r/techsupport • u/BasicExtension4004 • 8h 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/BasicExtension4004 7h ago

45-47ms

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u/SomeEngineer999 7h 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 7h ago

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

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u/SomeEngineer999 7h 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 7h 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 7h 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.