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I was able to join Italy or Spain servers last night as a test, but I couldn’t tell which I was connected to as both were highlighted in geo filter during the game and pings are approx the same. Is there anyway to identify whether I’m connected to Italy or Spain…such as certain info in the Auto Ping data?

Apparently Xbox needs a minimum of 1380 MTU (or a similar figure) so it may be the same for PS.

Feels exactly the same for me when the SBMM kicks in when queueing solo. You can limit your upload and download by moving the sliders in QoS.

Yeah it’s there.

Done some more testing with the Mono settings. I think this only applies to those that have a mono audio signal out of there console/PC so doesn’t need to be enabled if you have stereo out (including those that use headset plugged into Xbox controller as this is a stereo signal already).

Yep that’s my understanding of the mono setting description too. I did some quick tests in the Amsterdam mission near the bridge and the band playing, and having mono on with slider set to zero did provide better directional audio for myself. I will need to do further audio tests but obviously we won’t be able to determine if this will improve directional footstep audio in MP until next week.

Has anyone else read the descriptions for mono audio settings in CODMW2? I’m not sure if I’m misunderstanding this, but from the descriptions it sounds like this setting actually needs to be enabled to improve directional audio as having it off merges all sounds via both channels, and the level bar further customises the clarity of directional audio. I tested this setting in campaign and directional audio does sound better with mono on and the slider set to zero, however this sounds backwards to me because we want audio in stereo so we would naturally assume the mono option should be off, but the descriptions contradict that. FYI I use ADG1X headset plugged in to Elite2 controller. Please take a look at these in game settings, their descriptions, test them out and reply with your thoughts.

If a game makes you that frustrated and angry then the sensible thing to do is either stop caring so much and accept it for what it is…or simply stop playing. A game simply isn’t worth the stress it seems to be causing you, so if it’s no longer fun for you then stop doing it. You also have to put things in to perspective…there are literally millions of ppl playing COD on much worse hardware and connection set ups than yours, and the overwhelming majority just get on with it and play regardless of any lag/latency/delay issues…most of them won’t even know these issues exist let alone try to do anything about it. And with that being the case, there is literally nothing that you can do to achieve the perfect connection all of the time because all things are not equal in online gaming due to the variety of hardware and connections to the game. If you’ve done the best you can to minimise any disadvantage in terms of hardware and connection, then the only guaranteed way to deal with it if you don’t like it is either don’t play or adjust your play style accordingly. Ultimately, just try to enjoy playing the game…and when you don’t enjoy it any longer, then stop.

Why are you always asking about these kind of things instead of just playing on your regional servers with geo filter to prevent higher pings? Are you trying to circumvent SBMM?

The best I can get on my LG 27GP850 monitor is 1440p 120Hz, and I’m more than happy with that tbh (I can’t justify the extra spend on a 4K monitor at the moment). Could you confirm your wire connections for all devices when using the USB to Optical DAC converter please. From what I’ve read, the support for third party USB audio devices is pretty much non existent for Xbox Series X. At the moment I’m thinking the Audeze Penrose X headphones may be the simplest solution (although not the cheapest) to get better audio.

@Mobel Thanks for the info. What amp would you recommend for use sign Xbox Series X? I used to have an Astro Mixamp with A40s but think they are very much over rated. edit: worth mentioning that the Xbox Series X and my LG27GP850 monitor don’t have optical out so the EQs on Astro Mixamp wouldn’t work properly as far as I’m aware (or from what I’ve read).

I use the ADG1X plugged directly in to Xbox Elite 2 controller. I thought the sound was ok but wasn’t as amazing as some have made out with the supposedly excellent footstep directional audio. I tried both in game headset EQs, and also with Dolby Atmos on/off…and I couldn’t really tell much difference with either. Would I be better off buying a mixamp or should the ADG1X be fine on it’s own plugged directly in to Elite2 controller? edit: for anyone considering the Steel Series Arctis 9X, I would recommend avoiding unless you like your sound randomly cutting out mid game with the poor connection.

So is this for all platforms or just works on PC? I play on Xbox One X so would be useful to know if also works on console.

Would that cause UK WZ servers not to show up at all on DumasOS ping heatmap though?

Have the UK Warzone servers been turned off? When I have just the geo filter covering the UK, I can’t find a game (usually after midnight) so have to expand the region, and the ping heat map is no longer showing UK servers since I first checked at approx 7pm. I’ve resynced the cloud but no change. Have Activision actually starting turning off UK servers?

Yeah that’s what I figured. May be the player population is dropping off as they never used to offline the UK servers at all.

I don’t play much at weekends but I can confirm that I’m unable to find games on UK servers after approx 2am GMT during the week. I usually have Geo Filter set to 200 miles just to cover the UK but I have to increase to 500 miles after 2am and it usually finds games on French servers.

I don’t know if this is the right place to post it, but I couldn’t connect at all to UK servers after 2:30am last night searching for duos games. Geo Filter was set to 200 miles and had to increase to 500 miles where it found servers in France.

You have similar speeds to myself. Are your speeds restricted in the QoS sliders or in bandwidth allocation? What other settings do you use and what platform do you play on?

How do you get on with your hit reg in Warzone? My understanding is still that if you have congestion control set to “never” then that effectively over rides the slider values. @Netduma Fraser could you confirm please?

That’s my take on it too. If “never” is selected then surely that means congestion control is effectively off.

No worries...I may have misinterpreted your reply slightly too! 😎 So basically ping is still more important than download/upload speed...however does that mean in your second example that player B could have an advantage over player A (due to lag compensation caused by ping rather than internet speeds) in a gunfight even if player A had a better experience interacting with in game items such as crates and doors?

If that was the case then wouldn’t we all have perfectly good in game connections and all be on the same playing field in terms of connection and performance, with no talk of lag, latency and lag compensation? If you continue further down that path then it mean that we wouldn’t be looking for solutions to our issues such as buying a Netduma router.

@Netduma Liam @Netduma Fraser Just a thought so I may well be wrong... On the R2 I’m basically only searching UK server lobbies with Geo Filter and my ping shows as 10-25ms on auto ping server (obviously this is a bit higher on the in game ping display which I think is a load of crap on Xbox). Clearly this means I have what most players would believe to be a very good connection to the game. As such, could it be that the hit registration issues I’m experiencing could be essentially down to me being punished for having a good connection and suffering due to other players having lag compensation? If that is the case, then would I be better off searching for games on servers further afield in Europe...or may be Saudi Arabia? It used to be that many years ago I suffered in games due to having really slow internet (literally 2-4Mbps), so with all this talk on here about throttling our connections, has online gaming now evolved to the point where that is now in reverse and having a poor connection to the server gives you an advantage...or players with good connection are at a disadvantage? Your thoughts please.

Yeah just to clarify...the R2 on 3.0.179 was completely dropping connection to the router so kept losing internet connection to all devices. The R2 is wired to my ISP router, so it wasn’t a wifi issue for the R2 or my devices, and simple fault finding shows my ISP router was still connected to internet and all my devices would connect successfully if I switched them over.