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Ping Spikes During Gaming

I recently just built a new computer and I have been experiencing lag spikes while gaming. I don't believe it is PC related spikes due to the games I am playing and the age of the games.

Can this fixed through a new router and modem?

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 3623, Received = 3623, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 26ms, Maximum = 384ms, Average = 46ms

Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=141ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=133ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=180ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=158ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=93ms TTL=112
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=112

Best Answer

  • Renee_T
    Renee_T Posts: 811 ✅ Verified Employee Moderator
    Answer ✓

    Hello @Warbler342

    Welcome to our community! I'm sorry to hear about the lag spikes. Are you able to run a trace route? Sometimes the game company will have an IP address listed in their support information that you can run the trace to so that you can make sure it's getting to the game servers rather than something like Google since the Google servers that are being pinged may be located in a different part of the country than the game servers and the connection may be taking a different path to get there.

Answers

  • Warbler342
    Warbler342 Posts: 2 Spectator

    As far as I am able to see, Valve does not give out IP Address' of Dota 2 game servers.