The location of your game server is one of the most important factors for the gaming experience. A server physically closer to your players delivers a lower ping.
What Is Ping and Why Does It Matter?
- 0-30 ms: Excellent. Barely noticeable difference from local play.
- 30-60 ms: Good. Perfectly playable for most games.
- 60-100 ms: Acceptable. Noticeable in fast-paced shooters.
- 100+ ms: Noticeable. A disadvantage in competitive games.
Where Are Most of Your Players?
The rule of thumb is simple: choose the location closest to the majority of your players. At HostValues, you can choose from server locations in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Poland, the USA, Canada, and Singapore. Use our latency tester to find the best location.
Per Game: Does Location Matter Much?
- Minecraft: Relatively tolerant. Still playable even at 80 ms.
- FiveM: More sensitive due to vehicle and player synchronization.
- Rust: PvP-based, every millisecond counts.
- Valheim: Very tolerant. Latency up to 150 ms is still fine.
- ARK: Sensitive with large bases and many tamed dinos.
7 Locations, Always Low Ping
HostValues offers server locations in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Poland, USA (East and West), Canada, and Singapore. All locations run on AMD Ryzen 9 7950X hardware with NVMe storage and DDoS protection. Check out the options at Game Hosting.
