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ok so windows was all fked up so decided to reinstall,reinstalled xp ,reinstalled all my programs update sro and guild wars

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pvping.. and start gettin lag spike my game will just stop i thought oh ok maybe sro was laggin.
load guild wars start to pvp
lag spikes once again.. thought mm weird.. died a load of times got pissed off n reinstalled windows
update sro and guild wars again
same god dam problem
i was wondering if anyone had the same prob and if they found a way to fix it?

currently have direct x 9 + latest nvidia drivers
any help wud be really appreciated

Internet connection most likey
check your modem see if its fuctioning properly

ye it was working fine before i reinstalled windows..
not my internet

Well phone your ISP just to make sure there not doing any inspections or anything like that slows my connection right down

ye already did...

Did you fully format your hard-drive? If not do so (dont do quick format) because if you have one of the virus's that hide in a disks boot sectors and you dont do a full format it could still be there. Also it could be your ethernet cable going from your computer to the internet source that is causing the lag spikes. Other than that I cannot think of anything.

It is either:
A.) Virus that you didnt get rid of
B.) Your hard-drive is going bad.
C.) Your modem or what ever you use to connect to the internet is going bad.
D.) Your cable's for said connection are going bad.
E.) Your graphics card is going bad.
F.) Your CPU is going bad.
G.) Your windows installation could be slightly corrupted.

If it is not one of these then I have no clue. I am going to school to be a network technician (and I am a certified hardware technician).

ye im starting to think it mite be a corrupt windows install =/
i have this recovery dvd that came with my comp so i use that to reinstall

But really as far as "lag" goes I dont think a corrupt windows install would only cause the game to lag. I just put that possibility in there just incase. I more than likely that it is a hardware issue.

Here do this for me:

Go to star menue, find RUN, in run type cmd. click ok
Then in that box type ping http://www.yahoo.com, copy that and past it in your comment so I can take a look at your responce times. That might help me figure out what is wrong. Also if you can find it get the ip for SRO server and ping that.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\nonameping http://www.yahoo.com

Pinging http://www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [87.248.113.14] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 87.248.113.14: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54
Reply from 87.248.113.14: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=54
Reply from 87.248.113.14: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54
Reply from 87.248.113.14: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 87.248.113.14:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 26ms, Maximum = 28ms, Average = 27ms

This is what i get when i try at home,

C:\Documents and Settings\somting>ping http://www.yahoo.com

Pinging http://www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [som.thing.0.0] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from som.thing.0.0: bytes=32 time=595ms TTL=47
Reply from som.thing.0.0: bytes=32 time=658ms TTL=48
Reply from som.thing.0.0: bytes=32 time=706ms TTL=47
Reply from som.thing.0.0: bytes=32 time=692ms TTL=48

Ping statistics for som.thing.0.0:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 595ms, Maximum = 706ms, Average = 662ms

If u notice, the time to reply for ur connection is slow when compared to mine... looks to be more of an internet problem.....
PS - Ignore som.thing.0.0 .. jus hidin my IP