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Dead Nina · Feb 11, 2010, 10:24 PM // 22:24

Is there a way to lower your ms? cause mine is always high or on average and that's when I have turned off any other internet traffic thingy

Shayne Hawke · Feb 11, 2010, 11:00 PM // 23:00

Your ping, you mean? Buy a better internet, I guess. Maybe move to Japan if you're really desperate. I hear their interwebs are insane fast.

Devastating Flames · Feb 12, 2010, 03:07 AM // 03:07

moce to europe lol thier right near the server hitting an 23ms ping here in canada i get a 94ms average but euros fastest for gw and a good isp provider works as well. www.pingtest.net that palce will tell u ur ping for ur home to other places

REDdelver · Feb 12, 2010, 04:46 PM // 16:46

You can also see if you live in an area where Googles new fiberoptics are going to tested/used. Upto 1 gig per sec?? Thats just insane, but cant wait to try it one day.

I might be moving to a new area just for a connection like that xD j/k.

Of course, I dont think the announcement of the communities it will be tested in will be announced til later this year.

Quaker · Feb 12, 2010, 07:06 PM // 19:06

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Originally Posted by Dead Nina

Is there a way to lower your ms?

The main thing that will influence your ping (ms) is you connection. Whether you have dial-up, DSL, cable, etc., and the quality of the service you get will be a large factor.
Beyond that:
- the route that your packets have to travel to get back and forth to the GW server can affect ping. There could be a slow router/hub or a temporary re-route. These things often clear themselves up after a while.
- the quality of you Network Adapter (NIC). If it's a newer on-board NIC, that's usually not a problem, but older PCI NICs can have bad connections or old slow hardware.
- drivers - make sure your chipset/network drivers are up-to-date.
- if your graphics adapter is not up to the task - like if your fps is low (your graphics are choppy), that can have an effect on ping. If you are getting less than 30 frames per second (fps), try backing down the graphics level.