High Pings Under Windows 98

[DJediMaster]

I just switched to Windows 98SE from Windows 2000 Professional. Before when i was under 2k i would average a ping of around 60 in games such as CS or diablo 2. However, when i switched over to 98SE my ping jumped to around 100-150 on the same servers. Is there anything that i can do about this? Thnx.

 

[Soybomb]

Yeah since you're on broadband you need to apply some tweaks/patches to 98 to get the best performance. I think there are alot of links to such things on dslreports. Its also generally considered that 2k has a better tcp/ip stack than 2k too so you might never get equal speeds.

 

[sohcrates]

win2k def. handles tcp/ip much better than win98, but it shouldn't be a DOUBLING of your ping, i've never seen it that bad. how often have you check back with these servers? maybe it was just a busy 'net traffic time

 

[DJediMaster]

I'll see if i can try and find some tweaks.

I check back with these servers daily.