Hello to avid gamers, pros, mice and keyboards, well-aimed, dexterous, fast and elusive! If you are constantly killed in online battles, if you are late for a run "to the point" in Contra, and your enemies catch up earlier, and you are already starting to wonder how to reduce ping to the server, then this material is for you. Looking ahead, I’ll clarify, the article is not advertising in nature and all the programs mentioned in it are really related to the problem. If one of them does not suit you, then the other will definitely give a positive result and help reduce ping in the CS or other online game.
Let's start with the basic things. Have you ever wondered what the thing that ping is used in everyday life is ? Ping is the time, expressed in milliseconds, that your computer needs to receive a response from the server to the sent request. The larger the number, the slower your actions reach the server, and the longer you get information about the actions of other players. No wonder the questions about how to reduce ping most often arise in the heads of those who play fast, dynamic games. Strategies and other more or less slow online battles are not so dependent on ping as shooters and MMORPGs.
I’ll immediately warn you if you have a weak connection to the network, it’s unlikely that any of the above will help you, here you need to start with the basic things - finding a normal provider. Well, when this problem is solved and you are sure in your channel, you can proceed to setting up the computer.
So, let's move on from theory to practice. If you are tired of lags, and you are burning with the desire to reduce ping in the "Great Patriotic War" or any other game, you will need to install one of the programs, which I will describe below.
The most frequently used connection optimization utility on the network is called cFosSpeed. Strictly speaking, this is not a utility, but a network driver, which is designed to provide optimal configuration of your connection. Having installed it, you go to the settings and insert the maximum priority of the channel for the game you are playing. Then you connect to the server and check in the process how this affected the speed of your connection.
To add your toy to the list of those for which the network connection is optimized, you need to go to the "Programs" subsection, go to "Games" there, and then we'll figure it out. It is necessary to determine by the shortcut on the desktop where the game is located, and specify the path to the .exe file in the utility.
Next on the list, we will have a utility called “Internet Accelerator” made by the world famous Ashampoo brand.
As in any other products of this office that I respect, in the “Internet Accelerator” the principle of “turned on and forgot” is implemented. How to reduce ping with it? All that is required of the user is to click on the "Automatic Optimization" button. The program performs further actions on its own. It will tune your channel for optimal performance, allocate the necessary resources for demanding applications, and offload the channel when you play. In general, it will quietly and imperceptibly do its job, helping you enjoy games without being distracted by solving problems with speed.
But it's time to move on to the next utility on our list. Although this is more of a script, and not a product in the traditional sense of the word "program". It is called the “Leatrix Latency fix”, and all it does is remove the standard packet processing delay that is present by default in Windows. How to reduce ping with it? With the utility turned on, you can be sure that a confirmation of receipt of the package will be sent to the server immediately. Thus, the lag when receiving and sending packets is significantly reduced, and with it ping, and this is exactly what we need! Do not forget to restart the computer after installing and running this script.