Internet connection

[[UK] HeadShotKing]

Is a 50mbps connection fast enough?

[Kiss Ur Boyfriend⁶⁹]

yeah its more than enough to play cs2

[Naso]

Yeah, more than enough

[Admiral]

It's not actually about mbps. You could have an excellent experience with only 1 mbps. It's all about the stability and latency.

I had this archaic 16mbit/s adsl connection where I lived couple years back and it was better regarding multiplayer games than my current 300 mbps wireless crap that I have now because there is no landlines/fiber here. I used to have ~15-20 ping in every match with no fluctuations, packet loss, choke or any other problems. Now it's 30-40 and I can feel the difference when I'm on a server which is somewhere else than in Sweden. It's just not ideal and it's unstable as well.

Just stay away from wireless systems and you're good.

[[UK] HeadShotKing]

Originally posted by Svägä-Täm:

It's not actually about mbps. You could have an excellent experience with only 1 mbps. It's all about the stability and latency.

I had this archaic adsl 16mbit/s connection where I lived couple years back and it was better regarding multiplayer games than my current 300 mbps wireless crap that I have now because there is no landlines here. I used to have ~15-20 ping in every match with no fluctuations, packet loss, choke or any other problems. Now it's 30-40 and I can feel the difference when I'm on a server which is somewhere else than in Sweden. It's just not ideal and it's unstable.

Just stay away from wireless systems and you're good.

Mine is a fibre connection it’s not through a phone line, I had a 250 mb connection for years when I wasnt even gaming and didn’t need it and now that I’m getting back into it my internet has been downgraded 😬 but glad to know it should be fast enough 👍🏻

[Admiral]

Fiber is your golden ticket for stable and low latency connection!

[Vault Hunter 101]

It's more than enough, you probably could play on 5Mb/s no problem

[ProchyXx]

Hi, I want change my wireless 50/30mbps for DSL 20/2mbps only for my PC because 50/30mbps I have for free and its not ideal for gaming..... loosing packets, lags and provider is unable to help me because "wireless" :D So guys..... is it enough just for my PC and play CS2? I keep this wireless internet for home use.... video, TV, wifi, mobiles.... 20/2 I will have only for playing online. 20/2 will not be encumbered by anything else.

[Admiral]

It's completely fine for playing. I had 16mbit DSL couple years back and it was stable as hell and very low latency without fluctuations, packet loss or choke. My ping was between 15-20.

It's not about mbits per second but instead about stability. For any other use nowadays 20/2mbps would be considered pretty slow but for gaming it's more than enough.

[ProchyXx]

Thanks for info buddy.

[Admiral]

Originally posted by ProchyXx:

Thanks for info buddy.

Just to put this in perspective, my wireless connection I'm using now is 300/50mbps and I get worse latency (20-30mS, sometimes more) and there's other small issues as well. So whatever you decide to do, don't trust wireless things when gaming. Even the old school landline (ADSL) is always better than wireless. It's not about it's speed. It's about consistency and stability. And running your signal through actual lines guarantees always smaller latency. Good luck.