Getting avg 50 ping on fps games with a good wifi

[rookie.wanna.play]

So i’m a complete nub to this. We have a good wifi but i still experience above 50 ping on fps games ex: valorant. I have a zephyrus g14 3060 version plugged to a monitor. Any tips to improve this? Ive read something about getting a better router. But when i was acquiring for a wifi at shaw they told me i can’t buy my own router. They gave me this cylindrical like router. Any suggestions will be helpful! I also tweaked my settings like setting the game on high prio downloded TCPOptimizer and low ping thingy that i saw on youtube which didn’t help!

 

[rookie.wanna.play]

[Roswell]

Your latency to game servers is dependent on their location, not your WiFi. If a server is halfway across the country, you're going to get higher pings. There's nothing you can really do about it unless there's something amiss with your ISP's routing.

[rookie.wanna.play]

4 minutes ago, Roswell said:

Your latency to game servers is dependent on their location, not your WiFi. If a server is halfway across the country, you're going to get higher pings. There's nothing you can really do about it unless there's something amiss with your ISP's routing.

So buying a $200+ “Gaming routers” wont do little to nothing? 

[Fasauceome]

How far do you sit from the router while in your room? a cheap ethernet cable would probably work better than a new router and be more cost effective as well

[rookie.wanna.play]

Just now, Fasauceome said:

How far do you sit from the router while in your room? a cheap ethernet cable would probably work better than a new router and be more cost effective as well

My zephyrus g14 doesn’t have a ethernet port which is sad. Any alternative to that port? 

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, rookie.wanna.play said:

My zephyrus g14 doesn’t have a ethernet port which is sad. Any alternative to that port? 

USB 3.0 to ethernet would do the trick 

Amazon.com: Cable Matters USB to Ethernet Adapter (USB 3.0 to Ethernet) Supporting 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Network in Black : Electronics

and if it doesn't help you could return it

[rookie.wanna.play]

5 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

USB 3.0 to ethernet would do the trick 

Amazon.com: Cable Matters USB to Ethernet Adapter (USB 3.0 to Ethernet) Supporting 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Network in Black : Electronics

and if it doesn't help you could return it

I happen to have a hdmi to ethernet cable lying around. Is there any difference on these two in terms of latency? Sorry i just wanna get the most of it. 

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, rookie.wanna.play said:

I happen to have a hdmi to ethernet cable lying around. Is there any difference on these two in terms of latency? Sorry i just wanna get the most of it. 

I don't know if your HDMI port would be enabled to access Ethernet input, but if you already have the adapter, worth a shot.

[Blue4130]

2 hours ago, rookie.wanna.play said:

I happen to have a hdmi to ethernet cable lying around. Is there any difference on these two in terms of latency? Sorry i just wanna get the most of it. 

Surely that won't work. The hdmi port on the laptop is for graphics output, not networking. 

[BlackManINC]

 So I guess the solution that worked was to basically not use WIFI at all??? Who would have thought hey......WIFI is molten ass in my experience. Never going back unless I really, REALLY have to.