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Windows 7, Online Gaming & Ping Spikes
Hi all first post here.
Last week I installed W7 64 bit and love it. There's some bugs of course but I'm sure in time they will be worked out. I'm pleasantly surprised actually as to how well this OS is working. However, one bug has been really annoying me.
I play Battlefield 1942. A lot. Old game but still great. I have been playing on the same server for about 4 years now and ping a relative steady 65. Ever since using W7 I notice every couple minutes or so a high ping spike will occur - sometimes up to 90 - 100 and once in a while up to 120 - 150 then it will settle down to where it should be. No worries I first figured, just a background program running that I missed.
It seemed clear that wasn't the issue. Uninstalled / installed COMODO 64 bit firewall, AVG free Virus, turned on/off W7 firewall all with the same results. Still getting these ping spikes.
Checked my 2nd PC running XP that has BF1942 installed to make sure it isn't an ISP issue. Pings quite normal to the same server. No spikes at all. Ok now it HAS to be a W7 issue...
I then started googling and read that its a bit of a common occurence - except it seems I'm in the minority of having ping spikes and not an overall high ping with W7.
I have checked and double checked to be sure of current drivers for the Marvel Yukon Ethernet Controller and even after upgrading to the latest this still occurs. I did some suggested tweaks with settings (disabling IvP6 in network settings for one) and none have worked. My video card drivers are not updated due to all the issues with the nVidia 19X.XX series drivers but I'm not getting any noticable lag, even when spiking. No hardware lag either, the game runs great. Checked the BIOS updates for my MB but none as of late that do any bug fixes (most of the updates are for new processor support). I have double checked my background programs and have turned off everything that doesn't need to be on.
I'm still getting these ping spikes. Anyone know what the deal is? Is it a matter of waiting for a W7 or a Marvell Yukon update until this gets corrected? Should I, when they become more available, pick up a Network Card that supports W7 64 bit?
Any advice is much appreciated. I need to get my steady ping back so I can keep zooking planes in BF1942 without worrying if my ping has doubled as I take the shot. :)
PC Specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Build 7600
Asus P5k-E Wifi Motherboard
Intel 6750 duo processor
4 GB 6400 DDR2
nVidia 8800 GTS (drivers 182.06 installed; released Feb 2009)
5 Hard drives (320 sata C: Drive)
Creative X-Fi Fatality Champion Sound Card (updated to the most recent 64 bit drivers)
Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller 88E8056 (updated to most recent drivers 11.22.3.9 Sept 29/09)
Thanks!
Kit