Switching to Ethernet for more FPS
Also searched as: wifi vs ethernet fps · ethernet for gaming fps · wired connection fps · wifi lowers fps · lan cable fps
What it does
Plugging in an Ethernet cable instead of Wi-Fi expecting a higher frame rate.
The honest verdict
Your network carries your inputs to the game server and back — that is ping and latency, not frames. The frames themselves are drawn by your GPU on your own PC, with the network nowhere in that loop, so your FPS counter will not move. Here is the honest part: for ONLINE games, wired Ethernet genuinely is better — lower, steadier ping and far fewer lag spikes than Wi-Fi — which makes the game FEEL more responsive even at the same FPS. Use Ethernet for the connection quality; just do not expect the frame counter to climb.
How Compy treats it
Compy won't recommend it. If you're curious anyway: change one thing at a time, measure it on your own rig, and revert unless it's clearly better — that loop is exactly what Compy is built around.
The Compy Blackbook holds 174 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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