I've been experiencing HUGE spikes while connected trough wireless in my home, and I just can't figure out what is happening. I've had this problem with my previous computer too, I just bought a new one and the problem persists, so I'm out of ideas. Here's the details:
- Both computers are notebooks, models (new) Dell XPS 15z & (new) MSI GS70 Stealth Pro.
I can only really "feel" the problem while online gaming (particularly DOTA 2).- Everything works fine and smooth while connected through Ethernet cable.
- Problem persists in other wireless networks (different places, different routers and ISP).
- Both computers have NVIDIA video cards (5xxM and 870M).
- First computer had Windows 7, second is running Windows 8.1.
- Both computers get quite hot while playing.
The spikes occur every couple of minutes or so.- WI-Fi cards: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (Dell) and Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 (MSI).
That's all i can think of. I've searched around the internet for information regarding these cases and i remember finding a huge forum thread in Dell's forums, lots of users having similar problems, some solved it, some didn't. I can't find similar threads or information regarding the second computer though.
What I've tried:
- Different combinations of drivers for wireless cards.
- Different routers and ISP.
- Different (physical) locations.
- Huge external ventilators.
Thanks a lot, if I should add more information of the case please let me know.
Edit 1: After looking carefully I found out that the spikes occur weather I'm playing something or not. I went back to the basics and left a "ping -t" command running for solid 20 minutes. The ouput showed clearly the spikes happening, so it's not related to computer usage. I also found out that spikes occur every 120 seconds (average, since the tool i used to measure wasn't perfect, from 118 seconds to 122 second every single time), or tow minutes. Hope this information helps, I'll continue looking.