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Random Lag Spikes, during Online Multiplayer Games
OK, I got tired of looking at some of these post, googling, etc., and not finding any working solutions to my gaming issues.
Lol, its seems I have come across people with similar issues, I play several online FPS games like TF2, CS, MW2, etc. But mainly I play competitively on COD4 and I have also recently been getting these random Green-lag spikes. I see my ping spike up for a second same time as the green-baseline in lagometer spikes. I can go just about every 5 - 10 mins without lag at all, and randomly get lag, green-baseline start showing tall green boxes, ping go from 55-70 to 200-400 for a second or two, and drop back down to normal the next second. I know to some it may not sound like a big problem, but to me it is, and in competitive FPS Games, every second counts. I have noticed my Ventrilo Connection lagging too, I get late messages sometimes during the same time I get in-game lag. So it's not just some bad settings in-game.
During the times I don't get those random lag spikes, my connection is awesome, great registration, and great fps. My rig was doing well back in Win XP, but I had a taste for Win 7, and so far I'm glad I did upgrade, until now I have been getting this problem. I have tried just about everything, from disabling my antivirus, scanning, removing my antivirus, completely clean and defrag, driver updates, even port forwarding, and connecting my system directly to the cable modem (no router). All the same, I have a high-end gaming rig, so I have to say it's annoying, having decent hardware with the latest drivers and still I can't figure out why I'm getting this lag.
So if it's not my settings, it's not any programs installed, it's not my hardware... so it leaves me to suggest its 1 of 2 things... Its ether my WAN, which would be something I would have to call Time Warner RR for, or its Windows 7. And from what it looks like according to other forums and including these I have reviewed, its comes down to some Windows 7 Bug - ( network driver issue, audio issue, or some unknown bug ).
As I said, I have done a lot testing to see if any of the solutions posted work. And double checked them, from regedit changes, to disabling audio, to even running compatible mode. Which in running COD4 (iw3mp.exe) I receive error messages while trying to startup the game in any reasonable compatible mode, and disabling audio. The regedit changes however didn't effect game startup, but it also didn't help resolve my random lag issue.
Any alternative solutions other then what has been posted before? Or is this some unknown issue that would end up forcing me to make a partition for Windows XP just for games.