2 pc's 1 lag?

[FeralWombat]

I need help solving this riddle.

2 systems A and B, same mother model, same cpu model, both with 16 gb of ram

both running the same application (a game)

both connected to the same router both via Ethernet

both on the same OS version and build

system A has lags which may freeze the game for about a second these are not uncommon, system B has fluid game play and seldom lags.

On both, the in-game ping count shows the same ping (~47ms)

Enough bandwidth for gaming (about 90MBps down for both)

 

Defective Ethernet port on the router? Switched it, same behaviour

Defective Ethernet cable? Switched it also, same.

System A was formatted but the issue persisted

The game on system A was also removed and a clean install was performed

The game in installed on an SSD; the SSD on system B is actually older than on the system A

 

What am I missing?

It's not a good router, but it gets the job done, if it were router issue would not both have the same experience?

[Airdragonz]

If there aren't any ping spikes, it is unlikely a router issue. Try reinstalling your graphics and network drivers. Run a storage benchmark tool like Crystal Disk to make sure the ssd is achieving its rated speed. 

[Tundral]

49 minutes ago, FeralWombat said:

system A has lags which may freeze the game for about a second

Do you mean network lag like players suddenly just standing still or doing the running animation but not moving at all, or do you mean FPS lag where the whole image just freezes?

[FeralWombat]

1 hour ago, Tundral said:

Do you mean network lag like players suddenly just standing still or doing the running animation but not moving at all

precisely this, some animations are still going, but nothing is really happening, until suddenly everything happens.

to be clear, and what rose the issue was that these lags don't happen only when system A is the only one on, the the question was raised when both systems were on at the same time playing the same game (in the same instance of that game even) and only system A is experiencing lags

[Tundral]

7 minutes ago, FeralWombat said:

precisely this, some animations are still going, but nothing is really happening, until suddenly everything happens. 

to be clear, and what rose the issue was that these lags don't happen only when system A is the only one on, the the question was raised when both systems were on at the same time playing the same game (in the same instance of that game even) and only system A is experiencing lags 

 

Airdragonz suggestion to reinstall network interface drivers is good. Though I wouldn't bother trying his other suggestions since there's really no way your issue is graphics or storage related!

[FeralWombat]

Honestly I wasn't expecting the update to the network drivers to have worked, but the fact remains no lags since Friday. Thanks guys!