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.
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| Author: | William [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hosting Computer |
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. |
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| Author: | Lea [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
RAM - a lot of data is loaded into memory. If you don't have enough ram to hold it all in memory, it goes into your paging file. The paging file is on your hard drive, so the paging file is only as fast as the hard drive. processor - the better the processor the faster you can process the load of a server Hard drive speeds (especially if you use INI files!) - lots of data, but this is only really a factor if you don't have enough RAM, or if you save players often. With a faster hard drive, server startup times would be faster. |
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| Author: | Matt [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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. |
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| Author: | William [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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. |
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| Author: | Lea [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
except a MS game uses up a lot of processing power, too. |
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| Author: | William [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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. |
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| Author: | James [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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.
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| Author: | jasoncannon [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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. |
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| Author: | William [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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? |
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| Author: | Robin [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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. |
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| Author: | jasoncannon [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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 |
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| Author: | Matt [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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. |
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| Author: | William [ Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
I do not have dial-up  Although I only have 5bmit, that means that I have around 600kbit/s down and 100kbit/s up.
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| Author: | Matt [ Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
I have 6Mbits. I get 800 to 1500 Down, and around 200 up. |
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| Author: | William [ Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting Computer |
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. |
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