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ATFGunr's avatar
ATFGunr
Legend
2 years ago

Why is my bandwidth in so high

I’ve looked over the interwebs and forum and since I found bupkis, I’m asking, why is my bandwidth in so high?

Typically my bandwidth in and out are below 100, and all good. Often enough though the bandwidth in will go to over 400 and the game feels very poor. My bandwidth out is still below 100 (usually below 40) but the In jumps all over. Sometime it’ll fluctuate above and below 400 which is fun.

No packet loss, TN below 20 or less, SFT and CFT around 15-20. Happened in a round of Portal solo today for the first time.

ISP is Telus Fibre, although they throttle to 150 mbs (which is extra above their base 100, boo Telus). PC, hardwired, 5800x (OC), 3060ti (OC), 32gb 3600mhz (unlocked). My buddy gets it too and he’s got a 3070. 

Why is the bandwidth so ungodly high in 2042 in general and why does it fluctuate between servers? Nothing else does this, none of the BF before or any other game has this effect that I’ve ever noticed. 

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  • MackTKau's avatar
    MackTKau
    Rising Ace
    2 years ago

    @ATFGunrbandwidth? do you mean ping?

    2042 uses spun-up Amazon AWS servers because it's cheaper (and because corporations hate dedicated servers since people might edit the servers to get rid of or fully unlock the premium live service crap).

    Maybe your ISP is throttling connections to Oregon and California where the games servers are.

    Or they're routing the game through eastern canada or you're going to US east coast servers instead that might be 60+ ping.

    The games networking runs fine, so it's likely your ISP being crap and has nothing to do with your PC. Or your own networking internally is bad. If you're on wifi it might be getting blocked by something or not a strong signal.

    Are you connected to the router using wifi or a cable? Do you have other people using it or downloading stuff at the same time? You should do a speedtest.net test and see what it says about your connection.

  • ATFGunr's avatar
    ATFGunr
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @MackTKau I’m in BC and a buddy in Alberta gets the same thing. My ping is 27, his is 38. The game has the network graphs you can turn on, which I did a while back. It has bandwidth in and out readings. My ping is 27 when local, up to 90 when I’m matched to a central US server. It’s the bandwidth in reading that indicates about a 403 bandwidth in. Since it’s not apparently ping, I’m trying to figure out what they mean by it. I consistently get 170 +/- mbs on Speedtest. This will happen during the day when other people in my house are up or late when they’re all in bed. Like I said, happens to my buddy too, so either I’m causing his issue or it’s a Dice issue (which is what I assume but what issue?).
  • MackTKau's avatar
    MackTKau
    Rising Ace
    2 years ago
    @ATFGunr

    Bandwidth is just what the server is sending to you, in kbps, being high doesn't mean anything, even 450 isn't that much data so whatever the problem is, any issues are unrelated to that. I just checked in a server and I was getting 350 kbps or more bandwidth while having a 10 ping and no connection problems in a large server.

    Your PC should be able to handle that no problem, which makes me think it's more likely that there's packet loss or some kind of routing issuew causing problems.
  • ATFGunr's avatar
    ATFGunr
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @MackTKauI wasn’t aware that the figures presented in the network graphs are in kbps, not mbs, so that’s news. Again, this occurs for more than just me. When it does occur, the game slows, feel choppy, slow, etc. I don’t know the cause but know those two facts. When it hits 400 kbps the game plays like butt. Thanks for commenting and adding new info.
  • ATFGunr's avatar
    ATFGunr
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @MackTKau I’ll try out Oskool’s PingPlotter for poops and giggles, thanks for the lead.
  • Banester's avatar
    Banester
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    I feel your pain.  A couple of weeks ago I noticed a lot of rubber banding.  I turned on the graph and my Lat was all over the place.  For some unknown reason, after 3-4 games it levels out.  Contacted provider and they ran some tests to modem and said it is not on their end.  Only game I have issues with.

  • skates15's avatar
    skates15
    2 years ago

    If you do a speed test, check to see what your bufferbloat score is.  Here is a link explaining buffer bloat with a link to a buffer bloat test.  https://www.xbitlabs.com/optimize-network-for-gaming/

    Please be careful in changing any of your network configurations and always write down what you've changed so that you can change it back.

  • sk1lld's avatar
    sk1lld
    Legend
    2 years ago

    Ah bufferbloat, the ability of your modem/router to prioritize packets and not get behind in traffic "Bloat". Mine rates a "D" but it is an ISP provided Modem. I guess I could purchase a better one but then all diagnoses are on me if there are problems.

    Still with a "D" I don't see issues on my side.

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