"lag" in online games with Windows 7

pinstripe said:

huh, well that's really interesting. first of all, it's confirmed now it can occur on systems even with plenty of CPU power, and... it affects offline games. huh. ok. of all those games, did they all have problems before the fix?

No, these are the games I tested and had NOT any problems anytime.

sotorious said:

How do i get my network like this??? like at a constant speed. so i can test the audio and see if it drops

transfer a large file over LAN, like a movie or a couple cd albums.

and to reduce it you do these

• Open regedit
• Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile
• There will be an entry for network performance throttling, default value is 10; set it to FFFFFFFF hex (willl look like 0xFFFFFFFF to the right of the entry)
• Reboot

and the first 1st way you have it is for a sound issue conflict correct?

the desired effect is the same: turn off network throttling. the first way is brute force, however, and results in audio issues. the second way is more elegant, as it leaves the service running to properly manage the sound sub system, but tells it not to throttle the network, which is what is causing all the weird lag and stuttering problems.

pinstripe said:

the desired effect is the same: turn off network throttling. the first way is brute force, however, and results in audio issues. the second way is more elegant, as it leaves the service running to properly manage the sound sub system, but tells it not to throttle the network, which is what is causing all the weird lag and stuttering problems.

so over all its better to do it the 2nd way.

Hey guys thanks for the advice.

First of all, I think if I disable my sound device, there's no point playing cos I'm just playing a very silent game and I doubt it will fix it, as I've tried to completely turn off my sound as well.

About bottle necking, everything is running smooth except for games being delay in game as well as spikes. Bottle necking should only cause FPS problems if I'm correct and not online delays etc. I have now changed back to Windows XP and all my games are running smooth. Very frustrated as I was looking forward to W7, I'm also wondering if it might have an issue if my HardDrive is running at a lower speed?

@sotorious: that is correct.

@unrl: this is not a case of bottlenecking. this is a case of network throttling that the MMCSS is causing, unless you turn it off. you do not disable your sound card permanently, only temporarily to diagnose the issue. turning the volume down or muting the sound will not have the same effect.

This Network Throttling fix DID work for me in Team Fortress 2!

I disabled MMCSS as well as deleted that line that was mentioned in your other post.
No effect for me..

What's this Network Throttling? Is it disabling the MMCSS?