Is every game laggy as hell on the PS3?

ll Deano ll · 27-09-2009, 2:58 PM

I've played FIFA 09, F1 and GT5P and all have some sort of lag, GT5P being the worst.

Players on FIFA just move in ways you wouldn't expect then all of a sudden they are away from you and going to score a goal.

F1 cars are jumping all over the place.

GT5P is a joke, never know when to overtake someone because they're jumping all over the place and going off the track but to them they ain't.

My old Xbox 360 had lag yes but no where near as much as this is at the moment.

Workshed · 27-09-2009, 3:06 PM

It's probably your internet connection mate, I've been playing games online since launch and have never had much (if any) noticable lag. Same with my Xbox 360.

ll Deano ll · 27-09-2009, 3:11 PM

No, like I said. My old Xbox 360 had lag but very minimal compared to this, this is unplayable most of the time!

My internet on the PC is fine, Xbox 360 was fine 90% of the time so can't be my connection.

tbeachly · 27-09-2009, 4:47 PM

think it is the games more than the system. I gave up with Fifa09 online

GT5P was ok but people did seem to cheat

The reason I say it is the games not the system is that I don't have any problems with COD4.

derek1971 · 27-09-2009, 4:56 PM

It is definitely not a problem with the games - i have all three of those and have no problem with lag - fifa 09 is my most played game and i only ever play online. In over 1000 matches i can honestly say i have seen lag on a handful of games which i presume is down to my opponents connection.

Workshed · 28-09-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ll Deano ll

No, like I said. My old Xbox 360 had lag but very minimal compared to this, this is unplayable most of the time!

My internet on the PC is fine, Xbox 360 was fine 90% of the time so can't be my connection.

...and different games and consoles use different ports, and some ISPs throttle some ports (or are just generally not very good).

Who is your ISP?

TH1882FC · 28-09-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ll Deano ll

I've played FIFA 09, F1 and GT5P and all have some sort of lag, GT5P being the worst.

Players on FIFA just move in ways you wouldn't expect then all of a sudden they are away from you and going to score a goal.

F1 cars are jumping all over the place.

GT5P is a joke, never know when to overtake someone because they're jumping all over the place and going off the track but to them they ain't.

My old Xbox 360 had lag yes but no where near as much as this is at the moment.

You cannot have played much of any of those games going by your avatar... unless you havent bothered updating it.

Ben-H · 28-09-2009, 2:56 PM

Is your PS3 on a wireless network?! If so id suggest using a wired connection and opening up the ports for the games you have from here - PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall, select your router from the list then the game you want to open the ports for, id also suggest opening the port for the actual 'Playstation Network' along with the others!!

ll Deano ll · 28-09-2009, 7:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TH1882FC

You cannot have played much of any of those games going by your avatar... unless you havent bothered updating it.

I haven't updated it.

ll Deano ll · 28-09-2009, 7:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Workshed

...and different games and consoles use different ports, and some ISPs throttle some ports (or are just generally not very good).

Who is your ISP?

Ok, thanks, will look into port forwarding.

I'm with AOL.

ll Deano ll · 28-09-2009, 7:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben-H

Is your PS3 on a wireless network?! If so id suggest using a wired connection and opening up the ports for the games you have from here - PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall, select your router from the list then the game you want to open the ports for, id also suggest opening the port for the actual 'Playstation Network' along with the others!!

Yes it's currently wired.

Will give the port forwarding a go

derek1971 · 29-09-2009, 8:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ll Deano ll

I'm with AOL.

I have never used AOL myself but i know a couple of people who have and they both changed to other ISPs because they were having problems with lag in online gaming. It might just be coincidence but it might be worth looking for a new ISP.

I suppose a first step would be to do some tests - have you done any ping tests when you find it is laggy?

I used to be with Virgin and had the same problem - only really occurred during the peak time ie from midnight to 4pm approx if i did a ping test to bbc.co.uk i would have a ping of about 25ms. After 4pm and until midnight it would rocket up to anywhere between 500 and 3000ms making online gaming virtually impossible.

I changed ISP to Be and now no matter what the time of day i have a steady ping of 23/24ms to bbc.co.uk (i just use that as an example - you could ping any site you like) and i have no lag problems.

Hope that helps.

Ben-H · 29-09-2009, 9:59 AM

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Originally Posted by derek1971

I have never used AOL myself but i know a couple of people who have and they both changed to other ISPs because they were having problems with lag in online gaming. It might just be coincidence but it might be worth looking for a new ISP.

I suppose a first step would be to do some tests - have you done any ping tests when you find it is laggy?

I used to be with Virgin and had the same problem - only really occurred during the peak time ie from midnight to 4pm approx if i did a ping test to bbc.co.uk i would have a ping of about 25ms. After 4pm and until midnight it would rocket up to anywhere between 500 and 3000ms making online gaming virtually impossible.

I changed ISP to Be and now no matter what the time of day i have a steady ping of 23/24ms to bbc.co.uk (i just use that as an example - you could ping any site you like) and i have no lag problems.

Hope that helps.

When you say ping are you just typing in the ping command -

ping http://www.bbc.co.uk ??

Fancy giving this a try myself as im with Virgin and seem to have a few problems.....

derek1971 · 29-09-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben-H

When you say ping are you just typing in the ping command -

ping BBC - Homepage ??

Fancy giving this a try myself as im with Virgin and seem to have a few problems.....

yeah - open a command prompt and type "ping bbc.co.uk" without the quotes.

You will get something like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>ping bbc.co.uk

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.138] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=119
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=119
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=119
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=119

Ping statistics for 212.58.224.138:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 34ms

(Done from my work computer - if i do this from home i get steady 23/24ms)

What i found when i was with Virgin was it was fine during the day until 4pm or sometimes a little later but then the pings would shoot up to the point where i couldn't play online. Virgin denied it was a problem of congestion blaming everything from bad weather to my neighbours goldfish tank (not that they even have a goldfish tank) until i sent them details of various ping tests and traceroutes i had done at which point they confirmed they were congested and suggested i look for a new ISP as they had no fixed date for increasing their capacity. That was about 2 years ago - i moved immediately and have never regretted it.