What happens when this Discords ping is insanely high, like 5000ms?
Well, you wont be able to hear others voices, or others wont listen to yours!
Plus, the voice sound gets scrambled.
This Mount Everest-size ping is enough to spoil the gameplay and turns the situation very frustrating.
Ill explain the reasons behind this high ping and elaborate 8 tested methods to fix this issue.
Why Discords Ping is High?
Discords ping can be remarkably high due to connection issues on the internet.
However, when the Discord servers are down, this could trigger high ping, but its uncommon.
Other reasons, such as heavily loaded networks or background processes, can spike Discords ping.
Anything below 50-100ms ping is average; if its below 20ms, good lord, its extraordinary!
And the same thing goes for Discord.
If the ping crosses the average mark, itll make your voice sounds like a scrambled robot.
Plus, its possible that others wont hear your voice or you wont be able to listen to theirs.
So, the outcome will be disastrous gameplay without proper communication.
Now, let me show you how to fix the spiked ping problem on Discord.
But before getting into that, there is another problem you might face with the video call.
Just like scrambled voice call due to high-ping video call can get failed to.
In case that occurs, follow this guide to fixvideo calls not working on Discord.
Moreover, running the router nonstop will overheat it and give a high ping problem.
So, check your router, and turn it off if it overheats.
Plus, look for if the Discord server is down or not.
Sometimes users face this sort of problem when they use a beta app.
So, check your app version to see if its stable or beta.
Now, let me show you the fixes with the proper steps.
The Internet can be faulty for weather, an overloaded data pipe, or a faulty router.
Its a fact, and I am a victim of a faulty internet connection due to bad weather.
I had to switch several ISP due to bad weather where I live in.
As a DSL service user, I had to rely on the internet provided by a telephone cable.
So, when the weather was bad the net connection became wonky!
And Discord ping got crazy too.
Thats why I switched to a fiber optics connection, and all my problems were solved.
If youre using such a poor connection throw in for the internet, change it asap.
And if youre using one and having high ping on Discord, do the followings.
After that, hit theEnterkey to run that command.
Check Discords ping issue.
I bet its gone now.
Wait if Discord Server is Down
Well, it might sound highly uncommon that Discord servers are down.
But you cant entirely deny this issue because it might happen once a month.
And all of a sudden, everyone becomes like in the movie A Quiet Place.
Not even a sound from the players.
So, after a while, I found that the entire Discord server has gone down.
So, why I added this to the fixing list?
Speaking of down server, sometimes you wont be able to get anything while youre searching on Discord.
And once you find such apps, end the task for all of them.
The fact is that a slow-paced PC sometimes cant provide enough resources to the Disocrd app.
So, what to do?
Or else you’ve got the option to turn on hardware acceleration for Discord from the controls.
The feature will push more resources to the Discord app.
Let me show you how to turn that on.
I believe the Discord ping issue would be gone now if Discord didnt have enough hardware resources.
Clear Discord Cache File
Sometimes due to loaded-up cache files, the ping can spike up.
Cache files help to load apps faster by providing the content quicker.
But if that cache gets full, it cant do that faster.
As a result, the app might misbehave, or issues such as high ping might appear.
Thats why you must clear Discords cache files to sort this out.
From PC
After clearing up those Discord cache files, relaunch the Discord app.
Update Drivers
You must update backdated drivers because backdated drivers are prone to cause trouble.
And backdated drivers, such as data pipe drivers, might spike the ping for Discord.
So, update the web link driver and other Discord-related drivers.
you’ve got the option to also manually update the drivers.
Go to the laptop or PC motherboard manufacturers website.
Then search for the model and download the latest driver.
If you have successfully updated the drivers for Discord, one thing might refuse to update for some reason.
And thats the Discord itself!
Discord App Version
There are three types of Discord app versions Stable,Public Test Build, andCanary.
The Canary and Public Tes Build or PTB versions are the alpha and beta versions of the app.
So, people using these two versions mainly test the Discord app to discover bugs or other problems.
But the problem is Stable, and the PTB versions icons are the same.
Thats why people mistakenly use the PTB instead of the Stable version without notice.
So, problems like high ping issues might happen.
Thats why you must check which Discord app version youre running.
FAQs
Why does Discord give high ping sometimes?
Discord gives high ping sometimes due to poor internet connection.
If youre using a DSL connection and the weather is awful, you might face massive packet loss.
The Discord server outage or bandwidth-hungry background apps can skyrocket the ping.
How many versions of the Discord app are available?
There are a total of three Discord app versions available.
ThePublic Test Build(PTB) andCanaryare the beta and alpha versions among these.
These are for the people who like to test and fix bugs in the app.
The third one, theStableversion, is the final released version.
What does Discords Hardware Acceleration feature do?
In Discords parameters, youll find the Hardware Acceleration option under theAdvancedsegment in Discords parameters.
When you enable this, itll pull more hardware resources to make Discord smoother.
It can utilize the data pipe, CPU, and GPU better than ever.
But it can cause problems sometimes.
