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The forum discussion centers on troubleshooting network lag when playing games, with the original poster experiencing persistent issues on two different computers, both wired and wireless, despite efforts like system checks and reinstalls. Respondents suggest testing internet speed across multiple sites, checking the router model, and considering whether server overloads or network routing issues might be involved. Overall, the advice leans toward diagnosing network infrastructure and verifying external factors rather than local hardware problems.
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Hello, i'm trying to play games but I get awful network lag, it's not my internet provider. I've tried two computers and both have the same. I've done disk checks, system checks, and reinstalled. Nothing fixes it, and it's really god damn annoying. Please help.
 

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...I've tried two computers and both have the same. I've done disk checks, system checks, and reinstalled. Nothing fixes it, and it's really god damn annoying. Please help.
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Since you have tried 2 computers and the result was the same, then it must be a network problem. Open a search engine and type in test internet speed. Choose a few options. There are many web sites where you can test your internet speed. It is important to test your internet speed on several web sites.

What is your router/modem model?

Are your computers connected via wireless? Wireless connection has higher latency.
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GeneralRac said:
...I've tried two computers and both have the same. I've done disk checks, system checks, and reinstalled. Nothing fixes it, and it's really god damn annoying. Please help.
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Since you have tried 2 computers and the result was the same, then it must be a network problem. Open a search engine and type in test internet speed. Choose a few options. There are many web sites where you can test your internet speed. It is important to test your internet speed on several web sites.

What is your router/modem model?

Are your computers connected via wireless? Wireless connection has higher latency.
 
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You asked the same in other threads! Please use only one thread so we can see what you have tried.
Apart from the speed of your internet connection, changes are that you also have to deal with an overloaded server of your game provider.
 
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Network "lag" can occur at pretty much any point the route the traffic takes. It could be your computer, your lan, the CO you connect to in your ISP's network, some device along the the route your traffic takes or the network of the game company or the particular server you connect to to play the game.

Your computer and your lan segment should be easy enough to troubleshoot and if you can locate the ip your game connects to (could use wireshark) you can traceroute to it and see if there are any high latency hops. The game's network and server you won't be able to troubleshoot. In my experience the issue tends to be on the vendors side and can't really troubleshoot short of asking them if there is an issue.
 
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One is wired, my main PC, and one is not my MacBook. My router is a Netgear Ac1750. We use 5G network from Comcast I think. I first thought this problem was because of my hard drive, but since I tested it on a MacBook also it's probably my network. (The hard drive probably isn't helping anyway).
 

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