Vsync on what is the reason behind the lower ping?

(Ruben0s) #1

First off it’s not a problem at all. I’m just curious to know. As in other games the results are different. Most of the time if you put vsync off you get a lower ping. In this game I get a lower ping if I put vsync on.

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(Breo) #2

Weird afaik vsync has no effect on your network :s

(Mustang) #3

4ms is pretty much margin of error, no?

At least mine regularly varies by this amount through the course of a match, sometimes more.

(Ruben0s) #4

It goes from 28 stable ( no variation in like 5 minuts) to 24 stable. And it happens everytime when I put vsync on. I will test it on my laptop.

EDIT: Same thing happens on my laptop. With vsync on ping is between 8-16 with vsync off between 20-24

Vsync off

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(Mustang) #5

Interesting, perhaps the thread that reports ping has a low priority but is afforded more breathing room when things are being throttled via vsync.

(murka) #6

Isn’t everything connected in this engine?
So when you have 60fps, it will also send packets at that rate, right? If so then a higher packet count will surely cause higher ping.