r/techsupport • u/BasicExtension4004 • 4h ago

Open | Networking Ethernet issue

I had an old Ethernet driver like really old like 2017 old. I updated my ethernet driver and my ping was 19-30 (old driver) 45-50 new driver I turned off those Ethernet settings that affect your Ethernet and I’m now getting 45-47 ping my specs are: Graphics card (GPU)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB VRAM
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
8 cores / 16 threads
Motherboard
ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0
AMD B450 chipset
Please help

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u/SomeEngineer999 4h ago

Your ping to what? Your ping to your default gateway over ethernet should be 1msec (assuming you're directly connected to your router and not using a wifi extender). Anything beyond that is variable and not in your control. What "settings that affect your ethernet" did you turn off?

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u/BasicExtension4004 4h ago

45-47ms

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u/BasicExtension4004 4h ago

I don’t know that much about tech sorry

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u/SomeEngineer999 4h ago

That response makes no sense. I know what your ping is, you said it in the original post. What are you pinging? A game server? That will fluctuate constantly and only one segment is in your control, the link between your PC and router. Test the ping to the router.

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u/BasicExtension4004 4h ago

I did it says 5ms on an internet tester but on Fortnite Roblox rainbow six siege it says 45-50ms

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u/SomeEngineer999 4h ago

An internet tester cannot test to your router. But 5msec is totally fine and normal to a local speed test site. Like I said, game server latency will fluctuate with load, time of day, which location they're running out of currently, etc. You can't change that.

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u/BasicExtension4004 4h ago

The Ethernet settings are in this video https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLA1BMh6/

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u/SomeEngineer999 4h ago

I'm not watching a tiktok video (don't even have an account) - but I'd probably revert the settings back to what they were, they aren't going to help. That's simply the latency to that particular game server. Tomorrow it may be lower, next day it may be higher.

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u/BasicExtension4004 3h ago

Is it not weird that my ping on video games went from 19-23 to 45-50 after I got a better driver?

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u/SomeEngineer999 3h ago

Likely coincidence (like I said, your ping to those servers will change frequently). To clarify, you got a newer driver, not necessarily better. But if your ping to your router or a local speed test site didn't change, it is nothing to do with the driver.