When playing PUBG and other games online, the term Ping refers to the time that your computer takes to respond to a request sent by another computer. In this guide, we are going to show you how you can reduce your ping to eliminate lag and have better gaming experience. Ping is slightly different from Latency. Nowadays, there are many websites to check your PUBG ping without actually entering into the game. You can do a quick PUBG ping test using Ping Test Live to measure your latency. Now let’s see what we can do to reduce our PUBG ping. First of all, make sure you meet the system requirements of the PUBG. If your computer doesn’t meet the minimum requirements, then there is no point going forward with this guide because performance also depends on the hardware. Since there are many reasons that can cause high ping, you will have to do some diagnostics and testing before you try to fix the problem. For this, you can use the Network Diagnostic Tool on your computer. If the Network Diagnostic Tool doesn’t show any errors, you can move to the next step.
The very first thing you can do to reduce your ping is to close any programs or services that are running in the background. When you have open programs running in the background, they consume your bandwidth a lot. After closing them, you will have an immediate impact on your PUBG ping. You can use Windows Task Manager to close the programs that are running in the background. If you are using a console to play PUBG, you can skip this step and just make sure that there are no downloads in the queue.
If your computer has very minimum hardware capabilities, try lowering the graphics settings to improve the game performance. By doing this you will see some minor improvements in your PUBG ping. Always try to keep your drivers updated to the latest version. Another thing you can do to reduce your PUBG ping is limiting the Internet use of other devices connected to your Wi-Fi network. If many computers are connected to your Wi-Fi network when you are gaming, you will experience a high ping. If you have a LAN cable, try using that instead of connecting using Wi-Fi. When compared to connecting via Wi-Fi, connect using a LAN cable is more stable. Finally, If your ISP provides you with a bad connection, then, unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to eliminate the delay. The only thing you can do is to contact the ISP.