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Ping (or ping rate) measures the time it takes for a signal to transmit from your computer to a server and back. This measurement is critically important to gaming as it directly correlates to latency, often referred to as “lag.”

The higher your ping rate (often measured in milliseconds), the more lag you’ll experience while gaming.

In most cases, a ping rate below 100ms should suffice for light gaming. If you’re an everyday gamer, keeping a ping rate at 50ms or below may be more ideal for you. Ultimately, anything below 20ms ping is optimal. The lower, the better.

Lag (often referred to as latency) is the delay in reaction time you experience due to your ping rate. For example, if you have a lot of lag, you’ll often find that the time it takes between you pressing a button on your controller and that action actually showing up on your game is delayed.

If your ping rate is high, you’ll likely be experiencing a lot of lag in your gameplay. If it’s low, you shouldn’t recognize much lag while you play.

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Although the states a minimum download speed of 3-4 Mbps is adequate for gaming, this is only based on one activity running at a time.

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FPS is an acronym for “frames per second,” and is also commonly referred to as “update rate” or “burst rate.” FPS measures the frequency in which a series of frames appear on your monitor or display. Generally speaking, low FPS happens when a gaming server is carrying a massive server load — which means that a server has exhausted all its resources and fails to handle incoming requests.

Poor internet ping rates can make it appear as though FPS is lower, but it is most likely just the effects of latency causing what appears to be lower FPS.

Upload speed applies to how quickly data can flow from your device to another user's device or internet server.

When it comes to gaming, upload speed is especially critical. That’s because when you’re gaming online, you’re sending data to a server with every action you take in your gameplay. While 1-2 Mbps upload speed is known to work for most online gamers, this is based on having no concurrent demands for upload speed. That means that faster upload speeds are critical for live streaming. Nowadays, it’s a common recommendation to make sure your upload speed is at least 5 Mbps for 1080p streaming across different live streaming platforms.