Stuttering lag/Rubber banding/Steam games only HELP!?

[FoerEyes]

I'm new to the forums and usually just lurk around but this problem has me pulling my hair out. So far I've noticed this lag in Steam games that I play (CS:GO and Dota 2 are the only ones I've tried). In CS:GO it "teleports me back" or bounces me back to my last action 1 second ago. In Dota 2 every unit stops in place for 1 second or less then they resume. Both games, the lag happens every 3 seconds or so and they last for about a second or less. I don't know how to check fps in Dota 2 but for CS:GO i have no packet loss, no choke, FPS doesn't drop when it occurs, ping doesn't spike, etc. I'm connected straight to the wall so theirs no modem.
It only occurs in Steam because when I played TitanFall on Origin for like 30-45 minutes there no lag whatsoever. Everything ran fine and smooth.
If you have any ideas I'm all ears. I have a week before school starts and I'd like to game my brains out.
Also I don't think it's my laptop. I'm not too experienced with specs and all I can say is that I have a ASUS ROG laptop and I've logged alot of hours in both games and this is the first time this kind of problem has occurred.

[Azza ☠]

What do you mean by connected straight into the wall so theirs no modem? Where's the router or what kinda of connection do you have?

First check your firewall and router (if your using one) settings, allowing the ports:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8571-GLVN-8711

If your using QoS on your network, boost those to highest priority and things like email client down to lowest priority.

Are you using 'Bigfoot Networks Killer Gaming Card' for your ethernet connection? These sometimes come with high quality gaming motherboards, but also have additional software drivers / setup.

Toogle on 'net_graph 1' from the ~ console ingame and use '-ping' to get a good monitor.

Are you using 'Wireless Zero Configuration', consider disabling it if you don't need it, as stupid Windows will be checking your network every 30 seconds for wifi connections. This can cause rubberbanding in some cases.

1. Control Panel > Administrative Tools
2. Click Services and scroll down to WLAN AutoConfig
3. Click WLAN AutoConfig & select Manual in Startup Type
4. OK, exit and reboot.

(remember the original settings and set it back if no difference)

[FoerEyes]

Can you simplify what you said? I'm so lost lol

So for the first, I have no modem because this campus apt has the internet port straight from the wall. So my ethernet cord goes from the wall to my laptop.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Run an online speed test and see if u get consistency after having run a few tests.
Try these:

speedtest.net
pingtest.net

[FoerEyes]

I'll try that bad-motha but I think its steam cause non steam games run fine and smoothly.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Try adding -TCP to your Steam shortcut and trying that launch method.
As it could just be an issue between Steam and your Campus Firewall.
Steam defaults to using UDP protocol. Forcing it to use TCP can sometimes allow it to connect properly, or better.

Be sure to check your ping in servers too, as could just be the servers you've been getting on that just aren't very good overall.

[FoerEyes]

I'll try it. I don't know why this is happening. I've logged in over 1000 hours combined on both games with no issues whatsoever and now it just pops up. Also, it tends to stutter about 0-15 minutes into the game when I start it. At least I think it does. I can't quite pinpoint the pattern.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Could any server u are connecting to, simple as that. Not all servers will have the same performance.

Plus u have to consider the fact you are on a campus with a shared connection, so u'r not always going to have a good experience, nor do u have any real control over that.

[FoerEyes]

TCP, didn't help. It's not server ping.
I've used Netgraph and ping is good and frame rate doesn't drop. Firewall allows any port. I don't think I have QoS. It's just timewarner cable. 2nd time using time warner and no problems for 2 years till now. No idea what bigfoot networks is so I don't think I'm using it. No clue what wireless zero config is either but I've never messed with any of those settings.
The only thing I think that has changed since my last successful run of steam games is that I changed CS:GO's resolution.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Update your Hardware Drivers; like for the Wired NIC for example.

[FoerEyes]

its up to date :(

[UberFiend]

Rubber-banding is entirely a network issue. If your service is fine then it's the server you're connecting to. (Or the other players connected to that server)

Try not using the in-game overlay. Check Resource Monitor & see if there's any busy background service.

[SHON]

Having the same problem in csgo for about the past couple weeks, never had this many connection problems. Tried everything I can think/heard didn't help, still searching for what the cause is.

[FoerEyes]

It's not the server. I asked and it was just me.
No idea what in-game overlay is and my resource monitor says nothing out of the ordinary. I think I'm just going to spend the day backing my files up and restore everything to factory settings. See if that fixes it.

[FoerEyes]

Just finished backing up everything up. I'll see if restoring to factory settings work. If not, I'm at a loss on what to do.

[AbyssFocus]

Yeah I am having the same stuttering lag like the OP. Only started doing it today, playing both Dota 2, CS:GO, and L4D2. All these games have that 1 second lag delay/interference which is ruining the gameplay.