How high should your upload speed be for gaming?

[JP.]

At this point I have 100mbps download and 100 upload.
I got an offer to save some money and go to 100 download and 10 upload.
Will this impact connection in games?

[Supafly]

It'll be fine for gaming. Streaming not so much but gaming will be fine.

You could load a game and open Task Manager/Resource monitor or any other app that monitors network traffic while gaming and you'll see how low it is. You download/upload makes little difference to gaming. Your distance from servers and stability is what affects them the most.

Years and years ago I used to have 4-5 friends bring their PCs to my house and we would all play FPS games online using a 1/2mb download connection. No idea what upload was even if it was the same as download speed of 1/2 mb it was sufficent.

Newer games might send a bit more data but not that much more.

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

Oprindeligt skrevet af R3 Jpetoday:

At this point I have 100mbps download and 100 upload.
I got an offer to save some money and go to 100 download and 10 upload.
Will this impact connection in games?

Wish I could get some decent upload speed in my area without having to drop hundreds on a gig speeds. Here's what offered in my area from two different ISPs (prices may variy a little between the companies and some plans may not be provided by both, but in the end the servies offered are very similar).

10mbps download / 2mbps upload (about $20 a month)
25-40mbps download / 5mbps upload (about $35 a month)
50-80mbps download / 5mbps upload (about $50 a month)
150mbps download / 10mbps upload (about $75 a month)
250mbps download / 10mbps upload (about $95 a month)
1000mbps download / 1000mbps upload (about $150 a month)
2000mbps download / 2000mbps upload (about $300 a month)

To get good upload speed in my area I have to almost drop $150+....that's just messed up.

Anyway, I spend about $50 a month and 5mbps (actually is around 6.5mbps when I check with http://www.speedtest.net/ ). Just wish I had better upload speeds for the folks that utilize my Plex server outside my network.

Long story short: A 10mbps upload won't impact any of your online gaming. I do just fine with my roughly 6mbps upload speed when gaming online.

[anrkyuk]

I have 100mbps down and 6mbps up, during peak times the reality of my speeds is more like 30mbps down and 5mbps up, being based in the UK I have never had any problems with any game I have ever played as long as I stick to EU servers, and rarely have a problem during off peak when playing on US servers.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Upload speed doesnt affect gaming much, for streaming you would want minimum 5mbps.