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Posted by:ImSpartacus
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so I log onto my computer, I scan for viruses/spyware, check email/messages on bungie.net and myspace, load xfire, and join halo through there.

I get on any server, I got 500+ ping. I reboot, do same process, except join halo through the regular desktop icon. same result, 500 ping.

I tried everything to lower my ping, yes, even the mighty leafblower won't help me :(

any ideas?

  • 08.29.2006 7:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

Try getting rid of Xfire. Xfire blows, it makes me lag like a hooka.

  • 08.29.2006 7:46 PM PDT

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I never had problems with xfire before.

  • 08.29.2006 7:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

It is worth a try. DO IT. Might as well try it.

  • 08.29.2006 7:57 PM PDT
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I solve my lag this way:
I go Alt+Ctrl+Del, and look at any crap that my comp does not require to be running on Processes and close them. This is what I do, but I do not encourage you to do this, you may not know what you're closing since my comp and yours are not the same. You do that at your own risk. Also, try deleting extra junk that you don't need. I had downloaded music videos that I forgot about and deleted the ones I didn't want( Before I Forget by Slipknot is definetly staying :P) and when I checked, I had about 2GB of memory deleted.

  • 08.29.2006 7:58 PM PDT

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Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

It is worth a try. DO IT. Might as well try it.

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Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

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Download a program called "The Ultimate Trouble Shooter" It has a free trial that's good for 10 times. It tells you EVERYTHING that's running on your computer, and what programs start automatically when Windoze boots up.

The trial doesn't have a description for most of the programs running, you have to upgrade for that. But I just google the name of the executable and I find out what it is/does.

  • 08.29.2006 8:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

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Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Bah, having some extra stuff running will NOT make you lag. call your isp because it's your connection that is the problem.

proof?
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9271/exhibitbut9.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7126/exhibitadi3.jpg

That ping is normal for my connection(I am on the east coast)

dont go off and saying having some videos or running xfire will lag your connection because it wont.

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Are you running Fraps, Game Cam, or some recording softwares in the background? But If I'm not mistaken, they wtfpwns your framerates, not your latency... sorry I can't be of much help.

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As said, its most likely your ISP, but it could also be your router/modem throwing a spazz.

Do a traceroute somewhere, see where the problem lies.

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shut down every computer related thing in your household that is connected to that computer....router, modem, the computer and anything else.

  • 08.30.2006 6:54 AM PDT
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Try defraging yoru hard drive to do it go to

All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmenter

It helped alot for me after I did it.

[Edited on 8/30/2006]

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Posted by: staticx576
Bah, having some extra stuff running will NOT make you lag. call your isp because it's your connection that is the problem.

proof?
[url]http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9271/exhibitbut9.jpg[ /url]
[url]http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7126/exhibitadi3.jpg[ /url]

That ping is normal for my connection(I am on the east coast)

dont go off and saying having some videos or running xfire will lag your connection because it wont.


Thats a pretty high ping....Unless you are on a uk server.

  • 08.30.2006 7:01 AM PDT

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Posted by: ART1LL3RY
Try defraging yoru hard drive to do it go to

All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmenter

It helped alot for me after I did it.


did that sunday but thanks.

later on I'm going to check the router.

  • 08.30.2006 7:05 AM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

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Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

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Posted by: staticx576
Bah, having some extra stuff running will NOT make you lag. call your isp because it's your connection that is the problem.

proof?
[url]http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9271/exhibitbut9.jpg[ /url]
[url]http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7126/exhibitadi3.jpg[ /url]

That ping is normal for my connection(I am on the east coast)

dont go off and saying having some videos or running xfire will lag your connection because it wont.


Thats a pretty high ping....Unless you are on a uk server.


thats a pretty standard cross country ping.

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Posted by: l Spark l
Posted by: staticx576
Bah, having some extra stuff running will NOT make you lag. call your isp because it's your connection that is the problem.

proof?
[url]http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9271/exhibitbut9.jpg[ /url]
[url]http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7126/exhibitadi3.jpg[ /url]

That ping is normal for my connection(I am on the east coast)

dont go off and saying having some videos or running xfire will lag your connection because it wont.


Thats a pretty high ping....Unless you are on a uk server.


That 100-130 ping could've been a temporary spike in the latency, it was most likely that he had around 68 pings like the others.

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Posted by: nilator
Try getting rid of Xfire. Xfire blows, it makes me lag like a hooka.


Xfire hardly uses any bandwidth....you just have a crappy connection.

Posted by: lpjuunin
Are you running Fraps, Game Cam, or some recording softwares in the background? But If I'm not mistaken, they wtfpwns your framerates, not your latency... sorry I can't be of much help.


They only ruin you FPS when recording and that's not your ping. And plus Game Cam does nothing to your FPS. They won't do anything to his Ping....like Xfire htey use little bandwidth.

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Hm. I would check your internet connections. Because you said you kept generating a high ping, stuff like defragging HDs, clearing all apps, etc, wouldn’t work since they’re all locally based. The exception would be apps like Xfire and internet browsers, those eat up precious bandwidth. I would shut all those down, at least for the time being. Also, see if any proggies or apps in the background are updating or something…I’ve seen times where my ping skyrockets because, say, my AV is updating.

Try, like someone said, powering down/up your router and everything that stands between your computer and the connection. Also, get into Windows and repair your connection manually by right-clicking your connection and clicking repair.


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Any changes to internet?

I'm stuck in the 200-300 ping range. :(

Especially if you're on linksys, than I can help you. Believe me, linksys sucks. The #1 solution is unplug every wire, and tap the reset buttons a few times. It resets everything, and gives you a chance to have a faster internet. Of course sometimes it resets and it's still slow, so you gotta try again. It's basically a slot machine, Linksys routers are really bad at managing connections.

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Bah, having some extra stuff running will NOT make you lag. call your isp because it's your connection that is the problem.

proof?
[url]http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9271/exhibitbut9.jpg[ /url]
[url]http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7126/exhibitadi3.jpg[ /url]

That ping is normal for my connection(I am on the east coast)

dont go off and saying having some videos or running xfire will lag your connection because it wont.


Thats a pretty high ping....Unless you are on a uk server.


thats a pretty standard cross country ping.


Ping and computer performance are sort of different, but a full computer will affect how fast your comp runs the game, not the internet connection. I had my comp with only 150MB left out of 165GB, and after cleaning out my junk, my computer loaded XP and Xfire faster, and I DID see a change is Counter-Strike.

  • 08.30.2006 8:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: nilator
Try getting rid of Xfire. Xfire blows, it makes me lag like a hooka.


Xfire hardly uses any bandwidth....you just have a crappy connection.

You don't know my connection. I can easily get below 100 ping in about half of the servers on Halo PC. I'd say that's a good connection.

  • 08.30.2006 8:31 AM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

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Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Posted by: nilator
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Posted by: nilator
Try getting rid of Xfire. Xfire blows, it makes me lag like a hooka.


Xfire hardly uses any bandwidth....you just have a crappy connection.

You don't know my connection. I can easily get below 100 ping in about half of the servers on Halo PC. I'd say that's a good connection.


it's easily dependant on where you live AND your connection type.

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Posted by: lpjuunin
Are you running Fraps, Game Cam, or some recording softwares in the background? But If I'm not mistaken, they wtfpwns your framerates, not your latency... sorry I can't be of much help.


And plus Game Cam does nothing to your FPS. They won't do anything to his Ping


That's not true. I have Game Cam (I've had it for three days now) and my framerates in Halo goes down from 25-40 FPS, to 10-15 FPS.

  • 08.30.2006 9:26 AM PDT

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