• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    Dude, what you’re describing is not a “good setup overall”.

    I know I’m not sweaty, but what you’re talking about goes beyond being “sensitive” or not. Wtf is wrong with your wifi that you’re getting any packet loss.

    I just ran a speed test multiple times from my phone in another room, and got jitter under 20ms, and packet loss between 0% and 0.1%
    My gaming PC with external antenna in the same room as my wireless AP is going to get even better results.
    edit: for kicks i tested my wireless gaming PC too:
    ping: 2ms
    jitter: 0ms
    packet loss: 0%

    So I’m curious what kind of performance you’re expecting to be noticeable to a casual or even sweaty non-pro player.

    • AngryMob@lemmy.one
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      33 minutes ago

      Testing on my phone with a few different services: 0.0 to 0.2% packet loss. 9 to 12 ms jitter. Ping 5 to 25. (Edit: also this is same room but with 4k tv wireless streaming going on)

      I’m not claiming to be a network expert on why wireless is noticably worse in practice, i picked out packet loss, jitter, etc randomly, i assumed that’s how it manifests. but i’d suspect these tests aren’t indicative of actual game netcode. They are short too. The whole point is the stability. If i play for 15 minutes no issue but suddenly have a single rubberband, thats an issue which may not show up in 100 tests.

      On wireless i can feel that pretty much every session. Everything fine for a while, then not for a moment, then fine, etc.

      On wired i only have an issue if the server itself or my isp itself is having an issue.