Download speed v Upload Speed

Which do you think is most important for online gaming?

Obviously having both high would be best, However my upload speed seems to be considerably less that my download speed.

wondering what makes the biggest difference?

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  • Johno7256
    539 posts An Exciting Prospect
    None ea servers are a joke,You need better latency in my opinion
  • Jonx88
    1003 posts Professional
    Upload speed is much more important for gaming
  • Powa_King
    173 posts Has Potential To Be Special
    ping
  • Rick
    9189 posts League Winner
    Ping
  • Gparke1
    66 posts Park Captain
    Lower the ping the better
  • TheBaldyBuddha
    1764 posts Play-Off Hero
    Which do you think is most important for online gaming?

    Obviously having both high would be best, However my upload speed seems to be considerably less that my download speed.

    wondering what makes the biggest difference?

    your upload is normally 10% of you're download.
  • The Golden Rule
    87 posts Park Captain
    edited February 2017
    For Fifa your connection speeds can be as low as 100kbps for both download and upload as long as your ping is decent. The amount of data which is transferred during one online match is only about 4/5MB

    That being said. The game will screw you anyway cause the servers are bad.
  • Fletch
    3623 posts National Call-Up
    Neither. Ping is the most important
  • UrinDenialP
    243 posts Has Potential To Be Special
    mine is 100% of my download.

    300Mbs on both.
    ping is important or rather avoiding variable ping is...if its stable lag comp should be ok...unless thats blxed up.

    upload is important..very.
    a part of this is routing by your isp.

    mine isnt what id expect.
    my isp are not really one the ball but they are improving....as a result so is my gameplay.
  • randomhero1090
    5627 posts Big Money Move
    The term speed is greatly misused by ISPs. They talk about webpages opening fast or movies streaming in full HD quality without any pauses, and that's all well and good. The more bandwidth you have, the more data can be downloaded per second. Simple.

    However, with gaming, as long as you have enough bandwidth (which for most games isn't much), it all comes down to latency. The amount of time it takes for data to get from one point to another. Because there is a constant back-and-forth of data.

    There are a ton of variables in that, but in FIFA, usually distances between players has the biggest impact on latency. That's my experience.

  • UrinDenialP
    243 posts Has Potential To Be Special
    But that should be evened out by lag comp....yes the lag comp may not be spot on.
  • YouGotOwned
    855 posts Semi-Pro
    edited February 2017
    how would you go about improving your ping rate then (on PS4 btw)?

    if i was to use a public dns server such as googles. do you think this may help?

  • Capablanca
    2281 posts Fans' Favourite
    Johno7256 wrote: »
    None ea servers are a joke,You need better latency in my opinion

  • how would you go about improving your ping rate then (on PS4 btw)?

    if i was to use a public dns server such as googles. do you think this may help?

  • UrinDenialP
    243 posts Has Potential To Be Special
    how would you go about improving your ping rate then (on PS4 btw)?

    if i was to use a public dns server such as googles. do you think this may help?

    finding your best dns servers might help.
    youd need to check namebench and run through then testing for a few days ata time...
  • how would you go about improving your ping rate then (on PS4 btw)?

    if i was to use a public dns server such as googles. do you think this may help?

    finding your best dns servers might help.
    youd need to check namebench and run through then testing for a few days ata time...

    Thanks i may try that later as at the moment everything is Auto.
    I have sky broadband at home so it wouldnt suprise me if it was them slowing me down!

  • sooflyy
    175 posts Sunday League Hero
    how would you go about improving your ping rate then (on PS4 btw)?

    if i was to use a public dns server such as googles. do you think this may help?

    finding your best dns servers might help.
    youd need to check namebench and run through then testing for a few days ata time...

    Are there more options to do, for beter connections? if i change anything in my router, it feels like my connections is getting worse. like putting my ps4 in DMZ, or portforward.
  • DtGodmage22
    7050 posts League Winner
    Upload
  • sooflyy
    175 posts Sunday League Hero
    i have 30 mb upload.
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