better video card = better ping??

ed_fubes · Post by **ed_fubes** » Sat May 25, 2002 2:55 pm

Would upgrading my video card improve my ping numbers in online games such as CS???

Jin · Post by **Jin** » Sat May 25, 2002 3:25 pm

I don't think so since ping depends on your internet connection, I think. Someone correct me since I could be wrong about this.

master7 · Post by **master7** » Sat May 25, 2002 4:30 pm

Video card would effect your fps, not ping

AoDLiQuiD-M3tH · Post by **AoDLiQuiD-M3tH** » Sun May 26, 2002 6:56 pm

well it will affect ping in a way an older card that needs more of your processor will cause some latency in your machine wich in turn can affect your ping.
when i used to play quake 2 online i had to set the res to 640x
to get a little less lag

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Sun May 26, 2002 8:18 pm

try tweaking your counter strike / system

XSeaNX · Post by **XSeaNX** » Sun May 26, 2002 11:15 pm

vid card will ONLY produce lag problems if you have framerate problems due to the fact that your computer cant hold your current settings...

if your vid card is fluent and produces 35+ frames (minimum under max load in that game) then a vid card wouldnt help....however if you have a sucky vid card that is already giving you problems...then its only going to make your ping worse...because instead of your proc taking the incoming packets its too busy trying to create the next frame

ed_fubes · Post by **ed_fubes** » Mon May 27, 2002 10:08 pm

Originally posted by XSeaNX
vid card will ONLY produce lag problems if you have framerate problems due to the fact that your computer cant hold your current settings...

if your vid card is fluent and produces 35+ frames (minimum under max load in that game) then a vid card wouldnt help....however if you have a sucky vid card that is already giving you problems...then its only going to make your ping worse...because instead of your proc taking the incoming packets its too busy trying to create the next frame

ummm......i have an onboard v. card.. so i'm not sure what that's equivalent of....

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master7 · Post by **master7** » Mon May 27, 2002 10:15 pm

Originally posted by ed_fubes

ummm......i have an onboard v. card.. so i'm not sure what that's equivalent of....

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UPGRADE NOW!!!

ed_fubes · Post by **ed_fubes** » Tue May 28, 2002 4:32 pm

Originally posted by master7

UPGRADE NOW!!!

oh?? is it that bad?? is it even worst than an mx200??

i dunno, i do get a consistent 40fps in cs tho.

Juggernaut · Post by **Juggernaut** » Tue May 28, 2002 4:59 pm

If you're getting 40fps constantly and that's fine for you, I don't think u really need to upgrade yet. You won't be able to play the more graphic intensive games out there smoothly but if it's good enough for what u'r using it for, u don't really need to upgrade yet.

If you're getting 40fps I doubt it will be affecting your lag.

If you want to check, you can try lowering all your settings down to like the minimum so you get more FPS and see if u'r lag is the same or not.

dextrous · Post by **dextrous** » Tue Jun 04, 2002 9:47 pm

onboard video usually robs from system memory. If you get a little low on system memory that could very well effect your pings. I would think onboard video would make you a little more laggy than AGP or PCI video beacuse onboard video has more COU overhead, making your pings slightly higher and sometimes drains your system memory.

An AGP or PCI card will help your ping some, but maybe not enough to be noticeable.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jun 05, 2002 9:46 am

Depends on your game....sometimes video cards WILL affect your ping. Biggest example was Quake 2....when video cards were coming out giving incredibly high FPS (for back then) like 50, 60, etc...the first Voodoo 2 cards. Online gamers would have to "cap" their FPS to 30 or so to keep a stable ping, because if the FPS was too high for their connection, it would demand too much information from the server they were playing on. You could very easily see this by running the netstat utility from withint Q2...and adjusting your FPS on the console mid game...the bargraph would jump (showing lag) when your FPS exceeded what your connection could withstand because each frame demanded a send and return to the server you were playing on. Lower your FPS...and send and return demands would lower...hence not stress your connection as much.

So "FPS does not affect ping" is NOT completely true....it was quite common in older games, but as newer games with the client/server models evolved in programmers methods of addressing online performance...this became less common.

dextrous · Post by **dextrous** » Wed Jun 05, 2002 1:18 pm

Also with newer cards like the gf3 or 8500, the gpu actually does almost all the processing, taking it off the cpu. This frees the cpu up some, allowing a slighty better ping at times.