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Originally Posted by >BKA< T Wrecks

That's of course true, and it's also true that disabling any unnecessary background processes etc. can only help. I just assumed that he had had ok or at least not so bad and shaky pings before he updated to Steam, and that this update had been the only major change. I think I remember having read how some guys complained that although they didn't change anything relevant in their system, their pings had gotten worse. But who knows...

Yes these two users had the same system using 1.5 and had no problems until they changed to Steam.

Unfortunately thinking that the two systems should not be on the same PC they remove 1.5. This is a shame because they could have done a test, alternately firing up steam then 1.5 to prove it.