a little tip from me... i saw an interessting tool to show you the ping in game!!! i found it on a german site but no fear it's all in english.... with this little program it's able to show your actual ping in the game with one key!!! it's something like iplw... but better you check them out... here is the url to find that pretty prog called df-commander...
http://www.ops-gmbh.de/kat_2/dl_tools.htm