upload :700kbs - 751kbs
Download 1.2mbs - 1.3mbs
so what one should i go with i got dsl btw
i'm thinkin something i wrong with the tester, i got 9200kbs download and 700kbs upload are these numbers for real? whenever i download something over the internet the highest i ever see is 500kbs
That means that you don't REALLY get that as your actual upload speed, and certainly will NOT get it during Halo - or any other real-time - on-line gaming.I'm using comcast cable internet, and surprisingly I got a GOOD ping. 64.3. Said I was above average :O. But, IMO ping isn't all there is to gaming. I've read plenty of stories of people who get "good pings" and good download/upload speeds, but have horrid latency during gaming. I am one of them. I've got a great router and good set-up at my house, but EVERY SINGLE ONLINE GAME I PLAY has lag. When I use these games at someone ELSES house (who has DSL) I don't have lag. So it's not my computer, because I sometimes take my comp with me. I've spent hours talking to comcast and they can't help me. I'm CONVINCED there is some packet loss or something going on. Other people say that they can shoot me just fine on their screen, but even at POINT BLANK RANGE I have to aim ahead of people on my screen :|. That shouldn't happen with my cable internet!
You've hit one of the cases where you also need to check your network latency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Latency) (network round-trip time.)
Nowadays this is simply called "ping" (after ONE of the utilities used to determine network latency.)
So in your case you should also get Doctor Ping from the broadbandreports website (http://www.dslreports.com/beta/doctorping) and follow its instructions to determine your latency and its "rating" versus a "norm."
Depending on how far it is below the norm will give some general guidance as to how much to reduce your upload number.
Of course the BEST thing to do would be to call up your ISP and ask them what your UNcompressed bandwidth is, and just use that number and skip all the latency guesswork....
'Could be either packet loss (which you can also test for at broadbandreports.com) or you might have been hit with a "connection count cap" - something which Comcast is famous for, BTW. (They capped me once when they found I was running bittorrent a lot.)Um yeah dude. Everything hasn't been running 24/7 for the past year that I've been having the problem ;). I've done this a lot when everything was "cold" as you say lolz.
In the latter case they don't throttle your bandwidth or such, they just limit the # of simultaneous connections allowed through your wire. (Through your connection at their smart switch, that is.)
When they did this to me bittorrent rates dropped to 1/20th (like under 100kbps) and we even ran into problems when multiple users were on-line at the same time. ("Are one of you downloading some huge file?")
You can test for packet loss, but there's nothing that you can (easily) do to check for conncetion count throttling.
Oh, and I forgot, but you HAVE been doing these test after a clean cold start of all your networking devices from your computer to your modem, right? Since many modems and router get into strange states that cause intermittant problems like this....
why is it when other people lag you see them lagging?
Hmm well Mxy, I did fix it. I took my video card out and cleaned it a bit, then popped it back in. It's wonderful now. :)
I used Ediseye's suggestion (http://www.speedtest.net/).
Download=4589 kb/s
Upload=1444 kb/s
Ping=176 ms
These are huge numbers! :aaaaa: What should I use?
Could having a lame graphics card be anything to do with it? Just wondering, as my graphics suck.><
Ok, let's try this again.
I followed the directions, and here's what I got.
Upload speed: 1865 kb/s
Hmm...To a New York server I get:
485kb/s Download
203kb/s Upload
Did that actually just download/upload 8 megabytes worth of information so it goes towards used bandwidth? =/
well its been a while since the last time i've posted here... but anyway, im having trouble with my 450ms latency in game...
i tested my connection and i got a 1716 kbps download and 352 kbps upload.. (from speedtest.net)
and 598 kbps download, 109kbps upload and a 236ms latency from a chicago server (from dslreports.com)
my setting on halo is the AVG option..
im running halo with all video options on low and a 800x600 resolution... and still my latency is killing me....
is there any way to improve it?
thnx in advance!
Um, sry to say this, but the answer to your question is most likely going to be "No, we can't help you improve on that." :-\
With a 236ms (~1/4 second) base latency I'm guessing you're a good distance from the US-based Halo servers (such as the BFM Racing ones for instance, IN Chicago...)
[Hmmm, oh, I see... Brazil, eh?...]
Yes, you're going to have latency-caused lag (AKA "Aussie Lag" around here :siderofl: ) in pretty-much ANY of the Australian, US, or British servers, I'm afraid, and unless you can find an ISP with faster-than-light backbone connectivity ( ::) ;) ) I'm afraid you're stuck with what you've got. :-\
Sorry about that.... :sigh:
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