media services.  They probably put on a password, checked "hidden" on the network name broadcast, and told you they're amish now so you wouldn't hack back in within an hour.

[Sp1nn3y]

Yeah...
Topic? Baaack on it...

Bah, I'm just so confused.. my TAB menu in all games say from 20-50 ping but net_graph shows 150+... in TF2 and GE:S I'm pulling in a Siccckk 9fps... i never pull 9fps unless I'm in runway.. It wont go passed 9 either.. but in CS 1.6 i hit 70-80 fine.

What would be holding back my fps, due to internet?

[coolDisguise]

Sorry dude, but it if you're just around 70-80 fps in CS 1.6 it means your computer can't handle more.
It's not like the internet has any impact on your fps - in fact, even if you'd be on a 56k dialup you'd have decent framerates all the time, if your computer could handle it, it'd just be laggy as hell.

Try to lower any significant settings and maybe your Direct X level, too. In the TF2 forums there should be a thread about getting it to run better on older systems - this should help you with all your orange box games (and GE: S) as well.

Other than that: did you defrag your HDD and your Steam games as well, recently? If the files are scattered around too much this could also be a part of your problem. Try to update your graphics drivers, while you're on it.

[Kratos]

try this

http://www.pingtest.net/

if you were getting nice pings from the other wireless connection, i believe comcast is fucking you somehow.

Do you have Cox in ure area? they have like a plan for $30/month

Heck, just buy like 5 100 feet of cat 6 cables, bridge them together, go to someones house when its halloween, and sneak inside and find a router with cable connection and root the wire inground back to your house. You will get full speed heee hee hee

[Sp1nn3y]

Damn it, Does this mean my gfx card is dying or something...? Because i was definitely getting decent fps in tf2 about 2 weeks ago.. I have an older "xtacy 9600" that i could put in.. I am disappoint.