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Hosting Computer - William - 03-08-2007
For a long time I have considered to host my game server on my computer that I use for everything. But I just realized that I have a old computer in my house that doesnt do anything. If I remember correctly it has 256mb RAM and around 2.0ghz processor. What factors are there that affects the server from the computer. Is it only the RAM or graphic card etc too?
Otherwise I might just buy 2GB RAM and put into it.
Re: Hosting Computer - Matt - 03-08-2007
1GB of ram would prolly suffice in that machine and you'd be fine. If you're just using it to host the game server.
Re: Hosting Computer - William - 03-08-2007
Okay, so 1GB should be enough. Then I guess I go with that, actually I will have 1GB+256MB. So that should work jsut fine then. Well then that problem is out of the world. Although Im still considering a little to buy 1-2GB extra RAM to my current computer which I already have 1GB in, and host it here. With 2 or 3GB RAM I should be able to play a lot of games and go wild and still host my server without any problems.
Re: Hosting Computer - William - 03-08-2007
Dave Wrote:except a MS game uses up a lot of processing power, too.AMD Athlon 64 Processor
3700+
2.21GHz
Thats my processor, it aint that good but it should be able to handle it. Just that I need a lot of RAM so things dont lag when I run my server and everything else I want to do at the same time.
Re: Hosting Computer - jasoncannon - 04-08-2007
Yeah make sure you have a lot of bandwidth also. You can have all the ram in the world, but if you don't get high-speed internet, it will slow all internet applications down.
Re: Hosting Computer - William - 04-08-2007
Magnus Wrote:Not to mention if you are online, you are running your server on the same conenction that you are using for regular net, and other games.I never really understood this. People say that if I play my game and run my server from the same computer it will be slower =/ why?
Re: Hosting Computer - Robin - 04-08-2007
You're sending and receiving a lot of data through your internet connection, so it'll be the same effect as uploading and downloading data.
Re: Hosting Computer - jasoncannon - 04-08-2007
Programs connected to the internet have alot of data flow. Everytime you move, a packet is sent out.
and you constantly receive packets from the server. Your internet can only handle so many packets being sent. Because your server sends packets to everyone on the game, you can imagine it is pretty hard on your internet. Add that to an online game, also sending stuff, and your internet is almost dial-up speed(horrible I know.....) But a single player game wont slow down unless your low on RAM
Re: Hosting Computer - Matt - 04-08-2007
jasoncannon Wrote:Programs connected to the internet have alot of data flow. Everytime you move, a packet is sent out.
and you constantly receive packets from the server. Your internet can only handle so many packets being sent. Because your server sends packets to everyone on the game, you can imagine it is pretty hard on your internet. Add that to an online game, also sending stuff, and your internet is almost dial-up speed(horrible I know.....) But a single player game wont slow down unless your low on RAM
We all already know that. It's common knowledge around here.
Re: Hosting Computer - William - 05-08-2007
I do not have dial-up
Although I only have 5bmit, that means that I have around 600kbit/s down and 100kbit/s up.
Re: Hosting Computer - Matt - 05-08-2007
I have 6Mbits. I get 800 to 1500 Down, and around 200 up.
Re: Hosting Computer - William - 05-08-2007
It is the upload speed that needs to be improved the mostly for me. I will update my connection to get 8mit later on, that should enough I hope.