Great lag in the den

doomnorad · Post by **doomnorad** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:36 pm

Hi,
Im having a little problem. I just started to farm at the bandit stronghold, but every minute it looks like there is a 5 sec long lag. The other people there dont have it, and its very hard to play with this "lag" like thing - once everything is okay I just killed an archer tho it still stands in his place, he just stands, I just stand, I cant do anything, and boom - nearly 5 secs later I see Im being hit by 3+ archers and my hp is very low.
I have an nVidia GeForce 7600 GS 256MB and 1 GB RAM so I dont think my PC is too old to handle those characters in that area...my driver is the latest, and SRO video options are set to low.
Any ideas?

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:50 am

Lag isn't caused by your videocard or your processor. It's what's happening to your network. Are you running torrents or any other network-heavy programs? Do you have spyware? Is a family member or roommate doing something network-heavy?

doomnorad · Post by **doomnorad** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:07 pm

I've just got a new winchester 2 months ago, havent downloaded any P2P programs like Kazaa, torrent or DC++. The only program I run while playing is MSN. I have the newest anti-virus program and nobody else uses the computer just me. There are 2 more computers on the network, but the other members of my family only browsing the net, so nothing network-heavy. I dont have spyware programs, I didnt even think of it that my computer could have so many spyware in 2 months...but its a good idea, I'll try it out when I get home.

_.-JaCk-._ · Post by **_.-JaCk-._** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:32 am

is it wireless, can a neighbor be uploading stuff through your network? Check your router's logs and see if there is anyone else that's on/been on your network other than you and your family.

Also, I've rarely seen this but sometimes the wireless router will wig out and you'll get a roller coaster ride in download/upload speed.

Go to http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ and take the test. If it changes drastically (like going from 1500kbps to 3500kbps, then down to 500kbps) then you have a wireless router issue. There are some connection optimizers that can solve this issue, but i don't know which ones are good.