Windows 10: why is my computer having lag/ping frequently, and how do I fix it?

my windows PC keeps having frequent lag spikes of about half a second. This started yesterday, when I noticed frequent short freezes in my computer constantly. My screen will stop moving, my mouse will turn into the 'wheel of doom' and then quickly goes back to normal. another weird detail is it slowly gets more frequent and pauses for longer periods of time stopping at about 2 seconds between and 1 second of lag. I already tried restarting and looking in task manager, but nothing seems to be taking up any of my ram/CPU. it just freezes. Device information: windows 10 on an HP 14-dq2053cl.

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Ping Lag With Low Ping

I have played many games to try and see if it was the server of a particular game, although, every game I play ends up ping-lagging every two seconds, although my actual ping does not rise and it is relatively low. Please help!

 

Frequent lag spikes on wifi connectivity

I think you should take a step back and re-think your question.

'Lag' means slower, and 'spike' means faster. So the term "lag spike" makes no sense.

Ping is a test to see whether your computer is able to reach another device on a network; people usually use the ping command to see if their computer is able to reach a location on the internet. Ping makes four attempts to reach the chosen location. The
times displayed with the results of the ping command measure how long a standard set of packets took to make the round-trip from your computer to the location on the internet and then back to your computer. Thus, it's a measurement of your internet connection
- it doesn't say anything about your computer.

If you're having a problem with your computer, just explain it in your own words. Don't worry about getting the terminology right - the folks here can take care of that part.

 

Random Disconnects and Frequent Ping Spikes??

Ok, as the title says, I'm getting random disconnects and very frequent ping spikes during games. The disconnects seem to happen after the computer has been on for a while. I'll leave my computer on at night seeding some files and the next morning nothing I won't be able to access the internet. A simple restart fixes this though. To make sure it wasn't just my computer, I got set up a backup computer running Win7 RC right next to my main one and it works fine.

Also, during games (BF2) I get a very high average ping as well as frequent ping spikes. My average ping will jump from 30ms like it should to around 300ms. Then sometimes, it'll spike to 600ms or something then it'll go back down to something near 300. I know this is isolated to this computer, because I got BF2 running on the backup computer and went to the same server and its ping was like 30ms, while my main computer was like 300ms. Both of these computers are plugged into the same switch, which connects to a router.

I've also checked the background processes. Everything that isn't necessary to game with was killed. So the only thing that would access the internet would be the game. Still had the same issues.

Just for fun, I even threw another NIC that I had laying around. SAME ISSUE. So that seems to eliminate the mobo's integrated NIC as the issue.

I don't know where the problem lies. It's frustrating because this ultra fast watercooled quad core machine can't get a decent ping while this other Pentium D machine plays fine. *Bang Head :banghead: Help is greatly appreciated.