Guwahati, Jan. 29 -- Millions of people around the world enjoy playing online multiplayer games. However, high latency and lag can ruin the gaming experience. Using a VPN is an effective way to reduce lag and improve performance while gaming.

Lag occurs when there is high latency, meaning a delay between your computer sending data and receiving a response. This is often caused by distance and congestion between you and the game server.

A VPN allows you to connect to a server that is geographically closer to the game server. This significantly reduces the distance the data has to travel, lowering latency and lag.

VPNs also use compression to reduce the size of data packets being sent. Smaller packets mean less congestion and latency. Th...