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i give up! the main reason i havent been on the server much lately is because whenever i try, the instant i go in the server im hit with lag goin up to 800 which means aiming... pff i cant even MOVE right Crying or Very sad

ive tried everythin i can think of, but atm im not sure if its my computer thats slow as hell and tfc is just even slower, or if its just tfc......

anyone have any ideas?

the problem started when i reformatted my comp, if that gives any xtra ideas Neutral

Do other internet applications run very slow as well?

eh, well its not like all other internet things run slow, it seems sometimes it will take my computer longer to open any program or application... but it doesnt happen too often. and i really dont believe its my internet connection, i had before and still have cable, and the dramatic change happened in like 2 days from when i played before it and then reformatted, and tried to play again... and since then hasnt been normal... i dont believe its my internet

is it the way u reformatted it?

i dont know, one reason i thought of why it was suddenly so bad is that i might have gotten rid of a driver that i had before, that i didnt reinstall after. i tried thinkin of what i might be missing, but nothin came to mind so i just put the thought aside.

i have 0 computer knowledge but it sounds like the way u reformatted it cuz it happened right after so id go check on stuff lol

OK....... i just played a couple maps... and even though they were big maps and there wasnt that many ppl, its by some miracle that my ping kept stability at 74-80 the entire maps Shocked

so... yea.. ill play more tonight and see if this is actually real or if im dreaming Razz

dude, i think its fixed, lol. that range of ping was what i used to normally get.

lol alright then.

sigh........ i guess not Crying or Very sad

just went in, hit with 712 as soon as i joined a team then went down to a unsteady 180-240 in the brief time i stood in the respawn

what kind of connection do you have?

And what kind of a connection (direct, WiFi)?

I'm on WiFi, and my computer's internet has been running slow also.
it used to take seconds to instal a new map, now it takes 4-5 minutes.

I would make sure you have the most up to date Video, Network, and motherboard Chipset drivers installed. If chipset is a little hard to track down, just focus on Network and Video drivers.

Create your own server with a random map. If you get any latency above 5 there is something wrong (Should be 0). Chipset or Video.

Join a server with n oone else on it but yet has what looks like a good ping. Go to an area with alot of stuff in it, spin arround like crazzy and monitor latency. It will normally get a little higher or FPS will get lower. IF things drasticly change, there is a video peoblem.

What other programs are installed on the computer? Always check the task manager (Ctrl-Atl-Del) and make sure nothing is hogging memory and CPU. Try killing everything other than the life blood of the OS then running TFC. If TFC works fine, do a trial and error elimination of the offending program.

If you have 256 MB of ram, upgrade.

Contact your internt provider and mention the problem along with the area you live in. With cable being a shared bandwidth system, there could be an above usual strain on the system, or there could be outage like problems. If your computer is portable enough, try someone's connection who has DSL, fiber, T1, or Dorm Room (basicly something broadband that isn't the same as what you have).

Blow out steam and reinstall it along with TFC. Corupt files can do lots of fun stuff. Defrag and chkdsk your drive too just to see if bad sectors are hurting something.

Is 180-240 really that bad? I've played on Euro servers all the time on that ping, and the only things I've had to give up were conc and nade jumping.

not that bad, but then again i normally ping 120-150 euro servers...