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How to Better Your Ping in Cross Fire

By improving your ping, or latency, while playing the "Cross Fire" online video game on your computer, you will be able to respond to in-game events faster, which will automatically improving your gaming performance. "Cross Fire" is a free-to-play First-Person Shooter (FPS) where mercenaries hired by two private military contractors fight against each other on different maps. The ping, or latency, is the time it takes for data to travel from your computer to the "Cross Fire" server you are playing on, and back. If the value of your ping is over 100 ms, it might have a negative impact on your overall gaming performance. You can improve your ping on "Cross Fire" by following a few recommendations.

Instructions

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  Select the "Cross Fire" server which is closest to your current location. G4Box, Inc., the company which distributes "Cross Fire," has servers throughout North America. If you select a server which is close to your current location, you can ensure that data will only have to travel a short way before reaching the server, therefore decreasing your ping.
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  Quit any application which consumes bandwidth before playing "Cross Fire." Such applications include streaming media players, peer-to-peer applications and download managers. By quitting such programs before playing, you will allow "Cross Fire" to use your entire Internet connection's bandwidth instead of having to share it with other programs.
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  Consider upgrading your current Internet connection. Dial-up connections or low-end broadband might not be fast enough to accommodate an online FPS such as "Cross Fire." Contact your local Internet Service Provider (ISP) to check if faster alternatives are available in your area.

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