Hi! You probably changed the DNS settings, how ever, it’s normal to see occasional higher ping in online games because a lot of things outside your PC are constantly changing. Your packets hop through multiple routers across your ISP and the game’s network; those routes can shift due to load balancing, congestion, or maintenance, adding a few extra milliseconds here and there. Game servers also run at different tick rates and may spin up in different data centers or regions based on matchmaking demand, so even if you select the same playlist, one match might be physically farther away than the last. On top of that, anti-cheat checks, cross-play relays, DDoS mitigation, and cloud provider reroutes can momentarily add latency without any “issue” on your end.
Locally, small spikes are also expected from normal activity: Wi-Fi interference, someone starting an upload/stream on your network, or apps briefly syncing can queue packets and bump ping for a few seconds. These short bursts don’t necessarily indicate a problem. If you want to reduce how often they happen, use Ethernet when possible, pick the nearest game region, avoid VPNs while gaming, and pause heavy downloads/uploads. Occasional blips of 20–60 ms are part of the internet’s shared nature; it’s only when spikes are large and sustained that deeper troubleshooting is needed.
However, If you want to try some steps, try this in an elevated command prompt:
- netsh winsock reset
- netsh int ip reset
- ipconfig /flushdns
- shutdown /r /t 5