PING is the time it takes for the information to travel from one distination to another. For example: from PC to PC. This doesn't measure the time it takes to travel from PC to server, that would be up/download speed. PING in my opinon is the greatest factor in having lag free gaming. PING is measured in miliseconds, the lower the better. Normally, anything over 60 ms will causes a little lag, but hardly noticiable. PING's over 90 ms, will differently begin to be noticiable. PING's over 120 will develope problems for your connection. High PING's does not only slow your speed down to a crawl, but slows it down for everyone esle that may be connected to you. High PING's occur when data is lossed (Packet loss) or arrives out of order. Most of the time this is caused by interent congestion, but PING is mostly effected by distance. The PING between you and someone esle in your state should be remarkiably low. While your PING between you and someone on the other side of the country should be high enough to causes connection problems. |
