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Latency In Games

Slixzy — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:53:37 GMT

My friend and I play the same game at the same time, and we only live 10 minutes from each other. Except he has the 500Mbps plan, while I have the gigabit fibe 1.5. Somehow he gets lower latency than me in an actual game. I like to play competitively and latency matters allot. I called tech support multiple times but they keep on telling me to do the basic stuff (un plug and plug it back in etc.) I was wondering if anyone could help me. I think its a routing issue. I have a better PC everything than my fiends PC, but still he somehow manages to get lower latency to the servers. What's the point of having fast internet when someone who has 1/3rd of your speeds still gets lower latency lol. Might be time to downgrade or change ISPs and hope I get better routing to the servers with them.
For more Info, I'm playing on ethernet (cat 6e) cable and my motherboard is a Asus ROG Z390-F which is capable of 2.5g+ internet speeds.

Re: Latency In Games

dks — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 15:24:32 GMT

Welcome to the reality of gaming. No ISP has any control of routing and latency beyond their own network. Once your packets leave any ISP's network they are at the mercy of internet routing tables along the way to their destination and the number of players on the destination server. A ping or latency under 30 ms is very playable. Over 150 ms and you will have issues playing. Some gaming servers boot you out automatically over a certain ping or latency. Unfortunately, ping or latency is a variable factor based on any number of factors. Computer power really isn't a factor, nor, as you have found, is your profile. Bell has no influence, either. You can find a good primer on ping or latency and gaming here.

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:32:28 GMT

If you are using the same ISP (Bell), the routing will be identical. If you want to verify you could both run a tracert to the game servers, and it should match.

How are you measuring in game latency? Latency to the server can and will differ from in game latency. Games add artificial latency to ensure a level latency playing field as much as possible.

What is the actual latency? If you are 15 msec and your friend has 3msec, you will still both be the same latency in game because of what I described above.

Re: Latency In Games

Slixzy — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:17:21 GMT

Thank you for your reply and explaining how latency works. My friend sees "18ms" while I see "30ms" beside the same server. We play Fortnite and its all about who has lower delay so it just gets really annoying because whoever has less delay usually wins 80% of the time.

Re: Latency In Games

dks — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:25:22 GMT

I feel your pain. When I did more gaming, i hated the players with low pings. When I understood that it was beyond my control, I learned to enjoy the game and still have fun.

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:36:00 GMT

Can sometimes be caused by system settings that are not optimal. You can try making sure you use a wired connection in case you use wireless, and drop down the graphics in game quality.

Also check your network driver settings and ensure IP4 is offloaded as much as possible. Flow control can be another factor, so can any firewall setting that is to high for the resources of the firewall.

Latency In Games

Elo2x — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:47:42 GMT

Getting really bad packet loss while playing Rocket League, nothing wrong with anything else its just bad packet loss. Need a fix asap

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:12:21 GMT

Can be caused by many reasons, and usually it resolves itself after a while. If the packet loss is only related to Rocket League, it's more that likely related to their servers or a routing issues.

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SoSnobbb — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:41:11 GMT

Did you figure out how to fix this . I have the same exact problem . When I was on the 500plan I had better performance that now that I have upgraded to the 1.5 plan . I also play Fn and most of the time I'm over 50ms latency even if my ping on FN show 10 to 20 I still know I'm lagging. It;s so obvious when I'm not lagging, I do much better . Hope to hear from you , thx

Re: Latency In Games

Slixzy — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:44:41 GMT

Nope. I barely play the game now so I don’t even care and when I was looking for a solution, I couldn’t find any. You can read the other replies on here nd see if they work but I don’t think there’s a real solution because you can’t change the route ur packets take to the server after they’ve left ISP thingy? Idk if I’m making sense lol.

Re: Latency In Games

SoSnobbb — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:04:06 GMT

Thx for the reply . I guess it is what it is and we'll never be pro players. lol. .

Re: Latency In Games

Slixzy — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:46:34 GMT

LOL you could try getting a new modem from bell cuz that will give u a new IP address and maybe ur routing will be better to the server. But even if going pro is ur goal 0 ping won’t make a difference lol. I used to get hard 0 ping in creative 1v1 maps even then I used to get harassed by couple people. Even tho I was on 240fps lol. Just saying ping won’t make a big difference but it will make the game more fun to play.

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:04:15 GMT

Routing is not determined by the modem, and there's no way to edit this.

However, there are VPN services like WTFast that are designed to provide gamers with lower latency connections.

There are also regular VPN services to get different routing to destinations.

Also keep in mind pings to game servers do not matter as much as actual in game ping. That is because game servers artificially control ping times to avoid people with really low latency connections to have an advantage over people with higher latency connections.

Re: Latency In Games

dks — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:24:06 GMT

You make perfect sense. One of the issues with on line gaming is that routing is beyond anyone’s control.

Re: Latency In Games

Bikergofast — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:31:48 GMT

I have a similar issue in Battlefield 2042. For about the last 4-6 weeks I've been getting this warning at the top of the screen that latency is high, it looks like ping in 90s and above. The small yellow icon shows up even when the latency warning function is off. I too have the 1.5GB plan.

I've tried changing to the google DNS as someone suggested I try that, not sure how likely it is to help but nothing changed. Should it affect my ping?

Any other suggestions I can try? When I called Bell to run tests they find nothing wrong so it would suggest it's in my house but I haven't done anything other than that DNS swap.

Re: Latency In Games

Slixzy — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:59:04 GMT

Welcome to the club, some of these replies are helpful so I suggest going through them.

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 05:08:13 GMT

Sometimes it's a temporary issue. Trying pinging 1.1.1.1. It should show a consistently low ping time with no packet loss.

If it does, then there's nothing much you can do besides try again tomorrow to see if it improved. Sometimes a VPN can help with routing issues, but it has it's own drawbacks.

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dks — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:09:57 GMT

Thank you for your question. I played the Battlefield franchise myself for many years; 20, as I look back at the pile of titles I own. It's a good, fun game.

I am familiar with that message. I learned to ignore it. Because of the nature of the internet, Bell can't be responsible for internet routing beyond their own network. Depending on the location of the Battlefield server, your ping can be fast or not. Some servers run an auto-kick at a ping of 300ms or higher. As long as you stay under that ceiling, you can enjoy the game and have fun. And learn to snipe.

Re: Latency In Games

Mo Sha — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:42:23 GMT

Hello to whoever is reading this,

Recently, I have been experiencing latency in all sorts of online games; the latency is tolerable; however, after many years, I upgraded to Bell for the reason of low latency. My current setup is the Gigahub 2.0, Cat-6a ethernet, and a gaming pc which is more than capable of handling 2.5 GBPS. The speedtests I've done give the advertised speed; however, in any online game, the latency is not good. The issue has nothing to do with my device or my cable, as I went to a colleague's house, who also has Bell, and my latency was close to 5ms, which is good. So I am confused about what the issue is. I called tech support many times, and they just do a speed test and then basically say it's not their problem.

Also I've done all troubleshooting steps that Bell says (rebooting, different ports, etc).

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:14:34 GMT

What is your latency when gaming?