Can Ping affect In-game FPS?

[La_Basura]

So, I barely got my PC not too long ago, so I'm fairly new to the PC scene. I bought Titanfall 2 to finally enjoy next gen graphics on high/ultra settings. I play on a 720p monitor so it doesn't use all 6gb of VRAM. The campaign ran smooth never getting drastic frame drops and getting a constant 100 frames. However, multiplayer was a whole different story destroying my FPS and getting around 70-90 FPS but getting drops as low as to 18 FPS. My ping is around 60-100 and I'm wondering if this might be a networking issue?

[waterjug]

it might be... is your connection wired or wireless?

[VirusStorm]

No. Ping is your connection to the server. If you have a high ping, it could cause lag. FPS is the number of frames your gpu can display onto the monitor. These two go hand and hand for a smooth experience, but do not bottleneck each other 

[ARikozuM]

No. Ping would cause the game to disconnect at the higher numbers, but Hz should remain untouched. 

[La_Basura]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

No. Ping would cause the game to disconnect at the higher numbers, but Hz should remain untouched. 

 

3 minutes ago, VirusStorm said:

No. Ping is your connection to the server. If you have a high ping, it could cause lag. FPS is the number of frames your gpu can display onto the monitor. These two go hand and hand for a smooth experience, but do not bottleneck each other 

Ah, alright. Damn, I'm wondering what could be causing this bad performance... well, anyways, thank you guys for responding. I asked the same question over there in graphics cards and they said it shouldn't be my graphics card and possibly a networking issue. Alright, maybe I'll look toward another forum to ask my question. Thanks guys!

[La_Basura]

14 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

it might be... is your connection wired or wireless?

My connection is wired.

[ARikozuM]

4 minutes ago, La_Basura said:

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Check the router settings. Did anything change without your knowing. Check for any priority rules.

[Lurick]

The server tells the computer where to draw, so if your connection is crap your computer won't be drawing much of anything. This is why lag happens with high ping rates. The game is waiting to be told what to draw and most importantly where to draw it.

[La_Basura]

15 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Check the router settings. Did anything change without your knowing. Check for any priority rules.

How do I check that? I'm sorry I'm new to this type of stuff... ?

[La_Basura]

5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

The server tells the computer where to draw, so if your connection is crap your computer won't be drawing much of anything. This is why lag happens with high ping rates. The game is waiting to be told what to draw and most importantly where to draw it.

I don't quite think it's crap. But could my ping drastically affect it that bad?

[Lurick]

Just now, La_Basura said:

I don't quite think it's crap. But could my ping drastically affect it that bad?

I was being general, didn't mean that your connection itself was crap. Ping, in the 500+ range can really make things difficult, but in the 60 to 100 range it shouldn't be much of an issue.

[La_Basura]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

I was being general, didn't mean that your connection itself was crap. Ping, in the 500+ range can really make things difficult, but in the 60 to 100 range it shouldn't be much of an issue.

Ah, okay. Damn... maybe it could be my rig then?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, La_Basura said:

Ah, okay. Damn... maybe it could be my rig then?

What game? Specs? What is your up and down speed generally?

[La_Basura]

5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

What game? Specs? What is your up and down speed generally?

Titanfall 2 on a 720p monitor. My Rig: gtx 1060 6gb 6gt oc, I7-6700k 4.0ghz, and 16gb RAM. I'm not sure what you mean by up and down speed ?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, La_Basura said:

Titanfall 2 on a 720p monitor. My Rig: gtx 1060 6gb 6gt oc, I7-6700k 4.0ghz, and 16gb RAM. I'm not sure what you mean by up and down speed ?

Upload and download speed, you can get this from speedtest.net or any other speed test website.

[La_Basura]

5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Upload and download speed, you can get this from speedtest.net or any other speed test website.

ah my upload is 5.65mbps and download is 49.54mbps.

[Lurick]

10 minutes ago, La_Basura said:

ah my upload is 5.65mbps and download is 49.54mbps.

Definitely not a speed limitation then and the rig is great. Benchmarks show it can run Titanfall 2 at 1080p on very high and averaged 80FPS, heck you could probably bump it up to 1440p at average around 55 FPS on very high.

[La_Basura]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Definitely not a speed limitation then and the rig is great. Benchmarks show it can run Titanfall 2 at 1080p on very high and averaged 80FPS, heck you could probably bump it up to 1440p at average around 55 FPS on very high.

Hmmmm, this might be a far off question to ask but my OS, windows 10 64 bit, isn't activated for some reason. Could that possibly effect my gaming experience by any chance?

[ARikozuM]

2 minutes ago, La_Basura said:

Hmmmm, this might be a far off question to ask but my OS, windows 10 64 bit, isn't activated for some reason. Could that possibly effect my gaming experience by any chance?

Not really. Is Titanfall 2 able to go through the firewall or anti-virus?

[La_Basura]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Not really. Is Titanfall 2 able to go through the firewall or anti-virus?

Anti-virus could affect game performance? but I'm not quite sure. I have McAfee Total Protection by the way.

[ARikozuM]

4 minutes ago, La_Basura said:

Anti-virus could affect game performance? but I'm not quite sure. I have McAfee Total Protection by the way.

Turn it off and see if anything changes.

[La_Basura]

24 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Turn it off and see if anything changes.

nah, nothing changes

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, La_Basura said:

nah, nothing changes

I would install MSI Afterburner and, using the OSD, monitor the usage of the CPU and GPU over the long-term. It could be normal behavior due to the engine and not your specs.

[La_Basura]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

I would install MSI Afterburner and, using the OSD, monitor the usage of the CPU and GPU over the long-term. It could be normal behavior due to the engine and not your specs.

ah, I have it installed. Which settings do I check to monitor CPU and GPU usage?

[Blake]

4 hours ago, La_Basura said:

ah, I have it installed. Which settings do I check to monitor CPU and GPU usage?

You have a 1060, unless you need to install the drivers (or some other basic task that was overlooked), you should have a fine fps @ 720p and ultra settings.

 

Ping will cause lag though, lag does not equal fps. what you are probably seeing is lag spikes, where things rubber banding over the place/jitter etc.

 

As a general rule of thumb ping will not affect fps, unless the developer sucks and holds the draw call till the server responds...