How to solve network packet loss on Biostar H310MHD3 for Siege?
Getting snapped back to a previous position while sneaking up on an enemy is the absolute worst feeling in a tactical shooter. The onboard NIC on the Biostar H310MHD3 was spamming interrupt requests when handling small packets, causing CPU usage to spike between 12-18% and peaking at 5% packet loss. I tried swapping to a Cat6 shielded cable, but the ping still bounced between 40-80ms, so the hardware cable wasn't the issue. I went into Device Manager and disabled 'Energy Efficient Ethernet' and 'Green Ethernet,' and turned off Interrupt Moderation. Monitoring with PingPlotter, the packet loss hit 0% and the jitter settled at 22-26ms. I did have a brief disconnect right after disabling moderation, but a router reboot and IP refresh fixed it. Board temps are 40-45C. After three matches of monitoring, the connection is finally stable, though RAM is sitting at 58-63C. My nerves are finally calming down.
