"lag" in online games with Windows 7

Axeman113 · 24 Apr 2010

Hi there,
I really appreciate everything that you were doing so far, however, I still have those incredible nasty lag spikes in all of my games (TF2, L4D2, SF4) even after editing all those vars! My ping says 25-50 in all steam games but still the animations are not correct (delayed, like when having a bad ping)! And the thing with disabling my sound card wasn't able to fix this prob as well. So, what the hell is wrong here?

A good comparison is also the fact, that the TEON server in L2, while vista was my main OS, ALWAYS showed me a ping of 30. But now (W7 installed) it shows me a ping of 59!

My system
ASUS P5Q
Realtek ALC1200 @ Intel 82801JB ICH10 - High Definition Audio Controller (Realtek HD Audio Driver)
Generic Marvell 61xx RAID Controller
Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller
Windows 7 x64 Prof
Intel Q6600
4GB DDR2
all drivers are up to date and have been downloaded from the original ASUS homepage

I just installed Windows 7 x64 2 days ago and already have some serious probs, this is really pissing me off ...!

SleeStak · 24 Apr 2010

Axeman113 said:

I just installed Windows 7 x64 2 days ago and already have some serious probs, this is really pissing me off ...!

have you checked out Tips on Troubleshooting Game Issues

new install of W7 make sure you update your Direct X files (#5)

pinstripe · 25 Apr 2010

If you still have issues after disabling your soundcard this not a thread that will be able to solve your issue. I recommend you create a new thread.

vladislav · 25 Apr 2010

I did what u recomanded - i changed NetworkThrottlingIndex and at the side it became 0xFFFFFFFF but the problem is still there ( i have lag delay spikes in w3 ). I must be the same problem beacouse when i disable my sound card it runs verry smooth. Any ideas how to fix it ?

stardrawer · 25 Apr 2010

Hi,
I disabled the NetworkThrottlingIndex, now my ping is stable and lower, but now i have some probleme with my sound, cracking etc... exactly what you said with your first method.

My soundcard is : Creative x-fi xtreme music.

(sorry for my english)

Axeman113 · 25 Apr 2010

Problem solved guys!

It was my overclocked CPU which caused those lag spikes (!), although the symptoms for a too overclocked CPU were really strange. Does someone maybe know how I am able to overclock my CPU without getting those lag spikes (since my CPU is not the strongest)?

sotorious · 03 May 2010

Do you think microsoft will fix this issue so everytime we reformat we dont have to keep doing this.

raffael · 04 May 2010

Do you think microsoft will fix this issue so everytime we reformat we dont have to keep doing this.

Well, the first question we should ask ourselves is "Do they know about this problem?".
I think that if they knew and found a way to fix it they would supply people with an update through "windows update" to make everything work right.

So either they don't know about all of this either they have no solution to the problem.
Until the fix comes out I will continue using Win XP x64.

nightrhyme · 04 May 2010

nightrhyme said:

I reported the bug to microsoft and linked them to this thread. Not hoping for much but it surely can't hurt.

Hope they fix it soon

I reported this bug to MS. They know

No fixes ever worked for me. It suddenly went away and now sometime return. But a reboot fixes it. I don't dare reformating

Sandzu · 17 May 2010

I have tried every trick there is ...it helped a bit but I am living together with my friend and we play Heroes Of Newerth...soon as we play together on the same server it starts to spiking..really annoying.