Ping spikes randomly

[FuzZii3 0]

i randomly spike 10-15 mins into the game my ping starts off 40ms then after 15 mins of good play my ping spikes to 5000 7000 9000 idk why its only happens when im playing dayz or arma 2 i get yellow chains my charcter doesnt move at all for a good 30 secs then i start to stutter then 5 mins later it gets a bit better but i still lag around 170ms. i checked my ping and internet speed on speakeasy.net but it shows my download speed at 76mbps and upload at 35 mbps and the ping on the site was 5ms so idk why im getting these 9k spikes playing dayz/arma2

[CamP 81]

This could be anything from your anti-virus to your router. A lot of newer AVs utilize a new type of scan that pretty much does so in real-time which obviously could cause some issues if you're playing games.

[danger1344 3]

I am getting the same problem

[=DiG= Zgraphz 84]

This could be anything from your anti-virus to your router. A lot of newer AVs utilize a new type of scan that pretty much does so in real-time which obviously could cause some issues if you're playing games.

hes right, usually anti-virus programs will have a silent mode, game mode, streaming mode etc selecting these feature lowers the bandwidth needed and cpu needed to run it's usual task. It is NOT recommended for you to turn your anti-virus off or firewall off for any reason when playing online internet games.

open your start bar, type run and then in the text box type msconfig , then you can see what items are running, what items start up, and you can choose weather or not to have then enabled or disabled.

Last but not least. Interference!!! wireless connections on a g type or n type run on a 2.5 ghz frequency, some cordless phones frequency run on a 2.5 ghz which screw with signal, Ovens screw with signals. and smartphones that are connected via internet to your wireless router takes a huge amount of bandwidth just being connected *just sitting doing nothing*

check your task manger to see what is open and running and see if you can disable a few things, normally those are all the little weird things i've had problems with over the years with lag and video games, hope this helps