When I play online, whenever someone uses the in-game VOIP I get game breaking lag. The lagometer goes completely yellow and red and I rubberband until they stop talking. If I disable VOIP that gets rid of most of it, but there is still a rythmic lag I get every couple of minutes.
I’m using Windows 7 and am using a wireless connection. I have already disabled the wireless scan feature where it checks for a better connection every minute.
I’m using Windows 7 and am using a wireless connection.
Now those are your issues.
Wireless really sucks and isn’t stable, just as you notice, for gaming.
Try using a wired connection just for testing to see if it makes a difference.
So… There is really no way to get around this? It is too the point where it is happening every minute or two and is making gaming unplayable. Yeah, I’ll hook up a wired connection today to test it out. Thx.
Wireless = evil for PC gaming.
Also, it looks like you don’t have enough bandwidth to get the VOIP working correctly.
[QUOTE=AnthonyDa;237567]Wireless = evil for PC gaming.
Also, it looks like you don’t have enough bandwidth to get the VOIP working correctly.[/QUOTE]
Ok, to correct this would it be a better PCI wireless card, or a better router? Or something completely different.
Because Vent and TS3 don’t cause the problem. This is my first time using a wireless set up and only did it because I needed to move the PC to a different floor then where my internet comes in.
Wireless could potentially work fine, I’ve been using a wireless connection for a long time without any problems at all. However after upgrading to Windows 7 I had trouble because the drivers for 3 different wireless devices I tried were either non-existent or unstable. It could be due to many things though, bad drivers, bad router, compatability or even physical barriers between PC and router.
Bottom line is a wired connection is always better. What I did to solve my problems (wireless didn’t work and wired is not an option.) was powerline adaptors. They create a wired connection using your house’s electricity lines. It works just as fast as a direct wire (tested this) and has no interruptions or anything like that. Another bonus is it needs no drivers, so it should always work on every PC with a normal network interface.
Only drawback is you have to check how the power outlets are grouped, outlets on different groups usually decrease performance.
All this may be a bit too early though, because the fact that other voice apps work indicates there is a problem with the game or the games traffic. I suggest you check you have the latest drivers for your wireless card.
Also the point on testing a wired connection remains, if that works you eliminated the game settings and it must be your wireless. If it doesn’t work it must be the game and we should be able to help you.
I totally sympathize…
I played with a wireless connection for awhile without too much drama…And I didn’t have alot of problems until I installed Win7.
As was mentioned earlier most Win7 wirelss drivers are crap, and I found that removing the 3rd party wireless manager helped out alot in my case. Signal strength is key, as most wireless setups will throttle bandwidth as signal strength lessens and or becomes unstable. Don’t believe what the 3rd party manager is telling you as far as signal strength. The Windows signal bar is the more accurate of the two.
What wireless format are you using B? G? N? How old is your wireless card and router?
I found that Win7 didn’t like my old linksys setup that I had been using without trouble with XP. I swapped everything out for new Netqueer stuff and things improved dramatically.
Ultimately I spent the money to run a hardline upstairs, and now I have a 50mb wired connection, and just like magic, all the weird inconsistent weirdness went away. 
You can change the packet size by looking at the driver properties of your network card (the wireless card ofc).
You should have 2 buffer with a default size of 512 & 128 IIRC, reducing them should helps you a lot too.
Damn I wish I could find that tutorial again 
Ok, I tested it with wired and it is working flawlessly, so for now I’m just using wireless normally and when I play I hook up a 50’ cat cable to the router. Thanks guys.
Get an access point, it may help. It’s what I use and I only have issues running on wireless when somebody in the house uses the microwave.
Have you tried switching channels? I used to have this problem because there’s a microwave between my comp and wireless router but it’s no longer a problem.
I’ve tried a few in the time I’ve been running it but they didn’t seem to help. I never had an issue until I got a new microwave, and now it’s whenever it’s running. It’s not really between me and the router or anything at all, it’s at the opposite end of the house from both me and my router so idk, I live with it. Better to have it only when being used than constantly like before.
