Exterme rubberband lag

[Burdy]

Hello, I have recently got into PR again with my new PC (Win 7 64 bit, GTX 470, I5 2.8ghz Quad, 6GB Ram) and have extreme Rubberband lag in Multiplayer. I dont get this when playing Lan with friends over hamachi (with 100 bots), I only get it when I play online. Any one know what this problem is? (Seems to happen on every server I join)

[puckett]

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[Burdy]

haha my bad ! But anyone have a fix? It also does this for vanilla BF 2... I didnt have this issue a month ago, and now the game is unplayable.. any one?

[Johncro]

Can we have specs on your internet stuffs.

[Burdy]

Im running wireless, Netgear, 54mbps, not sure where to get the rest of the info, so if you need it, please tell me how to do so . I dont think its that though because the lag only narrows down to BF2 (Ex. download games on steam at 1-2 mb/s) ... The last time I played BF2 or Pr till this week was during the 128 players on a server test and it was silky smooth.

[PoisonBill]

Don't expect to always have a stable connection when using wireless, you can get all kinds of errors, new ones everyday. Try switching to a cable connection, that should work. If it doesn't work then it's either your computer or internet supplier that needs tuning with.

[Burdy]

But its only BF2, any tips?

[Pedz]

What is your ping like when you're in these situations? Are you joining EU based servers or US? High ping will make you ping round the map like a fly in a glass.

A few basic ways to reduce ping/lagg

Close all other programs
Stop all downloads (biggest killer)
Plug yourself into the network via Ethernet
Stop others on your network downloading (check for hi-jackers if your network isn't secured by WAP or WEP or w.e it is nowadays )
Join servers closer to your location globally. (use PR spy to see where servers are actually located)

[Valleyforge3946]

Check your net, switch to cable. The 570 has been know to have microstutter issues so that is also a problem. I would say its your CPU but you said you were playing with 100 bots and had no issue so i am not sure. Maybe when playing multiplayer switch the priority on CPU 0 to Above Normal. Run as administrator and also.. check your firewall settings. you may be blocking a necessary port.

[Burdy]

My pings 23-100, there US servers (im from US), and its not background issues. Think it may be the actually Wifi box so may try replacing it (getting old, about 3 years old)

[Pedz]

Seeing as your ping is so low, it would say to me it is not a network issue... but I am surprised the box has lasted 3 years, over here we tend to get a new box every time we subscribe.

[Burdy]

Oh I know haha , Why im thinking that could be the problem