Ping #

[Dr Nick]

Hi Eerybody,
I've been playing online games like BF and Halo bou never really got the ping thing. Someone told be that high ping is bad but low ping is bad too. What ping # should i want? What does the ping represent anyway?

 

[m3trj]

Low ping is better. It is the time it takes a packet of data to travel from your computer to the server and back again. The lower this time, the quicker the data is getting there and back, improving game play.

It's measured in milliseconds, so a ping of 100 would be 0.1 seconds.

 

[diabloII]

as long as you don't lag, who cares

 

[Dr Nick]

Well when im choosing a server I want to know what are laggy servers and which are not.
Thanks

 

[dhw200]

somebody told me that if a server has over 125 ping and is less that 75% full, it will lag. idk if its true, but whatever.

low ping is better

 

[diabloII]

IMO, anything below 100 is fine

 

[synergy]

IMO, anything below 100 is fine

agreed. I find that when I'm above 140 or so I lag a bit. When a server is above 100 it seems to lag.

 

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

I like to aim for 80 and down if I can. On BF2 on 64 player servers, it requires pings below 60 to be as lag-free as possible.

 

[ShoobieRat]

as long as you don't lag, who cares

Just because you can't see any visual lag, doesn't mean you're aren't being adversely effected by your connection.

If your ping is 100, essentially your action registration time is 0.1 seconds. Very often your actions in a game can be much faster than that, so even though the players aren't skipping around like a powerpoint slide, you've got problems. At 0.1 seconds, your shot is pretty much rendered to the fate of netcode and the other player's connections. If you're spraying bullets, your chances of noticing this are lower because there are a lot of bullets experiencing the same effects. However, if you're just shooting one round, you can see the effects quite clearly.

Knowing how the game's player prediction code is effecting you, and how your ping effects that, can help a lot. (Though, mostly only if you are good enough to work with those factors.)