I help in buying a good router to play SCIV online

[eagles4life10]

Hey do anyone know a good router I can buy for my Verizon DSL Online connection that is not that expensive so I can play SCIV online better. My current router is really bad.. Thanks in advance.

 

[Malice]

I help in buying a good router to play SCIV on

What router do you have and how do you know it's really bad?

 

[Marginal]

I help in buying a good router to play SCIV on

Seems like DSL would be the bigger bottleneck.

 

[Malice]

I help in buying a good router to play SCIV on

You need an upgrade from DSL. Plus the online in SC4 blows, so I wouldn't go crazy trying to improve on the online play since what needs to be improved is the netcode the game is using to communicate between clients.

 

[HolyForce]

I help in buying a good router to play SCIV on

DSL and cable used to be rather neck to neck a couple years ago. However, cable companies increased the benefit of a cable connection - so typically DSL is much slower than cable; altho, in some areas, may have the same or better ping response times than cable, which was the gamer's defending arguement for quite some time (not to get into infrastructures).

Considering a ping of 150~ is considered 'typical online' and that SC4 would be lucky to push 5KB/s, then considering Xbox Live overhead; I would still find it odd that you lag horribly [with people in your region] even with a DSL connection - unless it's some like $15-19/mo 'lite' connection which usually sucks in all facets conceivable.

What makes you suspect your router? In stating 'buy SCIV better' do you mean 'play'? Are you implying lag with your statement?

I would contact your ISP first. What router do you have?