Hello i just recently downloaded geforce to try it on fortnite, however when i booted up the game everytime i move my mouse or "play" the game my screen stutters, lags but my fps is good, so what can i do about this?
#GE force stutter, flickering screen.
fervent tendon
light musk
This is the equilevant of "my car isn't working, why?"
Good start would be letting us know your network speed, gfn settings, are you on wifi/ethernet if wifi is it 5ghz or 2.4
Play for 2-3 minutes press CTRL+N and send a picture along with your speedtest
Altough to me this seems more like a free tier rig issue (that is if you're on free tier), are you trying to run fortnite on max graphics?
fervent tendon
Altough to me this seems more like a free tier rig issue (that is if you're on ...
i am on free tier and no the graphics dont even matter
this is my speed
im not sure if its either latency but all i know is my screen keeps flickering or stuttering as u saw in the vid
light musk
send your gfn app settings
and ctrl+n stats after playing for a few minutes
are you on wifi
fervent tendon
back sorry
fervent tendon
send your gfn app settings
i cant im on the waiting list trying to run fortnite
fervent tendon
and ctrl+n stats after playing for a few minutes
ctrl+n while playing the game?
fervent tendon
are you on wifi
yes
light musk
yes
fervent tendon
and its perfectly fine
light musk
click on wifi icon, find your wifi click properties, go down it will say network band either 2.4 or 5 ghz
fervent tendon
this?
light musk
yes
fervent tendon
5 then
also im not sure if its a driver or idk a graphics card problem i doubt it is tho
light musk
91ms when downloading and 200ms when uploading is not ideal
fervent tendon
91ms when downloading and 200ms when uploading is not ideal
for my internet?
i mean is that the speed for my internet
light musk
and the fact that your downl speeds are lower than upload might suggest that a lot of people on your provider are downloading something which throttles you
no
thats the ping
fervent tendon
ohh
fervent tendon
and the fact that your downl speeds are lower than upload might suggest that a l...
so you mean it could be my wifi
thats causing this
light musk
your ping when downloading is 91 (you "download" stream from geforce now) and uploading 194 (you "upload" your actions to geforce now)
most likely
i will need that ctrl+n image to be sure
fervent tendon
well right now im loading up the game
light musk
network stats.
fervent tendon
i do it while playing fortnite right
light musk
yes
fervent tendon
ok
light musk
run it for a few minutes
run around do stuff you usually do
then take a picture of it
fervent tendon
your ping when downloading is 91 (you "download" stream from geforce now) and up...
so is that like bad bad or not good but not to bad u tell me
fervent tendon
run around do stuff you usually do
ol
ok
running the game itll take like 10 mins
light musk
its ok in general but very meh for gfn
minimum recommended is 80 ping afaik
could be bufferbloat issue
fervent tendon
whats that
also just know i have really not that experience in these kind of stuff i just want to resolve this problem
also higher ms means better?
light musk
your wifi is the issue then
also gfn is using only 8mb of bandwith (move around and keep an eye on total used bandwith number if it doesn't go up your connection is being throttled)
fervent tendon
also gfn is using only 8mb of bandwith (move around and keep an eye on total us...
used bandwith number? where
somewhere aroud here?
fervent tendon
also gfn is using only 8mb of bandwith (move around and keep an eye on total us...
oh i see
here i recorded so u can see for urself
watch it @light musk
light musk
not sure what i'm supposed to look at since you didn't even record your ctrl n stats..
anw like I said, if your ping goes up to 300 thats a wifi issue
playing with an ethernet cable might fix it, other than that not much I can do
fervent tendon
oh it didnt show?
ill just tell u stats
mbps goes from 20-80 or 90
so do u think its throttled?
fervent tendon
anw like I said, if your ping goes up to 300 thats a wifi issue
alright any recommendations like things i can do to stop my wifi from spiking or if my wifi is throtlled etc
@light musk
light musk
@shut gyro @fervent tendon
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Ping ms 167 376 262
shut gyro
It's not good
fervent tendon
fervent tendon
It's not good
ye ik
shut gyro
How strong is your wifi signal?
fervent tendon
this is my speed
results last night
fervent tendon
How strong is your wifi signal?
pretty strong i would say i cant really tell what the stats are but its perfectly fine
shut gyro
When nobody is connected to your network, what speed do you get?
fervent tendon
no idea and i cannot test due to people in my house or family i cant tell them to disconnect lol
its probably not my wifi just the router
sometimes on somedays its good and bad
shut gyro
What's the max speed did you get?
fervent tendon
no idea i only tested it today and last night like i said up in chats im new at this
shut gyro
You said you did get 70 Mbps right?
fervent tendon
let me check
shut gyro
40-100 plus
Ok, your router is the problem then
fervent tendon
yeah im guessing it was the router too
light musk
If you have access to routers logins make a new AP with a different band. If most of the devices are connected to 2.4 make a 5ghz AP if most of them are connected to 5ghz make a 2.4ghz AP. It's not a speed issue, speed is irrelevant in this case.
fervent tendon
but somedays its good i dont really know
shut gyro
You use your ISP provided router i assume
fervent tendon
If you have access to routers logins make a new AP with a different band. If mos...
ill try that
alright
ill do these things and come back if i need help gotta go tho
light musk
Your routers admin page will show how many devices are connected and which band they use.
shut gyro
Your router is suffering from bufferbloat according to your ping
fervent tendon
Your router is suffering from bufferbloat according to your ping
so is my router just bad or i can fix it
shut gyro
You can get a router that can prioritize GFN traffic, even when a lot of people use your network, it won't affect you
fervent tendon
You can get a router that can prioritize GFN traffic, even when a lot of people ...
ohh okay
like buy a new router?
shut gyro
Can you somehow limit speed of other devices on your current router?
Do you have that option on your router?
If not, you can get a new router
fervent tendon
Can you somehow limit speed of other devices on your current router?
no and my parents wont let me touch the wifi or anything so basically i cannot do certain things u want me to do
but yes thanks for this info now i know
anothr question do vpns work?
shut gyro
VPN for GFN?
light musk
They do but won't help you
fervent tendon
If i get a subscription and use a vpn i can get a better connection right
fervent tendon
VPN for GFN?
yes
fervent tendon
because it is easier? i tried some vpns they give me better results but those are just the free ones so it didnt do as much.
and idk if it depends on the game i play fortnite so
shut gyro
because it is easier? i tried some vpns they give me better results but those ar...
No, VPNs will add even more latency
fervent tendon
somewhere aroud here?
this is another screenshot
fervent tendon
hmm alright
fervent tendon
ill try to research more but for now ill just wait till the connection to be better
fervent tendon
VPN can lower your ping, not in your case tho.
yes thats why i said when i used a vpn it made my game better specifically fortnite
shut gyro
VPN can lower your ping, not in your case tho.
No, that only happens if your isp redirects you to servers far away
light musk
So basically yes?
shut gyro
VPN skips ISP and the VPN server makes the connection instead
fervent tendon
last night tho it was perfectly fine but today its bad like i said could be people connected to my router or etc
shut gyro
somewhere aroud here?
This is with VPN? or without VPN?
light musk
Which helps if the VPN directs your packets to a closer server, which helps reduce latency, which is what I've said
fervent tendon
This is with VPN? or without VPN?
without
fervent tendon
it is weird tho if i launch the game while use a vpn then turn it off when im ingame flicker stops
shut gyro
Which helps if the VPN directs your packets to a closer server, which helps redu...
VPN adds an extra node and therefore it's increases latency
light musk
Not always.
fervent tendon
somewhere aroud here?
it was like this but i was getting flicker and stutter but now with the same results it doesnt stutter which is weird
light musk
I can literally get into US server and have a 260ms ping meanwhile with TunnelBear I get 140
light musk
In his case it's not the ISP routing issue which is why VPN won't (or atleast shouldn't) help but in general VPN 100% sometimes improves latency. Key word - sometimes
fervent tendon
yea note that im only using geforce for fornite the game probably recieves different things like ping or something
shut gyro
I can literally get into US server and have a 260ms ping meanwhile with TunnelBe...
It's a lie, cause it's not your latency, it's the latency between GFN'S server and Turnnelbear's VPN server
light musk
And if the remaining latency between my ISP to Tunnelbear is smaller added up with the latency between Tunnelbear and GFN it results in lower latency for me, which is the case.
shut gyro
And if the remaining latency between my ISP to Tunnelbear is smaller added up w...
This describes what happens if you use vpn