I searched a bit around the internet for possibilities on how to make a better gaming experience. I may not explain everything to the very detail, but I will write down some usefull tips how you could decrease your gaming lag as much as possible.
Many people complaining about several lags in the game (Not only the button delay which is caused by the game itself.)
Here some tips that could maybe help you if you were not awaire of them:
- Use a TV device with a low reaction rate. Some TV have a input lag that makes you see your button inputs performed a second or more later than it actually is. Not only image qualitiy is important, A TV for gaming should also provide you a low reaction rate. Newer LCD devices have a ''Gaming Mode'' , a display mode that turns off postprocessing routines at the cost of a slight reduction in image quality to provide better reaction times. Search your TV for this option. It could help a lot.
Read more here: Find and fix input lag on your HDTV.
- For online play, if it's possible, use a LAN-cable instead of a Wi-Fi connection. LAN connections are more direct, more stable and grants a lower ping rate, which is really important for games that need good reactions.
- Another point reach better(lower) ping rates is a matter of how you make your PS3/Xbox360 network setup. If your Router/Modem has the option available to set your PS3/Xbox360 in a demilitarized zone (DMZ), do it. Devices which are set in a DMZ have a straight internet connection without a firewall between the device and the world wide web.
- The second best possibility is to connect your console directly to your modem and set a PPPoE connection on your PS3/Xbox360. Your console will directly connect to the internet with NAT-Type-1. The best you can get.
- Changing your DNS server could also grant you faster connections. To find out which DNS server is the best for your location use tools like DNS Benchmark or namebench. Run them and they will show you alternative DNS servers for you which could be faster than your current one.
For example: I have connected my PS3 trough LAN-cable (1Gbit connection, 16Kbit downstream, 1Kbit upstream.) And I have set my PS3 in a DMZ.
Measuring my ping rate at pingtest.net trough the PS3 browser, it shows mea ping of 34ms and 6ms jitter. I think it's actually good. You can measure it by yourself and post your ping rate too. I know that pingtest.net is not very reliable.
If you want more informations, google them. I'm sure there must be plenty of information and tutorials in english language about these pionts. I only searched them in german-speaking internet sites.
Hope that will help somebody.
(sorry for bad english)
Many people complaining about several lags in the game (Not only the button delay which is caused by the game itself.)
Here some tips that could maybe help you if you were not awaire of them:
- Use a TV device with a low reaction rate. Some TV have a input lag that makes you see your button inputs performed a second or more later than it actually is. Not only image qualitiy is important, A TV for gaming should also provide you a low reaction rate. Newer LCD devices have a ''Gaming Mode'' , a display mode that turns off postprocessing routines at the cost of a slight reduction in image quality to provide better reaction times. Search your TV for this option. It could help a lot.
Read more here: Find and fix input lag on your HDTV.
- For online play, if it's possible, use a LAN-cable instead of a Wi-Fi connection. LAN connections are more direct, more stable and grants a lower ping rate, which is really important for games that need good reactions.
- Another point reach better(lower) ping rates is a matter of how you make your PS3/Xbox360 network setup. If your Router/Modem has the option available to set your PS3/Xbox360 in a demilitarized zone (DMZ), do it. Devices which are set in a DMZ have a straight internet connection without a firewall between the device and the world wide web.
- The second best possibility is to connect your console directly to your modem and set a PPPoE connection on your PS3/Xbox360. Your console will directly connect to the internet with NAT-Type-1. The best you can get.
- Changing your DNS server could also grant you faster connections. To find out which DNS server is the best for your location use tools like DNS Benchmark or namebench. Run them and they will show you alternative DNS servers for you which could be faster than your current one.
For example: I have connected my PS3 trough LAN-cable (1Gbit connection, 16Kbit downstream, 1Kbit upstream.) And I have set my PS3 in a DMZ.
Measuring my ping rate at pingtest.net trough the PS3 browser, it shows mea ping of 34ms and 6ms jitter. I think it's actually good. You can measure it by yourself and post your ping rate too. I know that pingtest.net is not very reliable.
If you want more informations, google them. I'm sure there must be plenty of information and tutorials in english language about these pionts. I only searched them in german-speaking internet sites.
Hope that will help somebody.
(sorry for bad english)
Last edited by Ignus-Dej on Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:15 am; edited 3 times in total (Reason for editing : Thanks skarekrow13 for the DNS tip)