CodD4 LAG (?)

When I first started playing CoD4 online about a month ago everything was fairly fluid.....lately I've sometimes been noticing guys running where they sort of jerk across the screen....a bit laggy......today it got ridiculous w/ the lag....the shooting was late the staggered/choppy running as well.

Is that because someone has a crap internet connection? I don't think its at my end my ADSL has been fine in the past... or is my GPU crapping out? My MBP is esentially brand new and has been fine otherwise w/ no graphics issues whatsoever.

Also, has anyone noticed on some levels there is artifacts when you turn quickly in a room? It looks like a line across the screen is offset as if the screen couldn't redraw fast enough. I've noticed it in the beige/brown building level....if you're running into a room and turn to navigate.....seems to be some kind of glitch as it doesn't happen on all maps.

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar?

Consultant said:

OSX or windows?

Windows need constant attention (such as defrag multiple things) to prevent it from slowing down.

Did you check the ping?

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Whats the ping numbers mean, lower the better? I've seen the servers have a pin rating but also each individual player.

I'm running it on OS X. ....the only modification I've made to the default settings is for the graphics resolution to be 1440 x 900. I tried some recommendations before like the aliasing (I think?) and it started causing all kinds of problems so I left that alone. Everything has been working fine until recently. The games I've joined have been quite full so perhaps thats a problem.

I know I don't have the fastest connection here but it is ADSL and has been fast enough for this game before.