Gaming on Starlink - 2024 Review and Test
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- When #SpaceX #Starlink internet was unleashed on the world it opened unlimited possibilities to those in rural or remote areas of the world to high-speed, low-latency service. Of course, one of the most asked questions in Google searches was "gaming on Starlink" and "playing video games on Starlink."
All gameplay shown in this video was on Starlink service.
I ran multiple tests on differing equipment to put it to the test and to see how it compares to more traditional service. #calloduty #warzone
I play cs2 on my starlink. Best $800 I’ve ever spent. Went from the fucking Stone Age to modern age in a split second. This is the fucking future. And when I move, I CAN TAKE IT WITH ME!! HAHA
This is the comment I’ve been searching for. If you see it please respond. I have 18 mbps download and 1.5 upload at BEST dsl. I want to upgrade but was scared I keep hearing different things I also play counterstrike 2 everyday. I’m going to order the kit tomorrow lol . I’m glad your happy with it what did you used to have for internet
@@b0ltCS2 dude I went from 2.5 mbps download - 0.05 kbps upload on DSL. You will not be fucking disappointed I promise lol.
@@kota617 i have a question if you dont mind me asking since im planning on getting it for my house whats your current speeds and are you rural or in city just so i can get sort of an idea what to look for
@@tyovo1540 I live in the absolute middle of nowhere where, corn fields, cow farms and the smell of chicken shit all around me. My ONLY ISP was windstream shitty DSL. 3mbps download and less than half a megabit upload. Absolute Stone Age Internet that would shit the bed if more than 3 people were on it. Now with starlink I average 160-300 mbps download, 25-30 mbps upload and a CONSTANT 20-25 ping. It’s an absolute dream come true and I’m sure you will see the same speeds as long as it’s available for you. I couldn’t recommend it more than anything else for someone in a similar position.
@@tyovo1540 keep in mind I have at least 8-10 devices constantly on the internet and it doesn’t budge. In shitty weather you will still average 60-75 Mbps download and a constant low ping. It’s just so worth it across the board. Not blowing smoke up your ass just being brutally honest.
This is a must have for every boats in the sea and airplane in the sky.. no more lost people when things go bad.
it's very promising from this perspective, lifesaving tech this is.
Yep, we did a delivery of a sailing racing boat, 12 days Transatlantic, with starlink it was amazing experience. I did video calls every day, downloaded movies etc.
I have had starlink for about 5 months now. Hands dwn more stable and faster then charter ever was in my last home in the city🏡. We have the newest dish and run around 17 different devices at 1x. You can create a different access for 2.4 hz devices like our 6 cameras that record 24/7. Not cheap to get started at all but sooooo worth it.
I've been playing on starlink for 1 year now and haven't had any issues, I have the standard package and I'm really impressed with it but I've heard 5G is a bit better , I haven't tried it yet cause they don't have it in my location yet but willing to try, for the reason is that in bad weather starlink seems to lag and drop not much and not long, I've had maybe 2 bad experience with starlink in 1 yr . I got about 18 devices on it , firestick's 3 , wireless cameras 4, pc 1 , Playstation 1 , mobile cell 4 , wifi extender 1, and probably 2 iPads , no problem 👍
5g is not better, as a verizon customer, it sucks. 4g lite has faster speeds on mobile.
Though also both att and Verizon has crappy service all around.
I'm a truck driver, and have had issues with both companies and they don't care. I came in searching to swap and I heard about starlink from the x22 report as an advertisement and it peaked my interest.
Edit: so I'm not interested in starlink anymore but I was informed about fiber internet from CEMC around my area, I've scheduled the install since talking with an individual that knows a lot more about these things, who does not work for CEMC but a tech expert and his father a hardware expert. They didn't just refer me to just CEMC, but I discerned the matter and found 80 bucks a month for a whole gig of internet would suit my competitive gaming nature suitable. I can get an up to date PC after doing some testing. Internet has always been an issue that forced me to play solo. Games and updates getting bigger these days, I'll definitely need good internet.
Try updating or downloading a game with 5mbs download speeds, vs what will be either 600 mgbs download wireless or with ethernet cord 900mgbs to a whole gig download.
Yep he's right I use 5g box and it is fucking so bad I broke a controller can't even run diablo4 yet alone diablo 4 and my girl watch tv if she turns on a tv my game won't even load it's pathetic but I'm really thinking bout starling it'll shit on all the companies I'm in a town of 200 in the middle of nowhere but from houston had a gig in houston so used to internet running good I fucking hate it
I have Starlink in Chelsea Alabama and it is been absolutely horrible so I really think it depends on your location, I got T-Mobile 5G unlimited and it does just fine on Fortnite and any PVP game
@brhino3708 well wireless internet isn't consistent. That's why 5g sucks. Then you got millions of people on that network with thier phones slowing everything down is another problem
@@gallaieousyehudai12as any person would, I’d also go with fiber if it was available. Those speeds are unmatched I had fiber when I lived in Oklahoma City. Unfortunately it’s not available in rural Texas but I went with starlink while I’m on the road on my 10 hour breaks. And with trucking sometimes I have to wait longer. My fellow truckers now about sitting for a day or two.. it sucks but at least I can make good of it with the starlink. I know it’s not the best but for considering I’m playing warzone in my sleeper I can’t be too mad at a lil bit of latency
Never thought I'd heard the term "earth-based internet providers" so casually.
Elon musk carrying this entire century . . . Its crazy
Hey I was wondering how it is now?
I am considering getting the Residential Starlink plan and I mostly play Call of Duty pretty competitively.
My current speed is 50mbs and I average maybe 30 in terms of latency.
Would Starlink be worse?
My region is NA-East if that helps
I don’t know bro that is already really good internet. I’m getting it soon I’ll let you know
Is this a troll post? if not then no starlink will never be able to beat 30ms. in no world will it get lower than that. 30ms is really good.
Good video, very informative!
Thanks!
I play online almost everyday for an hour or so, and I very rarely notice a problem.
Of course if I were being paid to play, then it would not be dependable enough.
But overall, it's great for gaming for casual gamers.
I have no wifi at my house. I use hotspots to supply everything with "wifi" and its terrible. Its nat type strict / type 3 so i cannot game. Is nat type ever an issue on starlink?
Thanks for the video man
does it work allover the globe? like will it be same latency example here at philipines
Yes, you will have a similar experience if starlink is open to your location. You can see on their website if your country is already live or if it is on the upcoming list
@@uc4ntseeme166 yeah i mean they're available already, but how about the latency? will it be the same?
I have starlink here in the Philippines and play FPS games on it no problem. I have PLDT fiber too but starlink is better.
Love how i randomly get 50 pecent packet loss in fortnite when it's only me online. Thanks Elon!
Stop trying to play video games with satellite internet. Satellite internet is absolute garbage and is not meant for online gaming where your ping matters more than anything
But low satellites that are thousands of miles lower than your ground connection satellites@@kenshinhimura9387
What about using a service like Speedify to bond Starlink and DSL? Has anyone tried gaming with that setup? The sales pitch is that the DSL provides stability solutions while Starlink provides faster Download and supplemental upload speeds. Again, this question is for the folks living in rural America where just basic DSL is low speeds and running over old phone lines.
Speedify is good for a better connection reliability, however it will add a significant amount of latency.
I use it for my storm chasing live streams here where latency is not as important as speed and uptime.
Hey. Thank you for the review. What program you used to collect the latency?
Western Australia latency is 24-50 ms on the starlink map. If thats true then its better than my fixed internet of 60ms
Nope. It's not. Your home internet does not have massive spikes in the ping. It's consistent. You go to starlink and it will be a nightmare.
I have lived in a rural area for most of my life, We have been about 1/4 mile from comcast coverage area for a decade. The lack of internet choices is painful. Considering paying the premium for Starlink. Thanks for the info.
Same here a whole half mile from cox communications internet and have been that way for almost 20 years if T-Mobile 5G isn’t any much better then current hotspot I’m definitely getting starlink since it’s now available in my area
@Bunny-658how does it perform?
Don't even try, the packet loss is insane with SL, it's so bad
😂 it works just fine. Never had any issue with anything
@@Evoq_q for streaming/browsing yes it's fine
No kekw21234 is absolutely correct. I had phone line internet prior to getting Starlink out in the country and my upload speed and download speed is night and day better than my prior internet. However, with Starlink, I’m CONSTANTLY packet bursting in every cod lobby. Has anyone found a solution to this? Should I consider a third party router with Starlink? Any suggestions would be appreciated
@Evoq_qWell that’s just a lie isn’t it you know very well that the packet lost and spikes are horrible 😂
@@Evoq_qstop lying and trying to Gaslight people. I bet you have no clue what you're talking about. I bet you can't even tell me what your average ping is when you are playing games online or what it jumps up to constantly.
@5:12 DID HE just say "as more satellites are uploaded into orbit. I had to do a double take lol i should go download more ram.
upload lag spikes are what kill gaming for me on starlink
Could you latency test playing mmorpg game on far away servers like SEA ,EU or Asia and compare to other isp.
Is Starlink unlimited or you just have 1 TB?
It used to be unlimited. now its 1tb. Just like tmobile used to be unlimited but now its 1.2tb. For the most part it just means you will be deprioritized after you exceed that amount.
They removed the 1tb limit
I have cellular Wi-Fi through a company my ping is 115-130 do you think I should switch to starlink
depends on how much you are willink to pay
Personally I'd wait a year or two from now starship will be running and they will have more satellites deployed
You have to find out what makes that latency. It can be your ISP and it can be the game servers are far away. Try traceroute
No. They are both trash. A ping of 100 or higher is completely unplayable for online games.
@@kenshinhimura9387the main game I play and I get 250 ping and I still have a great time
Right now im evaluating Starlink, Tmobile 5g and ATT 5g at my location. For gaming I would consistently rate Starlink first followed by TMobile and ATT bringing up the rear. The all have great a minimum of 100mbps down and 10mbps up so more than suitable for streaming and surfing the web... but starlink has consistently better pings by a large margin. Both in speed tests and real world gaming. I would say they are all 'playable' for gaming but we always use starlink for gaming.
Don’t get tmobile it’s good for everything else but gaming my ping is sometimes 30 then others and more often it’s 80-100 games are unplayable 75% of the time
@@LuisMartinez-yw6hk I've had similar experience. most of the time its around 40ms, but does hit 100-120 sometimes. Its still the 2nd fastest internet at my location next to starlink. My ATT hotspot used to be really fast (close to a tower at my location) but they shutdown the tower for repairs so now ATT sucks here. Since I use it for work I tend to keep 2 internet connections active. right now thats Starlink and TMobile. Starlink is fastest but it goes down fairly often for updates.... and the updates are great as they are making it faster but if i need internet for work during an update I swap to tmobile with is pretty adequate most of the time.
@@LuisMartinez-yw6hk my ping is 60ms in Aus all the time.
Is it even better with an ethernet connection?
Ethernet will always be more reliable than WiFi.
@@NStewWXpshhhh😂😂😂
Hi, i lived in capital city with high populated area, my FO ISP is great. The only problem is when playing in USA or UK server, the latency is high >200-250 it's not playable.
Will i get constat low ping whenever i connect to the server anywhere in the world ?
I'm looking for an answer to this question, since it is air fiber so technically there aren't any stops/nodes so we should have
@@utkarshmahna370 i am play WoW from Indonesia using Starlink on Australian servers. Having ping 200 ms
well, since you have to connect a specific server and that information will have to travel back to you it will definitely have a higher latency, the question is, what latency compared to a node base internet.
Why COD😒
Because it's a highly competitive online multiplayer game where your ping matters more than anything else. You would be really stupid to try and play online multiplayer games with satellite internet connection it will be a horrible experience for you and you'll probably end up punching a hole in your computer monitor out of frustration
The correct answer would be no you cannot play online multiplayer games with starlink or any other form of satellite internet. The latency and ping spikes would be outrageous and would cause you so much frustration that you end up ripping your hair out and punching a hole in your computer monitor.
Have you used it?
@@timduncan1422😂😂😂😂. He can’t afford it
@@AndreaCamper-86 I’ve been using it for 2 weeks now and had success online gaming. 80 ping with very little spikes isn’t that bad
@@timduncan1422 just went two hours on Overwatch and had very little issue. A few rubber bands for a second and 1 disconnect that I was able to re connect asap. I love it. 282 mbps. Top dude is wild
I've been playing FPS games on Starlink for a couple of years from rural Tasmania, big upgrade from fixed wireless and rock solid stable.
Utterly reliable to the point that I was shocked when I had a 5 min outage during a Starlink software update.
If you need good internet and don't live in a well serviced area, go for it.
Unless you live near me. then STAY OFF MY SATELLITES YOU PEASANT! but otherwise, highly recommended.
My brother. I am a humble peasant living in the pacific. What games do you play and what ping to you sit at on SL? Many thanks
@@pablosnackbar6417 I used to play a lot of L4D2, now I tend to play Darktide, pings were around 40 - 60. totally workable for anyone who isn't doing esports.
that’s cap
@@pablosnackbar6417 Ping around 24 - 35
FPS games, mostly Darktide ATM, used to play a lot of L4D2.
Just a comment on the situation. If you are not playing competitve FPS it shouldn't be an issue. Like if you play online games such as World of Warcraft or other similar games you will not notice much if any difference to terrestrial internet. So if you are just wanting to play WoW, Madden, or GTA online you will be fine.
Oh and if you are playing Call of Duty turn off streaming textures on Starlink.
That's literally not true unless you just have terrible reactions times and don't notice the massive ping spikes.
what if you had the $2k starlink flat dish?
Why the f*** would you spend $2,000 to get internet to your house? When you could just pay 50 bucks a month and have high-speed fiber internet like most civilized people?
Using this instead of my local internet provider
The problem I deal with with Spectrum (as the 8th technician just left my house over the past 3 months), is that Spectrum runs so good during the mornings and around lunch. When I get off work around 5:00, it becomes an unplayable packet burst mess. Latency under load (download and upload) is complete TRASH.
spectrum has a bad habit of overselling their available bandwidth. When I had them I found that every time they ran ads offering 'yet better speeds' their overall speeds would get slower due to the number of people on a single node. So at peak use times you are going to have crappy internet... and if you complain they will tell you its because of the number of people active... like its the users fault... no its theirs for overselling and/or under supporting their network.
In forced to have Spectrum where I live but I’ve noticed that my Latency is always high and for no reason and my down and up are great! I tried getting into the router to fix the settings but of course I’m not able to access it 😑
No s*** sherlock. How many people do you think get online after work? Literally everyone in your town that's how many people. Your internet service provider is a shady scumbag company who is selling service that they cannot provide because they are greedy
@Insense. Router settings are never going to affect your ping for Speed. That is all on your internet service provider who is letting too many customers get on their Network and they are running out of bandwidth during peak hours when everyone gets home from work and wants to play games online
@@kenshinhimura9387 moved to a house ATT offered fiber and it’s a world of difference. No more spectrum, no more problems!
I’m looking at getting one of these as I’m in rural area, although..in the past two weeks I’ve already used 1 terabyte on my current internet provider..when starlink says it’s “Unlimited” is it actually unlimited data?
Yes! For a short time they started capping data and deprioritizing over a certain amount, but they have since removed that after a lot of backlash.
@@NStewWX I fully expect it to come back, probably late this year or early next. Maybe with a slightly higher cap. Just a feeling if Musk can't get any of the government RDOF money.
Dont get starlink if you want good gaming experience
@@NStewWX wasn't it removed due to new gen 2 sats?
@@natethessssnakeyou’re tripping it’s been absolutely fucking amazing for me. Coming from 3.4 mbps with 400ping to 300 MBps with 25 ping is absolutely fucking insane.
Why i cant play crossfire, can you guide me sir
they just updated something so its a bit faster
Great vidéo. Thanks
I mean where I am in Louisiana Hughes net just doesn’t work for gaming and the only hard wired ISP I’m only getting 6mb down and some kbps up so maybe this might be a upgrade for my online gaming
Just want to put it out there for anyone in the arctic that are on the fence purchasing StarLink, i say purchase it. It works great in the arctic region, I've had to trouble with it what's so ever. plus it works better than northwestel fiberoptic internet in the 2 territories of Canada.
There is absolutely no way on planet Earth that any internet would run better than a fiber internet connection. It's literally and physically not possible
@@kenshinhimura9387 our fiber line in buried in 1 to 2 feet in permafrost. poor planning but our government and 2 major forest fires that hit the line already. took weeks to fine where it was damaged. so yeah starlink is doing better up here right now than the fiber line.
@@kenshinhimura9387 you do know that light goes slower through fiber optic than through the VACUUM of space right?
Starlink satellites use laser links with each other, basically fiber optic without actual wires, also the starlink constellation is HALFWAY built and working so good already, just imagine when the network is 100% operational
Ranging from 8-34 ms of latency is bad from the high performance dish? You on drugs homie. Im getting starlink!!!! Go Elon!
You're misunderstanding the video - it's not 8ms to 34ms, that's the second-to-second variation. Like jumping from 40ms to 74ms in 1s.
I have a Co called HughesNet in my area where NOTHING else is available. And my latency is 680 - 900 ms. And the packet loss is 66% about 15 - 40% of the time. And I play Gran Turismo 7. So even if I had 150ms, it would at least keep my car from skipping to California and back every few seconds.
I would probably rip my hair out and punch a hole in my computer monitor if I had to deal with ping spikes like that
Hello! I have a question you might be able to answer. I am a World of Warcraft player and the game is pretty graphics intensive. Like you said milliseconds matter. I don't know if you like that type of game but is there a way for you to try it? I've been playing since vanilla and it's still a great game to play and I have made a lot of friends over the years,problem is the "lag". Get this, I only connect with Verizon DSL and my highest speed is only 2.75mbps. I have got to find out if it would be worth the money because if my wife starts a video on her tablet my lag goes through the roof. HELP HELP HELP!!!
2.5mbps is plenty for wow. I used to play back in 2006 with 1mbps. The graphics rendering is done by your GPU on your PC. The only stuff that's done via the Internet is updating player locations and actions. Which doesn't use a ton, but the faster the better. You can even stream 1080p content with 2.5mbps. but not on many devices.
Please can you do starlink with ea fc
Tmobile with antenna beats this price and speeds anyday
How much ping do you get when you use star link?
what gen dish were you testing with?
Great content
Does starlink come with a modem ? So u can play on wired connection?
starlink comes with modem in gen 2 and gen3 got lan cable
Starlink will never compete with that at the price they are selling it for in my country. Maybe if they dropped the price from €50/month to €15/month. But even then the price/gb keeps dropping for mobile nerwork and our copper cable network just gives beter speeds and lower latency for cheaper then starlink. The G nework has a coverage of 99% here. So maybe he can get some money now if he drops the price a lot over here. But in the future competing against fiber (there is finaly a fiber revolution going on over here) and G network at a 99% covarage is going to be hard.
Agreed but star link is a great option for people in rural areas that don't have any better options
bro my wifi is 70 a month and i had like 1 upload and 5 download starlink is cheaper and way faster for a lot of people
@@luffyRTS Bro you payed 70/month for INTERNET not WIFI. IF any of my countryman pays 70/month fo internet we have like 350Mb/s download and like 60Mb/s uploud. And thats just the way it is over here. We dont have crappy internet for 70/month. Feels better to game on a 18 ping then on 80 ping. A country has a lot of people.
@@jensv874 i know the difference between internet and wifi i just say wifi since it's easier also i don't understand what point you're trying to prove obviously starlink is gonna be bad if u can get those speeds
@@jensv874 starlink is for people who can't access those speeds honestly do your research bro
i just got starlink and my lantancy its avg 300+, i struggle to get 10fps on OV, ( and no its NOT playable ) BUT every 3 days or so ill get an hour or 2 of smooth internet so it's worth the 120$ mouth.
my guy. how the hell should the starlink have any impact on your fps???? Obviously theres not a single game that would be playable at 10 fps wtf
is there a limmit for your data?
Hello have a question before getting it, will another internet satellite interfere with starlink ?
Weather interfere with starlink
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No internet for you😂😂😂
i get 15-35ms ping on fortnite with starlink its been working amazing and ive seen speeds up to 300 mbps
(its better than what i used to have lol)
On standar plan?
@@geopg. yeah
I just got this trying fortnite and it just keeps freezing end game or when around ppl so annoying how is urs set up outside anything around it? Do you have ethernet cable to the console ?
@@jimmons6185 i use ethernet, and there is no obstructions
Nick should using this while he was out of Iowa.
i live in the middle of no where, just moved a year ago. im running on my netgear nighthawk but it doesnt give me ''unlimited'' data, so i am left stranded not being able to download bigger games like sea of thieves. router is out of the question since i dont have an adress (long story). do you guys think this is worth it? they have it in my area and being able to actually download shit and play games without being scared of my internet going out for a day makes it sound amazing
It's been 2 month so maybe the problem is solved but if not : You can try Starlink for one month freely and if you're not satisfied, you can return it for free too
@@pooppet176830 peak ms is not a problem......
can i play in another server? with a better ping?
Obviously different in the US. I sit in the 30-40's on fps gaming with starlink here. Australia
Fps? Thats your computers fault bro. Frames per second. Latency(ping) is what you need to look at
@@mikkelbjrnsgaard8406”first person shooter” gaming
@@mikkelbjrnsgaard8406He’s not saying his fps is 30-40. Try again.
Damn Mike delete this 😂😂😂
OP are you on east coast?
@@andrewunthank3521 yea i think hes saying that his PING is around the 30s-40s?
Wouldn’t adding a gaming router improve the latency?
nah
No. That's not how the internet works.
@@kenshinhimura9387sure it does
can you stream on twitch & youtube with starlink?
As every gamer is a competitive high end pro gamer……..
Everything under 40 ms is more than enough for 98% of all gamers……..
Yeah and I can guarantee that you will never even think of seeing 40 millisecond ping or lower with satellite internet. It's just never going to happen. I'm tired of all these starlink shields coming on here and claiming that it works when in reality it does not work for online multiplayer gaming. Especially for those of us who are hardcore Gamers and are highly sensitive to Ping spikes and delays. I guarantee that if you use starlink you're paying will be well over 100 milliseconds at all times
Hola
Thanks from Germany.
I am in France now and the internet here has only 2000 kbits^^ .. with my 4G Box i got 50000 kbits but the ping are not good ... especialy with bad wather ... i hope starlink can fix it ... i am a professional gamer and hope it works very good.
in germany i had 75000 kbit but the ping was 7 to 30 ... in france the internet are not good .. and fibre will come next year in september ... but to not play this long time are a nightmare for me .. or not to stream my gameplay ... thanks for your time and help .. thumbs up and subscribe from me 😇🧚♀