Win 7 Wireless Lag?

**Langrad** · 12-01-09, 01:45 AM

So just got windows 7 installed and I though, you know, I would play some TF2 or DoD but lo and behold BAM lag spikes! And not just 1 second of thinking fuck I hope no one sees me, 5-20 seconds of bouncing around, bad connection timers, and thinking fuck I hope no one sees me.

I know Vista and Vista Anti-Lag and that worked just great really. Was wondering if there was an equivalent for windows 7? Or is it something on my end?

**~~insanegammer109~~** · 12-01-09, 01:50 AM

802.11 a/b/g/n?
Did you update your wireless cards drivers?

**Langrad** · 12-01-09, 02:17 AM

802.11 g/b v1 USB, I put it in with a cable connected and windows 7 downloaded the driver for me. I assume it downloaded the most recent. According to the driver details the release date was 7/5/2007 version 2.0.2.12, clicked the "update driver" button and it said its up to date.

**Oni-scout** · 12-01-09, 02:43 AM

I don't think it's windows 7 native, I'm running it and went on my parents crap connection all weekend. Worked really well for my gaming needs.

It's probably some program other than windows or some hardware issue.

**HeavyG** · 12-01-09, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by Langrad

802.11 g/b v1 USB, I put it in with a cable connected and windows 7 downloaded the driver for me. I assume it downloaded the most recent. According to the driver details the release date was 7/5/2007 version 2.0.2.12, clicked the "update driver" button and it said its up to date.

There has got to be a more up to date driver than that... 2.5 years old? Really?

**WileECyte** · 12-01-09, 08:09 AM

I've not noticed any lag with wireless under 7. I actually noticed improved network performance. My gaming rig is connected via a USB wireless G adapter (Belkin) and works fine. I am also running drivers provided by Windows Update. Wasn't supported out of the box, but a driver was available for download immediately.

They re-worked the TCP stack with Windows 7 so it's hard to say what utilities will/won't work or if there's been sufficient time for comparable utilities to be released.

**HeavyG** · 12-01-09, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Langrad

802.11 g/b v1 USB, I put it in with a cable connected and windows 7 downloaded the driver for me. I assume it downloaded the most recent. According to the driver details the release date was 7/5/2007 version 2.0.2.12, clicked the "update driver" button and it said its up to date.

Try updating the firmware for your wireless router. If you don't know how to do that, try Google.