High ping from Steam?

throdgrain · 27 Jun 2010 at 16:12

Has anyone experienced this? Since the update for CSS all my Steam games get massive ping spikes every ten seconds or so up to 300 ping?

I know it's steam as I've tried a non steam game now with Steam turned off, and there's no issues. It's like Steam is trying to scan for something.

Anyone got any ideas, I'm going mad

I'm running Windows 7 by the way.

Tefal · 27 Jun 2010 at 16:16

wireless by any chance?

Source really doesn't play well with win 7/vista's wireless scanning stuff.

throdgrain · 27 Jun 2010 at 16:51

No it's cabled.

RDM · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:38

It might have something to do with the massive strain the Steam servers are under at the moment due to the summer sale they are having.

Neil79 · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:40

RDM said:
It might have something to do with the massive strain the Steam servers are under at the moment due to the summer sale they are having.

Yeh , even the downloads are very slow

regulus · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:43

Trying to buy L4D2 but so slow not even letting me buy it.

throdgrain · 27 Jun 2010 at 18:01

OK, for the record, I've sorted it.

It was ....

the Sound Card!

No idea how that can cause ping spikes, but I've removed it and I'm using the onboard sound, and its all fixed.

Mahnsikir · 27 Jun 2010 at 18:25

Out of curiosity, what sound card was it?

Source games online have been bitchy for me for a while, though I put it down to my wireless.

throdgrain · 27 Jun 2010 at 19:32

It was an old Audigy, Ive had it since I had a system with an Athlon XP2000+.

Tikkabhuna · 27 Jun 2010 at 20:12

Neil79 said:
Yeh , even the downloads are very slow

Change your location on steam settings. Ukraine is normally a good one.