Windows 10: Random ping spikes while playing games

Hello, I would like to ask anyone if he has experienced something like this before. Since middle of March this year I started experiencing huge ping spikes in game. My internet wasn't the fastest until then but I was still able to comfortably CS2 or Rocket League with my ping staying around 30 to 40 ms. After one night I started my PC after lunch to play some games and boom, the ping started going from 30 ping to 500 ms and just unable to play anything. I upgraded my internet to faster speed and tried changing many network settings on my PC and nothing helped. Asked different people on inter

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Random ping spike when playing games

Hi,

I am facing a random ping spike when playing games like LOL and Apex Legends. Ping stays around 12-20ms for most of the time but will jump to a couple hundred randomly. I have tried various types of solutions suggested in the community, one of them suggesting uninstall Autodesk do help me once but not after a couple of days.

Before I uninstall autodesk, this ping spike was shown before when I ping in cmd. However, pinging in cmd now is stable and does not have ping spikes.

As it might help, my computer is recently got quite often blue screen with video tdr failure. My network issue start happening right after this blue screen issue occurs. I have also tried many suggestions against solving this blue screen issue like updating drivers. I attached my profile below, in addition to that, my motherboard is Z490 and GPU is 1060 6G.

Device name hmywudi

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz

Installed RAM 32.0 GB

Device ID 641BE5A5-8556-4DE1-A96A-09145B0F3C99

Product ID 00331-20090-00000-AA824

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

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Random ping spike when playing games

Hello mchhao. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

Try the fixes here for ping spikes during gaming:

https://thegeekpage.com/ping-spikes-in-windows-...

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ping-sp...



https://www.elitegameservers.net/clientarea/kno...

https://www.elitegameservers.net/clientarea/kno...

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ping-sp...

https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/guide-fix-high-pi...

https://thegeekpage.com/ping-spikes-in-windows-...

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/fix-ping-spikes-... (Avoid ad links which intrude into editorial copy, especially avoid Restoro and Reimage ads)

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobileisp/comments/mh...

https://www.reddit.com/r/summonerschool/comment...

https://www.quora.com/What-can-I-do-to-stop-get...

2) The Display driver is so important here that merely updating it is sometimes not enough. So let's try everything possible to get it working correctly:

First make sure you have updated the Display driver from the PC or Display adapter maker's Support Downloads web page for your exact model number, HP Serial Number or Dell Service Tag - from the sticker on the PC.

If necessary first remove the old driver using DDU https://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/ddu-guide-t... (not necessary with Microsoft Basic driver which is a placeholder if nothing else is available) and/or installing in Safe Mode with Networking (so you have internet), or Safe Mode, accessed by one of these methods: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/4-ways-boot-saf...

While there check also for newer chipset, BIOS/UEFI firmware (very important), network, sound, USB3 and other drivers, comparing to the ones presently installed in Device Manager reached by right clicking the Start Menu.

If this doesn't give you the latest or ideal driver for what you need, compare it to the driver offered by the Intel driver update Utility here: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/...

or the Nvidia Update utility here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx?lang=e...

or the AMD autodect utility here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/P...

For Display issues one fix that is working is to Roll back or Uninstall the Driver on the Display Device > Driver tab, restart PC to reinstall driver.

You can also try older drivers in Device Manager > Display device > Driver tab > Update Driver > Browse > Let Me Pick.

Then you will know you've tried everything in addition to Windows Update drivers.

Adjust the screen resolution until it fits and looks best at Settings > System > Display.



Check for a monitor driver by expediting Windows Updates (including Optional Updates) in Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Check for Updates to install all Updates until no more are offered.

3) Go over Windows using this checklist to make sure the install is set up correctly, optimized for best performance, and any needed repairs get done: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

Start with Step 4 to turn off Startup freeloaders which can conflict and cause issues, then Step 7 to check for infection the most thorough way, then step 10 to check for damaged System Files, and also Step 16 to test a new Local Admin account to replace yours which may be corrupted. Then if necessary continue with the other steps to go over your install most thoroughly.

4) If nothing else works then do a Repair Install, by installing Media Creation Tool, open tool and choose to Upgrade Now. This reinstalls Windows while keeping files, programs and most settings in place, is the most stable method to advance to the latest version, and solves most problems. Tutorial here: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/fix-windows...

Report back results for each step so I know what else to suggest.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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Random ping spikes in games

System:

Mobo: Gigabtye GA-A320M-S2H

RAM: 2xDDR4 8GB

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Storage: 1 HDD and 1 SSD (Windows is on SSD)

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070

OS: Windows 10

Problem

While playing online games, my ping will randomly
spike up. In this time, my computer is effectively offline as I can't do anything online (use websites, discord calls etc). In games with built-in ping counters, it commonly reads 10,000 or more ping. After about 10 seconds, the ping will return to normal.
The ping spikes get less common the longer my computer is on to the point they barely happen. They only start if I play an online game. I have been unable to find a fix that works for the current version of Windows 10.