10/100 or 1000 LAN setup?

[Werty]

with todays current network games, will 1000Mbps lan setup (Gigabit compatible HUBS & Lancards) will give significant boost in networked games over a 10/100Mbps? will we really see a huge difference?
thanks...

 

[phonemonkey]

No, unless you're talking about a game server on a LAN, the games won't use up all that much traffic. You'll mainly see a big difference if you're transferring large files back and forth on the gigabit segment.

 

[spidey07]

games really only use about 200-300 Kilobits/sec.

so, no. you'd wouldn't even tell the difference between 10 and 100.

 

[Werty]

oh, ok... thanks 🙂

 

[VirtualLarry]

I thought that Gb Lan had (marginally) lower latency, as compared to 100 Mbit? That could still prove useful, for LAN-based FPS games.
If you already have an installed base of 10/100 networking gear, then it wouldn't improve much for only games, although Gb is much faster for file-sharing, of course, and media-streaming (think, watching DVD movies over your network!). But for new machines and networking gear, most new mobos come with integrated Gb, and prices for Gb-capable NICs aren't very much more than good-quality 10/100 NICs. So for new gear, I do recommend Gb, at least for the client NICs. When prices come down on Gbit SOHO switches, then you could upgrade cheaply, and have a killer local LAN for file-sharing/media-streaming.

(One small thing that *would* improve, in terms of games on Gb LAN, would be level loading times on games that download the level from the server, like the UT series of games. I hate playing a level at a LAN party that I don't already have cached on my machine, and it takes 2 minutes to download off of the server - by the time it has downloaded to my machine, that match/level is usually just about over.)