Lag is a major problem for many popular PC and console games (Xbox One, PS5, and Nintendo Switch). It can cause gamers to lose a game, which is obviously very frustrating. If you’re having lag issues with your video games, in this blog I will try to help you with these inconveniences.
So, if ping measures the latency between data packets from you and another server or computer through the Internet, what causes these high pings in games? It turns out there are many factors at play; however, one of them is where you live geographically (your ISP region). This means that gamers who live near certain servers experience significantly lower pings than those who live far away from them. This can make a difference when playing competitively or just enjoying the game with online friends! However, you will need an efficient router to take advantage of this.
Could it be a bad service from my ISP?
For those unfamiliar with online gaming, the server acts as a mediator between all gamers connecting to it at the same time through their respective home internet connections where they play – it’s what we call an “ISP” or internet service provider. The ISP provides each connection with different public IP addresses so that, when gamers want to interact within the game (i.e. play together), they have to communicate back-and-forth data packets until they all receive them – if any of the gamer’s connection is not fast enough or too congested by traffic from others to receive these data packets. This is called “lag” and can be very frustrating for gamers, especially when trying to play competitively or with friends online.
If the ISP you use does not provide good service for online gaming or allows high traffic on its servers that slows down the speed of your connection, there are ways to improve the performance of your Internet without having to change providers. In fact, you can invest in a better router! Next, we will review how they work so you have no excuses for not seeing an improvement when playing online video games. Internet providers offer different levels of Internet speeds. You should find the best possible speed for your Internet use, as it will directly affect the speed at which you can send and receive data packets from other gamers in the game.
