this is in the wrong forum area i know but people dont seem 2 get many replies in gamers help

basically i play counterstrike quite a lot of the time i use my p.c and i've recently reformatted, for some reason whenever HL or steam is reinstalled on my comp my ping (only on CS) goes absolutely nuts! this only seems to happen wen the action starts to hot up. i am well aware that steam has its fair share of issues but if theres one thing i hate...........its lag, and i fork out for broadband every month. i find it funny how i can geta ping of 12 on a ut2004 server with 30 people in and a ping of 200 on the likes of counterstrike!? anyway any feedback help whatever would be appreciated cheers

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