How to optimize your network card to reduce lag in online games

Now that we know our “PING”, we will try to improve that data with a few tips and tricks.

1. Improve our bandwidth

The first thing we are going to do is remove the limitation that Windows has by default. This will not improve the PING of our connection, but it will improve the speed, and this indirectly influences the latency.

To do this we will do the following steps:

1. Press WIN+R to open the command bar
2. Write gpedit.msc and press enter
3. Deploy “Equipment Settings” and search Administrative Templates > Network > QoS Packet Scheduler
4. In section “Limit reservable bandwidth” we must select “enabled” and mark as a bandwidth limit a 0%

This is necessary because even when we enter we see that there is nothing configured, Windows by default limits our connection by 20%and that, depending on the speed that we have contracted, can influence a lot.

2. Clear and empty the DNS cache

Second, we will do a dns cleanupsince these can slow down the connections with the servers to which we connect in the different games a lot.

To do this we will do the following:

1. we press WIN+R to open the command bar again.
2. We wrote CMD and we open it
3. In the new window we will write ipconfig /flushdns and we will hit enter

Ready, the DNS cache will have been flushed without the need to do anything else. Now it is possible that our connection with the new servers runs faster.

3. Reset network card mapping

If our problem is even more serious, we will opt for something more radical, restoring the network settings, which will cause a change in our IP and the need to restart our computer.

To do this we will return to the previous point but with other commands.

1. we press WIN+R to open the command bar again.
2. We wrote CMD and we open it
3. In the new window we will write the following commands one by one, running them all individually each time we write them. The same method as the previous point.

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset all
netsh int ip reset all

Done, now any connection or configuration problem due to our IP and network card should be solved, as well as speed improvement.

4. Assign DNS manually

Almost no one assigns their DNS manually, instead they use the one that Windows provides automatically. And this can lead to increased latency and speed reduction.

To do this, we are going to configure one ourselves as follows.

1. Press Windows + I
2. Go to the section of “Network and Internet” then “Ethernet” (In the menu on the left) and then click on “Change adapter options”.
3. A new window will open, we select our network card and doing right click select “properties”
4. we seek “Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” and we will double click on it.
5. The window will open where we can manually search and configure our DNS address

in this window we will write:

1. Preferred DNS server -> 8.8.8.8
2. Alternate DNS server -> 8.8.4.4

These belong to Google and would be the most stable and interesting option. We only have to give Accept and the changes will take effect.

At this time we can return to the starting point and perform the Speed ​​Test again, with it we will check if our PING has been reduced or not, and, therefore, if these methods have been useful to you.

Now all you have to do is start your favorite game again and take advantage of this improve your speed and latency to win all games.