What's the max ping you consider acceptable for FPS?

[JSt0rm]

Less than 100ms.

JStorm you are confusing FPS and lag. Why do people do that all the time..sheesh. Its bad enough hearing people complain in games "i'm lagging I skipping around" and everyone chimes in and say "get a better GPU". /end rant

...fail

I dont know how I read this thread wrong before. I clicked on this again thinking someone made another thread this time about ping and it was about ping all the time.

Anyways I'm ok under 100ms but back when i was in competitive play I had covad dsl and was sitting at 20ms on the eastcoast. you can feel that for sure.

 

[makken]

I dont know how I read this thread wrong before. I clicked on this again thinking someone made another thread this time about ping and it was about ping all the time.

Anyways I'm ok under 100ms but back when i was in competitive play I had covad dsl and was sitting at 20ms on the eastcoast. you can feel that for sure.

probably glanced at the title and selectively read 'consider acceptable FPS'

 

[Angelo Cameo]

Back in the Quake days 150-200 was fine, now anything over 50 is unacceptable.

 

[Elcs]

I was top 25 in the UK on C&C Renegade for the first month of it's release, using a 56k modem.

150-400ms pings.

Anything sub 150 is alright, sub 70 is probably ideal for 99.9% of people.

 

[Sephire]

50

 

[novasatori]

depends on net code primarily
some games are playable into the 300s or 400s, some are not

if its high twitch one shot one kill obviously lowest is best and I would prefer to play on servers with sub 100ms if I was playing with friends, and if I am by myself I would prefer less than or around 30ms

 

[riteshshergill]

well if minimums stay at 60fps I'm happy.

Dude, they mean server latency in multiplayer

 

[Sephire]

On Halo PC Combat Evolved if you have more than 50 you are dead in the water. You can forget pistol dueling in Blood Gulch.

 

[Kromis]

...fail

LOL

Yeah pretty much < 100, definitely not < 200, though ~110-130 is a bit tolerable, not too bad

 

[Karstein]

Funnily enough, I was playing some Quake Live on lunch at work and had 6-8 ping to the server. And, in contrast to it improving my game, it actually felt TOO low (I usually play at 20-30). I was constantly firing too early.

So, I guess the main thing with gaming latency is that fluctuations mess up your timing more than having to play with a slightly inflated ping. Even if you have 100-150 ping - if you do it all the time you will probably become competent with it.

 

[RPD]

< 100

This really.

 

[crownjules]

About 100 in TF2 and I can tell there's a slight delay and that it's impacting my play.

 

[Ayah]

<100 is excellent. <200 is still playable. For CS source.