Bad ping with RIVA TNT2 M64 AGP

[old.Kaputt]

Hi all !

How come my ping increased to about 2000-5000 after installing a Riva TNT2 32MB AGP into my computer ? First I used an Elsa Victory Erazor 4MB, the ping was at about 200 each game. I am using ISDN so the connection-speed should not be the problem at all.

Installing the latest Detonators (21.81) lowered the ping for some time of gaming, but it heavily decreased my available system memory ! Running UT brought down my system memory to 0 MB and my HD started swapping.

I changed to Detonator-version 12.41 again - no problems with memory, but the ping ...

Any ideas ?

My system specs :

AMD K6-2 550 MHz
256 MD SD-RAM 100
FIC VA-503+ mainboard with VIA-chipset
256 MB SDRAM 100 MHz
Windows 98 (same problem with Windows ME)
DirectX 8.0
Sedlbauer Teledat 100 ISDN-Card (on PCI port)

Changing the game resolution did not lower my ping and no other programs are running in the background.

 

[throdgrain]

just a thought but i wonder if capping the fps may help? on q2 getting a faster vid card could sometimes increase ur ping like that .i'd try capping at like 40 or summat.

 

[old.Kaputt]

Originally posted by throdgrain
just a thought but i wonder if capping the fps may help? on q2 getting a faster vid card could sometimes increase ur ping like that .i'd try capping at like 40 or summat.

Lowering OR raising my FPS (my default is 28) did not have ANY effect on the ping rate ...

 

[old.geigstor]

ummmmm,, u got me there...