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I have a weird problem on the internet that's making me confused.

I have a weird problem on the internet that's making me confused.

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Almenium
Junior Member
13
07-30-2026, 09:11 AM
#1
Hi everyone, like the title says, I'm having a weird problem with my internet. When I start playing a game, everything is okay for 2 or 3 minutes and then the quality starts getting worse, even though I have good fiber speed. Then when I join a new lobby, I lag for about 2 minutes after that. After taking a few minute breaks and restarting the game, everything goes back to normal again until it lags once more. This problem seems to happen on Discord too; other people's screens get pixelated after a few minutes and they have to refresh their screen every time. I really don't even know where to start trying to fix this, can anyone help me out?
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Almenium
07-30-2026, 09:11 AM #1

Hi everyone, like the title says, I'm having a weird problem with my internet. When I start playing a game, everything is okay for 2 or 3 minutes and then the quality starts getting worse, even though I have good fiber speed. Then when I join a new lobby, I lag for about 2 minutes after that. After taking a few minute breaks and restarting the game, everything goes back to normal again until it lags once more. This problem seems to happen on Discord too; other people's screens get pixelated after a few minutes and they have to refresh their screen every time. I really don't even know where to start trying to fix this, can anyone help me out?

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Adabelle
Senior Member
724
07-30-2026, 04:24 PM
#2
what's that all about? it has something to do with networking. maybe I should take my graphics card (GPU) upgrade right now, you know?
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Adabelle
07-30-2026, 04:24 PM #2

what's that all about? it has something to do with networking. maybe I should take my graphics card (GPU) upgrade right now, you know?

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Fhaynz
Junior Member
5
07-30-2026, 05:26 PM
#3
This thing can happen when you play on an PS5 and it works just fine when you're using a PC too.
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Fhaynz
07-30-2026, 05:26 PM #3

This thing can happen when you play on an PS5 and it works just fine when you're using a PC too.

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CocaCola15
Senior Member
603
08-01-2026, 12:22 PM
#4
I don't know exactly what's going on here, but it looks like something specific for games only.
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CocaCola15
08-01-2026, 12:22 PM #4

I don't know exactly what's going on here, but it looks like something specific for games only.

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FlameSquid32
Senior Member
501
08-09-2026, 08:28 AM
#5
I don't know, but using my phone to connect to my computer makes the game feel smoother.
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FlameSquid32
08-09-2026, 08:28 AM #5

I don't know, but using my phone to connect to my computer makes the game feel smoother.