Severe Lag Spikes - GE70 2PC Apache

Hello everyone,
I consulted the search function and found out that I'm not alone with this, but sadly there also was no fix for my problem.
I bought the GE70 just recently and am pretty happy with it. It has decent specs and runs every game that I play very smoothly.
Until I enter online modes.
I get super hard lag spikes from 50-60ms up to nearly 300ms, which is super annoying especially in games like dota2 or any shooter. These lags occur every 2-5 minutes. The MSI support suggested that I should lower my Wi-Fi adapter settings using these options
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Dear user,
1. Update the latest NVIDIA driver from the official MSI website.
2. Configure the WLAN adapter setting
1. change HT mode-> Disabled 2. Preferred Band -> 2.4GHz 3. Roaming Aggressiveness -> Lowest
We also suggest router with 802.11n
I did all of the above, but didnt achieve the desired outcome. In fact, it helped a little as it reduced the occurence of lags from every 2-5 minutes to every 5 minutes. Yet, i still believe that there has to be a final solution.
This is what my device manager looks like, after I updated the latest intel wifi & bluetooth drivers:
During all the research I did to find a solution to my problem, I cam up with a great way to test whether the problem is fixed or not.
So for everbody that has this problem and needs to check whether it is solved, after trying something new:
WinKey + R
type "cmd"
type "ipconfig" into the cmd window
locate the Standard-Gateway for the connection you're currently using (often times it's 192.168.1.1)
type "ping 192.168.1.1 -t"
This will ping your router every second or two. If you leave it running for five to ten minutes, you can press Ctrl + Scroll Lock and it will show you some statistics. They look like this (if you have lag spikes)
Anyways, after reading quite a bit, i found out that the issues I'm having might relate to the Killer e2200, unfortunately, i was not able locating neither the newest driver nor the KillerCleaner (both of which are suggested here) and therefore could not try fixing it that way.
I am also suspecting the nvidia geforce experience software to be the cause, but i am not sure.
So here I am guys, trying to solve this problem, since it bugs me a lot. I just want to be able to play any game without these stupid lags. Simply using an ethernet cable is not an option. :(
So yeah, any help is appreciated.
My Specs:
GE70 2PC Apache
Win7 64bit Home Premium (free windows 10 upgrade, woohoo :D)
+ the connectivity devices from above
Here, have some more pictures of spikes:
Edit: Wrong devmgr-pic attached.

Ofc i did. Twice in fact. Although the first support guys were only making wild guesses such as referring to this link https://dragoonarmy.msi.com/home/info/labs/detail/309 which relates to the GT72 and not the GE70 which has no Shift whatsoever.
Then they started talking about the HDDs power saving mode and decreasing the W-Lan-Adapters performance, as quoted above. Not only was nothing related to my problem but in fact completely off topic.
My second experience with the support was just now. They referred me to the same guide you did and which i found myself already.
Now the support dude suggests that i do this:
- Reinstall Windows and only install SCM (which i believe to be the Steel Series thingy) and nothing else from the driverCD that came with the laptop.
- then to update the bios and ec firmware (whatever that is)
and if nothing helps i am supposed to sent the laptop for a checkup. which sucks, as i am going to shanghai in a week. so either i reinstall windows. which already sucks. or i contact msi china once i am there. and explain my problem. in chinese. probably xD
Anyways, I don't think a new laptop should be more influenced by electromagnetic intereferences as an old one. since better shielding amirite?^^

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Why am I lagging.. (GE70 2PC Apache)

So this computer should be beef enough to run games like battlefield at atleast 60fps at low. but mine dont.. are some of my settings wrong or whatever? I've asked plenty of times on the forums on battlefield and got quite good answers but few of them work, and they dont help much. Hope if someone here could help me out. I can run anyother game at almost ultra.

Which version of the GE70 2PC Apache do you have? I take it you have the one with an i7 cpu, 8 gb of Ram memory and a Nvidia GTX 850m? The maximum amount of FPS from battlefield 4 on High settings with a Gtx 850m is around 40 fps.
So you would have to set the settings to Low-Medium regardless and probably even turn several settings off all together, like shadows.
You also need to remember that temperatures with games like Battlefield 4 will reach 93C temp on the videocard rather quickly, which will make the laptop throttle down slightly(loss of FPS and performance) to prevent damage to the hardware. Use the Fan Boost + a Laptop cooler to prevent this for a bit longer.
Also, just in case it is a technical issue, make sure the power button is orange when gaming and not white. If it is white, it is not using the dedicated graphics card but the built in intel one instead.

Say Goodbye to my old desktop! Got my new high mobility and performance MSI GE70 2PC Apache!

Time to get rid of my old PC, which is barely can run latest games. So, after I made some researches online, I decided to buy MSI GE60 2PC Apache. It perfectly matches my budget.
The box inside comes with black design. The notebook is protected by a black sleeve.
The packing includes a power adapter, MSI branded gaming mouse, a battery, CD, and manuals. I especially like the adaptor design in slim and compact size.
The metal brush front cover looks gorgeous. I like the red dragon badge with backlight enabled. This is one of my favorites in this notebook. I believe it will make my new notebook stand out from the other Apxle notebooks when I use it in my campus. “The fruit” is not the only shining star anymore. 
There is a red line on the side~~
Here comes my new notebook. Btw, the packing also comes with a MSI bag.
The labels says it features with Matrix Display (extend to 3 external monitors), Killer lan (network for gaming applications), Steelseries keyboard, and Audio Boost.
The touch pad is in one piece. Again, metal brush!!
Intel i7 and NVIDIA GTX 850M inside of my new baby. 
Audio system is powered by DYNAUDIO. As I checked online, this is a Danish brand and seems to be very famous. 
Steelseries keyboard~ I think I don’t need to mention what Steelseries is. All gamers should know it.
I found one thing very special that the Windows key is moved to the right. According to MSI website, it is for games not to mis-touch the Windows key in gameplay. Very ergonomic design for gamers.
It has an individual numerical key area. Good for my accounting courses.
He he he… I used my Cannon digital camera for below full color backlight keyboard picture! I tried several shots. This one is the best one to show. Anyway, the point here is the color configurations can be customized!!
720P webcam!
On the left, you can find one HDMI, two USB3.0, golden audio jack with Audio Boost feature, and one combo memory card slot.
On the right, you can find one RJ-45 with Killer lan feature, one VGA port, two USB2.0, and BD Combo drive.
The panel can be opened up to roughly 135 degree. I think it is good enough. I am not going to use it as a tablet.
Sound by DYNAUDIO with 2.1 surround audio channel!
The close-up of the shining dragon logo on the front cover.
I find a secret feature.
When the notebook is running by Intel integrated graphics, the power indicator shows blue. However, when it is running by NVIDIA graphics, the indicator shows red.
Very good feature for me to know if the NV graphics is on when I play games.
Signal Indicators show wireless, Bluetooth, hard disk, and power status.
Okay, now it is the time to start the live demo.
Oops…my friend is calling me….need to go out with my friend now. After I finish the basic settings, I will find time to make real gameplay demo and share with you later.

Back again for my part 2 sharing.
Here is my testing result of 3DMARK on my MSI GE60 2PC Apache.
X7654
Boot up time - SSD
Sleeping dog - FPS
Need for Speed – FPS average 60 FPS. (this game only supports max 60FPS)
All settings are set to max
Conclusion:
The metal brush design on front and keyboard sides looks decent. I love its 17” FHD display which is good for playing games, watching videos, typing my reports in a comfortable way. After I got this, it is difficult for me to go back to smaller display.
I expected that online streaming could cost a lot of system resource. However, its Gamecaster Xplit online streaming feature surprised me! No lag and very easy to use! Its quick boot-up time with SSD and GTX 850M gave me a whole new PC experience.
The Haswell i7-4700HQ and NVIDIA GTX 850M are sufficient enough for games and online streaming. Not to mention it also carries Steelseries keyboard which is a Plus when I play games. I am glad that I decided to buy this GE70 2PC Apache to replace my old desktop because it can satisfy all my needs for gaming, multimedia, and document editing.
If you have the same demand as me and also looking for a notebook, it is worthy to give it a shot on MSI GE70 2PC Apache!!

My honest review of GE70 2PC Apache :) enjoy

Heya guys
Today im gonna give you my review on the msi ge70 2pc apache, ive only had it for a few days and barely used it but i have tested it out to the max.
Before i start i wanna say my msi ge70 specs are not even that good its
GTX 850M GDDR5
I5-4200H
8GB ram ddr3
750GB 7200rpm Hdd
17´3 screen 1080p anti-glare
ok i wanna start with the cons the negatives of this laptop
1. The inbuilt mousepad thingy sucks so bad im serious it is no where near accurate so thank god for mouses :P
2. Aluminium design is cool but u get finger prints everywhere srsly
3. cool as ice when browsing internet and chillin but can get rly hot and sweaty when playing bf4 and other games at high settings your hands will sweat a little even with turbo cooler
4. comes with 0 drivers and utility programs if u buy the laptop without an OS u have download from support burn to a dvd from another computer and then install takes time and is annoying because u cant acess internet since u got 0 drivers whatsoever.
5.it says 750gb hdd but its actually 698gb hdd
6. has very bad battery life
7. dragon gaming center is useless for this laptop it serves no function except for taking up unecessary ram i would only recommend SCM and even thats not so useful
Pros:
1. Even though it doesent have a ssd with fastboot enabled it is super super fast and boots in literally 10 seconds or less also shutsdown in like 4 secs speed
2. Very strong performance and horsepower i can play bf4 on 1080p ultra preset 4xmsaa with a smooth 30 fps and no lag using only a middle class gtx 850m
3. Cool keyboard lightning but its better if u dont use it performance wise
4. never gets hot when ur just chillin stays very cool
5. keyboard from steelseries is good
6. killer e2200 is amazing went from 90mbps to 120 mbps
7. if u get win 8.1 with this laptop it works very smooth and there is no lag
8. plugged in the cpu and gpu are overclocked
9. turbo cooler is better than nothing
10. good support to download drivers from msi but it takes time and for a noob like me i was frustrated as hell at the beginning
11. the display is topnotch a nice 17´3 fullhd with antiglare and strong brightness very good
12. audio is very good quality
overall rating scale 1-10 i give this laptop a solid 8 tbh could be a 10 if only the cooling was better, its not bad but its not topnotch
Hope you enjoyed my rewiew and yes i do recommend this laptop but dont buy it without an OS if you are a noobie like i was!

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it says 750gb hdd but its actually 698gb hdd
That's perfectly fine, that's because Windows/Microsoft doesn't use correct SI units. 750 GB (Gigabyte) are 750000000000 bytes. ("Giga" just means "times 1000000000" by definition).
Windows shows the size of your harddrive in Gebibytes (GiB), Gebi means 1024*1024*1024 = 1073741824, however, incorrectly uses the unit Gigabyte (GB).
So your 750GB drive actually is 750000000000/1073741824 = 698.49GiB in size. That's exactly what Windows is telling you.

Need some info about getting started with the GE70 2PC Apache

Hi guys!
I'm about to getting the new GE70 2PC Apache gaming notebook from MSI and since I'm really putting alot of money in this I really wanna handle it gently :p So I got some questions about this, since It'll be the first time I'd but a gaming notebook.
1) 1st of all, what do I do when I've first started the laptop? Do I place in the CD and install all the newest drivers from that CD? Afterwards install an anti virus and then I should be good to go?
2) I heard the Haswell i7 processors from Intel produce a hell of a lot heat. When I turn on turbo fan and turbo boost and I reach temperatures of around 90°C, would it harm the hardware of my laptop? Could any damage take place? Or would my processor/graphic card have a shorter life expectancy?
3) The graphic card would be the GTX 850m. Now I'm wondering, is on this particular laptop -> (MSI-ge70-2pc-019be-apache-azerty), is the graphic card the DDR3 version or the GDDR5 version? Because I heard even the GTX 765m can outperform the 850m DDR3. But I also heard that the GDDR5 version of this graphic card is noticeably better than the 765M graphic card.
4)Is it wise to keep the processor going on turbo boost (3,4 Ghz) forever?
5) Will I have internet problems? I heard alot of people having internet problems with the killer lan drivers lately..
6) What laptop do you think I should pick in overall? The 2PC Apache version or the GE70 2OE version (the one without SSD) ?
8) My Brother has the GE70 2OE which has the 765m graphics card, but he only has around 60 fps when he's playing League Of Legends, and LoL isn't the most demanding game right.. The FPS sometimes even drops to 40 (even when he's ALONE with no one around him). It feels like his FPS is capped at 60? Because most of the time it's just 60. But when I look at the settings I saw the FPS is uncapped.. I believe with this graphics card he must atleast achieve a constant 70-80 fps on this game right? Might something be wrong in the settings of the graphics card?
7) Is there anything I should know before I start gaming on this laptop? (something I should do to have best performance or something..?)
Grtz

Well...
1. When you get the laptop, use MSI Burn Recovery and make the backup disks (I prefer DVD's myself...). This way if something happens, you can reinstall all the software like you just bought it.
2. Haswell does produce quite a bit of heat. As long as you don't get much higher than 90C you should be ok. If you're getting into the high 90's or even 100C range, you probably need to replace the heatsink compound. MSI has had a number of issues with that aspect on notebooks. It is easily done though.
3. The only way to really answer that question is probably to contact MSI about it. >>How to contact MSI.<<
4. Turbo boost isn't really user controlled. I wouldn't worry about it.
5. You might have issues. I'm honestly not too sure. I know most people haven't had issues recently, but that's all relative. The drivers seem to be working rather well right now to be honest.
6. Depends what you want and what is available. Maybe the GE70 20E + buy an SSD will be cheaper than just buying the Apache version. I don't really know, but you could always look into it.
8. The 765M is a decent card....but remember, it's NOT the same as a 760 on a desktop. It's roughly equivalent to a 750 in the desktop world. That's not a bad card by any means, but you aren't going to be able to get 60+ FPS at 1920x1080 in many games. LOL is rather demanding as a game though to be perfectly honest. (throwing my personal opinion in on this, I always buy the highest end item I can in this case, because you won't be able to get any better really in the end until the next laptop comes out).
7. I would setup all your games in the NVidia control panel to use the NVidia high performance graphics processor. That way there is no confusion and it will use the right video card.
You don't really need to update drivers UNLESS you're having an issue (like BSoD's or game freezes or something similar).
The MSI customer service in the EU really seems to be hit or miss. Some people seem to get good service, some people get really crappy service. I'm honestly not sure what the problem is over there. =/

GE70 2PC apache mSATA slot

Anyone know what kind of screw it is for the GE70 2PC apache mSATA3 slot, having a hard time finding it
//Snoffel

Head diameters 4.50mm, length 3.90mm

MSI GE70 2PC Apache makes weird noise

Hi guys,
I've got this laptop for around 3 months now. And recently like every 10 min the laptop gives a weird "Prrt" sound for like 1 second.
Then like 10-15min later it makes another "Prrrt" sound.
It's not a hardware problem because the sound comes from the boxes and when I plug in my headset the sound is sent to the headset and then my headset makes the "Prrt" sound every 10-15mins.
My laptop runs on windows 8.1
What should I do?

Which audio driver are you using? can you tell the version?
Try to uninstall the audio driver and see if the sound is still there.

MSI GE70 2PC-087XTR Apache driver question

I just bought a MSI GE70 2PC-087XTR Apache (Core i5-4200H 8GB 1TB GTX850M 2GB 17.3" Full HD ). But it came with freedos.I want to ınstall wın 7 or wın8 to this computer. But i am able to find only GE70 2PL APACHE drivers from MSI Web Site. Here is the link http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GE70-2PL-Apache.html#hero-overview
Are theese drivers compitable for my pc also?Or I'll be very glad if someone help to find the right drivers for the pc.
My laptop Specs.:
GE70 2PC-087XTR Apache
FreeDos
Ekran : 17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) Anti-glare
Intel® 4.Gen.Core™ i5-4200H 2.8GHz
Intel HM86
8GB DDR3L 1600MHz
nVidia GeForce GTX850M 2GB GDDR5
1TB HDD 7200Rpm

Here it is:
http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GE70-2PC-Apache.html#down-bios
Just simply type the GE70 2PC in the search column at the top right corner of the global website, then you'll find the product page of the model.
Good luck.

[GE70 PC2 APACHE] - 2 Devices left in Device manager but all drivers installed

After I installed all the drivers that I found for this Model (GE70 2PC APACHE) I still have 2 things left in my Device manager. But I have no idea whats missing. And Windows cant find any fitting driver. Anyone know maybe what it could be ?
Installed Drivers for Soundcard, Nvidia, Intel Display Driver, Touchpad, Card Reader, Bluetooth, Wifi, LAN. Whats left that could be those 2 devices in Device Manager ?
Cheers
Wolfseye

Hi,
I i don't know what drivers are missing if you have installed all drivers.
What you can do is, install this software " Driver Booster ". This software can detect the missing drivers and install them.
Cheers

MSI GE70 2PC 018NL Apache Overheating/No cooling

Last saturday i bought an MSI GE70 laptop as my old laptop was getting outdated.
The laptop has a i7 4700 CPU and GTX850M graphics card.
I followed the installation wizard which is shown starting the laptop and installed Windows 8.1
I resumed to update the graphics drivers to their latest version.
I installed ESO and found out that the laptop was feeling hot, and the FPS never came above 10 FPS.
Because of the heat i installed MSI Afterburner to check the core temperatures, and the CPU was at around 90 degrees, the GPU at around 92 degrees.
After doing some searches on the internet i found that some people said their laptop's cooling fan made quite a bit of noise. Mine on the other hand was completely quiet, i felt with my hand and could not feel any airflow.
I then tried the "ice cold?" button (correct me if i got the name wrong) to activate the cooling, but that also did not do anything.
When not running any applications except Windows the CPU core is ~80 degrees and the GPU is ~65 degrees.
Note: I did put the laptop on a Zalman 17" laptop cooler, with a big fan underneath, because i already know overheating problems.
Now, the store i bought it from does allow me to return it without any trouble. I just want to know if there is something i might be missing.
Something that might be done to activate the fans.
Thanks in advance for any replies,
Meervluis

Allright, update from my reseller:
- They agree with me that the laptop is broken, and i can get my money back OR for additional pay can get another system.
Now... i'd like some input from you guys
I found two laptops which i might want to buy, but i don't know which:
- MSI GE70 2PC 272NL Apache - Core i7 4710HQ (NVidia GTX850M 2GB DDR5) price new 1199,- euro
- MSI GT70 2PC 1084XNL Dominator - Core i7 4800MQ (NVidia GTX870M 3GB DDR5) price new 1349,- euro
Now, the apache comes with Windows 8.1, the Dominator with FreeDos (which i do not know :S)
Both of them do not have SSD, but i have two Samsung SSD's at home, so that's not a problem.
I'd say the dominator is more bang for bucks, but i have to install Windows 7 (which i have legally) myself.
Could you guys give me more information about both laptops? or experiences you've had.
Thanks so far,
Meervluis

MSI GE70 FPS Drops + Lag Spikes

Hey there everybody and msi's readers.
My problem is :
I bought my MSI GE70 one month ago ( i7 4700 HQ, GTX 860M )
I'm a League of legend player, and a CSGO player. I bought this laptop either for playing games and working ( using autocad and other construction stuff )
By the way, Since i get it, when i'm playing CSGO every minute or about, i got my laptop heavily lagging but my ping still at 30. I suppose, FPS Drop ( i already read a subject about it on this forum, i tried to put the thing @ 99% instead of 100% and trying to see if there was nothing running on the background that may give me these fps drops, by the way it didnt change anything )
The second point thats not on CSGO, on League of legend, every minute too or about, i dont got any fps drop but a heavy lag spike during 2/3 seconds, then the ping comes back to normal.
I'm a bit worried about it, there probably might me something to do on my laptop to fix these but i'm not an expert on it so please if anyone got any solutions can you help me ?
By the way, on the post that i read about someone having the same problem on CSGO, he was using a program that gave him his FPS, his GPU's heat and others stuff, may i have the program name please so i can give you more information on what happen when FPS Drop arrives on CSGO.
Thanks everyone who provides me help
And sorry for my english, i tried make it as clearly as i could by the way i'm not english .
If anyone that can help me about this dont understand what i mean in some points please ask me i will be pleased to answer for any helps haha

i saw your post and i'm going to try it as soon as i can ( probably tomorow night ) but i got a question, i got FPS Drop on CSGo ok, thats a problem many guys have with msi's GTX 860 M GPU ok meh, i also got something on League of Legend, i got a heavy lag spike ( about 300 ms ) during 3 / 4 seconds, then its coming back to 40 ms. Should i also try out, by reducing my GPU's temperature ( as you did in your post ) and try to see if it may do something for my League of legend lag spike aswell ? or might this come from an other problem on my laptop ?. i already tried to get Killer Lan network last update and it didnt change anything. I checked all of my drivers update about internets ( wifi card etc... ), all is updated. By the way, my lag spikes frequency goes as my FPS Drops on CSGo, about every 1 / 2 minuts, i just wonder, if it comes from my GPU, why on CSGo i got fps drop because gpu is hot meanwhile on League i got lag spikes to manifest my gpu's overheating ? Strange thing.
To be honest the heavily thing i'm mad of is that i played before on a Toshiba, with a simply cuda nvidia GPU, intel core i5, i had 30 fps on league of legend but never had any lag spikes. I also had 40 / 50 fps on CSGo but never had any problems like fps drop. I wonder why the hell are these MSI called " Gaming laptop ", if with a simple working notebook that may be only viable " for working on microsoft word " i got less problems ( A simple toshiba notebook by the way that cost 1/3 of this MSI's price . )
By the way panni i'm going to try your idea out tomorow and i'll tell you the result as soon as possible for CSGo.
Anyway if you got an other idea to help me for my lag spikes on league of legend i would be happy to hear you you'r free to PM me or we could even talk ( skype / teamspeak ) if you got something for me.
Thank you very much for your precious help

MOVED: MSI GE70 FPS Drops + Lag Spikes

This topic has been moved to MSI Notebooks & Netbooks.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=182574.0

i saw your post and i'm going to try it as soon as i can ( probably tomorow night ) but i got a question, i got FPS Drop on CSGo ok, thats a problem many guys have with msi's GTX 860 M GPU ok meh, i also got something on League of Legend, i got a heavy lag spike ( about 300 ms ) during 3 / 4 seconds, then its coming back to 40 ms. Should i also try out, by reducing my GPU's temperature ( as you did in your post ) and try to see if it may do something for my League of legend lag spike aswell ? or might this come from an other problem on my laptop ?. i already tried to get Killer Lan network last update and it didnt change anything. I checked all of my drivers update about internets ( wifi card etc... ), all is updated. By the way, my lag spikes frequency goes as my FPS Drops on CSGo, about every 1 / 2 minuts, i just wonder, if it comes from my GPU, why on CSGo i got fps drop because gpu is hot meanwhile on League i got lag spikes to manifest my gpu's overheating ? Strange thing.
To be honest the heavily thing i'm mad of is that i played before on a Toshiba, with a simply cuda nvidia GPU, intel core i5, i had 30 fps on league of legend but never had any lag spikes. I also had 40 / 50 fps on CSGo but never had any problems like fps drop. I wonder why the hell are these MSI called " Gaming laptop ", if with a simple working notebook that may be only viable " for working on microsoft word " i got less problems ( A simple toshiba notebook by the way that cost 1/3 of this MSI's price . )
By the way panni i'm going to try your idea out tomorow and i'll tell you the result as soon as possible for CSGo.
Anyway if you got an other idea to help me for my lag spikes on league of legend i would be happy to hear you you'r free to PM me or we could even talk ( skype / teamspeak ) if you got something for me.
Thank you very much for your precious help

GE70 2PE Apache Pro with unstable ping in dota2

Hi, I've just recently bought a GE70 2PE Apache Pro bout a month. Brand new laptop with only steam and dota2 install. Having this anoying problem with the unstable ping and spike in dota2. The ping goes from 80ms to 400ms + in seconds and comes back down to 90 again. This lag happens every 15 to 20 seconds. Warrantty changed a new wifi-card but still this problem wasnt fixed at all. Game seems to be fine with lan cable on. Wifi router connection stable and fine.
Any suggestions or what is causing this problem?:mad:

I am currently running with the setting like Tobi said since i get my computer which is a week ago. But it does not help or solve the issue. In Malaysia, I do not know whether the router(you mentioned) in our market or not. Between, I have run some ping test and sent over the results to MSI. Well, they will collect my laptop and take it back for some test. So, if they gave me a proper solution, I will inform here. Quote from: hch;111131
LAN does not related to the wireless connection, so there will be no influence even if the LAN can work properly.
The settings from Tobi should help improving the situation.
(I've seen many people from other forums talk about those settings fix their issue.)
Have you tried using a router which supports the 802.11n or 802.11ac?
Intel AC wireless adapter is quiet new to the market and according to your router information, both router only supports 802.11 b/g. It's possible that they have some compatibility issues with the ac adapter.
There are many people talking about the performance of the AC wireless adapter and apparently for now, its best performance can be presented when connecting to the ac router in 5GHz bandwidth.
Another thing you might want to have a look on:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/configure-metered-connections-in-windows-8/
Since you're using the 4G hotspot, make sure that you keep the metered connections OFF to prevent any restrict data usage.

WRT160N v3 extreme Lag Spikes

Hello, I have a WRT160Nv3 router and I have been getting terrible lag spikes over the last few days, we have 10Mbps cable internet, nothing to fancy but about once every 5-10 minutes it will drop to .4-.5 Mbps for several minutes, When I make a direct connection from modem to my computer i get the full speed I should be getting of about 11Mbps. The lag persists in both direct connections and wireless. Please help!!! I've tried reseting to factory defaults and it seemed better for several hours, but now its back to lag spikes, we've had one for about 15 minutes now.

I belive regarding the wired connection , You should reduce the MTU (Maximum transmission unit) size on the router.. That will help to make a proper communication between the router and the Modem.
Now how to reduce the MTU size :
Get into the setup page of the router ( i.e 192.168.1.1 )
On the very first setup page you will find the option for MTU , Reduce the MTU to 1400.
And regarding the wireless connection , You can try to change the wireless channel on the router
As this router works on 2 different frequency
If you are using 2.4GHZ , change the channel width to 20MHZ only and the wireless channel to 6 , 9 or 11
If you are using 5 GHZ , change the channel width to 20MHZ only and the wireless channel to 149 or 161
and observe the wireless connection..

In desperate need for help - Lag spikes through a wired connection

Hello. I've recently started experiencing random lag spikes. I have no idea what the cause of these could be. I've used this router for almost 2 yrs now and never ran into a problem. I've done extensive searches and updated my old firmware to the new one following the strict intructions. I've also been trying to figure out how to log my network to provide more information on my situation. I've downloaded kiwisyslogd but have no idea how to use it... Any help with that would also be greatly appreciated.
-Tesm
EXTRA INFO - I called my isp (cox) and they told me everything on their line is fine. I'm running on a 15mb line. Internet connection works and everything else is fine except for periodic lag spikes that really interupt my gaming and web browsing severly.
router: wrt54g v2
Firmware: DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std then reverted back to linksys latest firmware... still no solution.
Tried isolating the router out of the equation. Connected pc directly to the modem and had no problems. Connected the router back in and lag spikes came back. Pc is connected through ethernet wire.
Tried disabling windows wireless zero service - no help
Pinging a game server i tested the lag at. No problems when I pinged the server with the router. But when I joined the server with the game. I experience the lag spikes. Could this mean its not my router? When I plug the modem directly to my pc this problem doesn't happen.
PING 75.126.174.198 (75.126.174.198): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=2 ttl=119 time=44.9 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=3 ttl=119 time=46.8 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=4 ttl=119 time=44.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=5 ttl=119 time=45.9 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=6 ttl=119 time=47.6 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=7 ttl=119 time=44.3 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=8 ttl=119 time=41.5 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=9 ttl=119 time=45.0 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=10 ttl=119 time=42.7 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=11 ttl=119 time=45.2 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=12 ttl=119 time=48.5 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=13 ttl=119 time=47.0 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=23 ttl=119 time=45.9 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=24 ttl=119 time=42.2 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=25 ttl=119 time=44.0 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=26 ttl=119 time=43.2 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=27 ttl=119 time=47.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=28 ttl=119 time=42.8 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=29 ttl=119 time=43.3 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=30 ttl=119 time=44.9 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=41 ttl=119 time=44.7 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=42 ttl=119 time=44.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=43 ttl=119 time=44.8 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=44 ttl=119 time=46.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=45 ttl=119 time=47.7 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=46 ttl=119 time=44.8 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=47 ttl=119 time=46.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=59 ttl=119 time=44.7 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=60 ttl=119 time=42.2 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=61 ttl=119 time=41.9 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=62 ttl=119 time=45.0 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=63 ttl=119 time=44.3 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=64 ttl=119 time=45.5 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=65 ttl=119 time=45.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=77 ttl=119 time=47.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=78 ttl=119 time=48.7 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=79 ttl=119 time=45.9 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=80 ttl=119 time=45.5 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=81 ttl=119 time=48.7 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=82 ttl=119 time=44.1 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=83 ttl=119 time=43.5 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=92 ttl=119 time=46.7 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=93 ttl=119 time=44.8 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=94 ttl=119 time=45.8 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=95 ttl=119 time=47.0 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=96 ttl=119 time=42.3 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=97 ttl=119 time=45.6 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=98 ttl=119 time=42.6 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=99 ttl=119 time=42.3 ms
64 bytes from 75.126.174.198: icmp_seq=107 ttl=119 time=43.6 ms"
system:
Thermaltake Amor Case
AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core CPU
EVGA nforce4 SLI Motherboard
Hitachi 250GB SATA2 Hard Drive
OCZ EL Platinum 1GB CAS 2 RAM
EVGA 7800GTX Graphics Card
Sunbeam NUUO 550Watt Power Supply

which game server are you trying to connect to ?? did u try forwarding ports for that game server ?? do u have any firewall running on the computer??

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