Lag Spikes!!!

[iGod5555555]

ok so here's my deal i play CSS quite regularaly and i havent had any problem untill now. i get lag spikes every 8-9 seconds consistantly and it does not depend on the server i have tryed it on over 25 and all have the same problems. i am on Ethernet so that is not a problem and i did update my router firmware but still the lagg spikes. i have a GREAT computer for css so thats not a problem but has anyone had the same problem.

Thanks

Comp info

MSI motherboard

AMD phenom black at 2.5 GHz

2 GB of ram

ATI 4870 video card

[L4rk3m0n]

Have you recently installed a new firewall?? Cos in the past i tried some firewalls and they gave me 'lag' every 10 secs or so.

[barryscott]

i have a similar problem...

[iGod5555555]

i have yet to solve the problem. PLEASE HELP

and no i do not have a firewall

[L4rk3m0n]

lol i ask again, have you installed any other firewall programs?...

Uninstall your current firewall and just run the default windows firewall and see if that helps.

[iGod5555555]

nope no firewall at all. absolutly nothing.

i also get a choke of 12 when i get the "spike" so HELP

[nasty]

ohoho if anyone has ever played with me, they would know about my lag spikes similar to yours. Every 2-3 min, my ping will go up by 300and slowly come back down. So i am pretty much afk most of the time.

[iGod5555555]

yeah but my lagg spike only lasts a few seconds and then the game resumes normaly

ok so i fixed my choke and i still get the lag "spikes" HELP PLEASE

[brianfantastic]

Is windows update turned off? If it isn't that could be the problem. If you press ctrl+alt+del before you start css, go to the process pane, and look for a process called wuauclt.exe If its running, end it. This is the process for windows update. I had this problem and thats what was causing it. Also if windows firewall is on turn that off to see if that helps. Ultimatley you can do a system restore to a time that it did work. Check for virus's too. All of these things could be a contributing factor to lag spikes. Write back with conclusions

P.S are you running XP or vista? If vista gt vistamanager. It has a tool in the process manager that lets you cancel all unnesicary process's. If your on XP just cancel all the process's you dont need. Maybe a screen shot of the process's you have running would help solve your problem, if you could upload on onto here i could help identify the ones you dont need running and possibley even the cause of hte spikes. Failing that, defrag your dirves.

[iGod5555555]

The problem only started to happen when CSS was updated. i have deleted all my viruses and spyware and i still get the annoying lag. i do have firewalls turned off and i re installed windows. but i kept all of my files for obvious reasons. i will try a defrag and see if that helps if not i will post a screen shot of my prosseses ( how do i take screenshots in windows)

[brianfantastic]

Theres a key situated on the top right of your keyboard somewear near your number pad and it says "PRT SCR" that will take a screen shot. You can only take one at a time.

[iGod5555555]

i am getting a Choke of around 50-70 but this spikes up and down with the game lag spikes. could that be the problem. and where are the windows screenies saved to

[iGod5555555]

HELP please

[Serov]

Originally Posted by iGod5555555

i am getting a Choke of around 50-70 but this spikes up and down with the game lag spikes. could that be the problem. and where are the windows screenies saved to

one, calm down dude- just a game.
secondly, paste it into MS Paint and then save it, and put it here

[iGod5555555]

ok so it whent away for a little while and now its back. please help me

[iGod5555555]

PLEASE HELP!!!! now i get a choke of like 50