What Is the Best Internet Speed for Gaming? [Simple Guide] By GamingScan

It's hard to imagine that there was once a world without internet, but maybe even stranger is the fact that, when it became mainstream, people still use dial-up connections that were very slow and blocked by the phone line while connected it was very inconvenient, and today this couldn't be more on true. The internet is one of the most convenient things in our lives, and we're always connected being on our computers, consoles, phones or whatever, and nowadays, most people have download speeds between one and five megabytes per second, while some fiber-optic networks can go as high as a hundred and twenty-five megabytes per. Second. This is an exponential increase from the dial-ups, five kilobytes per second, but it also makes it hard to navigate the landscape, and you know just how fast the connection you need hear it's Gaming scan. We see it as our mission to help you have the best gaming experience possible. So that's why today we'll be looking at what the best internet speed is for online multiplayer gaming.

The answer to this question actually isn't that hard to give it somewhat of an unspoken agreement across the internet? If you should have at least a download speed of three megabits and an upload speed of one megabit for most games to be playable, these are also the minimum required speeds for the PS4 and the Xbox One. These are, of course, the minimum requirements so just make sure your internet speed isn't lower than this. What's more important, however, is that you have a stable connection. So that's why I, rather than just talking about speeds, we'll spend most of this video talking about different connection types and what they do. There are two ways to connect your computer to your router.

You can use a wired or a wireless connection. We all know the benefits of wireless internet connections. After all, our phones are connected to the Internet pretty much non-stop. Some of you are probably watching this video on your phones, but while wireless connections are certainly convenient, they are also generally slower and less reliable, there's nothing quite like a good old-fashioned cable to make sure your internet connection is as fast as it could possibly be and stable at all times. Although the closer you are to the router, the better, the wireless connection will be so if your gaming setup is close to your router anyway, and there aren't any walls between them, then you should be good gaming wirelessly.

Of course everyone knows about the wired and wireless connections, but not everyone is as aware of what type of technology they used to connect to the internet. The majority of the world is connected to the Internet via one of these six technologies, and they all come with their advantages and disadvantages. First, there's DSL, which stands for digital subscriber line. This connection is established by a telephone line which is usually made of copper. This means that the maximum theoretical speed you have access to is a hundred megabits, but they are generally slower than this and will vary from place to place depending on how good the interest surest.

Next we have the coaxial cables. A coaxial cable is what we mean when we say cable TV. These cables offer much faster and more stable connections than the previous ones, but the speed and quality of the service may not be the same for all Internet service providers. Fiber optic cables are the most state-of-the-art internet connection technology. At the moment they use light to transmit data which, as you imagine, means that they can reach insane and still have them be stable.

But the downside to this is that fiber optic coverage is nearly as extensive as other connection types, and some people simply will not have access to it from where they live. Then we have satellite connections which you never would have guessed. It is an orbiting satellite to establish a connection with the Internet. What's great about this connection is that it isn't limited by ground infrastructure, since you will only have an antenna, but then again, it's also more expensive, has lower speeds and tends to have latency and stability problems, so you know browsing comms and finally, we have mobile networks. This is another wireless connection, but you're probably already familiar with this, because your phone uses it.

The connection stability will be entirely dependent on the network coverage, and these aren't always the best plus the price of speed ratio. Here is the worst, so definitely stick to using this one. Only for your phone, if you can, in fact for gaming, it's best to avoid wireless technologies altogether and go with either a fiber-optic, coaxial or DSL, not necessarily in that order. I mean that order is listed from best to worst on paper. But if there's one thing we find ourselves eating demon scan if that favorite specifications should not be trusted blindly, it's not at all impossible that a DSL internet provider in your area could be covering a faster and more stable connection than their coaxial competitors.

So definitely make sure to ask around before making a choice, and, lastly, we'd like to say a few words about latency, because it's very important for online multi-player, it's also called ping and what it does is show in milliseconds how long it takes for your device to communicate with a certain server. We just want to emphasize that having a high ping doesn't necessarily mean that your internet is that your latency will generally be higher the farther away. The server is from you. This is why most online multiplayer games will ask you to choose a server before entering the matchmaking, and the quality of the hosts' connection can also be poor, which can result in some very frustrating matches. In fact, some games are quite notorious for having horrible servers, and you'll lag on them, even if you're using a fiber optic cable, not truly the lower the latency, the batter, but it definitely shouldn't be higher than 150 milliseconds, because then it's bound to result in the visible lag for both you and the other players, and that's that we want this.

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