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Is my connection good enough for PSN?

  • 27-04-2014 12:17pm
    #1
    BetterThanThou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭


    My ping speed is 22ms, my download speed is 3.5 and my upload is 0.25.
    From what I know, the download and upload don't really matter for gaming and the ping is what matters, and 22ms is quite good, so am I correct in assuming I should be grand as long as I'm playing a game that isn't laggy in the first place? Also, I'll be playing on PS3, not PS4, I'm hoping to have a faster connection by the time I buy a PS4, so that won't be an issue.


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  • #2
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    It depends on where you're measuring your ping from. If you're pinging servers in the UK then you're likely going to be okay. If you're getting higher pings from servers in Europe then you might have trouble.

    What units are your download and upload speeds? Mbits or MBytes per second?
    That upload speed is a bit low for Mbits per second.


  • #3
    BetterThanThou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭BetterThanThou


    5uspect wrote: »
    It depends on where you're measuring your ping from. If you're pinging servers in the UK then you're likely going to be okay. If you're getting higher pings from servers in Europe then you might have trouble.

    What units are your download and upload speeds? Mbits or MBytes per second?
    That upload speed is a bit low for Mbits per second.
    MBits, the lines in my area are quite bad, I've been told they should be upgraded to fiber power by the end of the year. The 22ms ping is from a server in Dublin. I did a test on a server in Bucharest and got 75ms ping with the same DL and UL speeds. Is it worth my while buying a PS3? I only want it to play online with some friends.


  • #4
    WeHaveToGoBack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭WeHaveToGoBack


    I've about 3Mbiy down and .3kbit up. You should be fine.


  • #5
    Varik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,561 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    BetterThanThou wrote: »
    MBits, the lines in my area are quite bad, I've been told they should be upgraded to fiber power by the end of the year. The 22ms ping is from a server in Dublin. I did a test on a server in Bucharest and got 75ms ping with the same DL and UL speeds. Is it worth my while buying a PS3? I only want it to play online with some friends.

    It's perfectly fine.


  • #6
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Well you have no data on packet loss, so it might not always be fine.

    If you have a PC of some description install TF2 or Quake Live or some free to play game that's fairly action based and try it out.


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