Online gaming question ie broadband speed

[Desslok]

I play alot of Team Fortress Classic, Counterstrike and BF 1942 . I am moving and in the new area I can only get DSL. Would I notice a speed differance if I went with a straight 256k connection or would the 640k down 256 up package be noticeably better?

 

[Lager]

It really doesn't matter as long as you have good ping. I prefer DSL for gaming.

 

[Eli]

Yeah, it's all in the ping.

 

[Desslok]

Thanks guys! Learn something new everyday.

 

[hdeck]

you will notice a difference in cs, that's for sure; not just ping either.

 

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: hdeck
you will notice a difference in cs, that's for sure; not just ping either.

How so?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: hdeck
you will notice a difference in cs, that's for sure; not just ping either.

It is just ping, but the phatness of the pipe can make a difference..

But only if the game is using more bandwidth than you have.

I suppose the connection speed could affect average ping.. cause, as you know, normal packets aren't 32 bytes.. and ping goes up with an increase in packet size.

32 bytes:

Ping statistics for 168.143.107.162:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 90ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 91ms

1500 bytes:

Ping statistics for 168.143.107.162:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 101ms, Maximum = 162ms, Average = 126ms

 

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: hdeck you will notice a difference in cs, that's for sure; not just ping either.

It is just ping, but the phatness of the pipe can make a difference.. But only if the game is using more bandwidth than you have. I suppose the connection speed could affect average ping.. cause, as you know, normal packets aren't 32 bytes.. and ping goes up with an increase in packet size.

32 bytes: Ping statistics for 168.143.107.162: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 90ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 91ms

1500 bytes: Ping statistics for 168.143.107.162: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 101ms, Maximum = 162ms, Average = 126ms

Anyone happen to know the "avg" packet size in a CS game?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: hdeck you will notice a difference in cs, that's for sure; not just ping either.

It is just ping, but the phatness of the pipe can make a difference.. But only if the game is using more bandwidth than you have. I suppose the connection speed could affect average ping.. cause, as you know, normal packets aren't 32 bytes.. and ping goes up with an increase in packet size.

32 bytes: Ping statistics for 168.143.107.162: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 90ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 91ms

1500 bytes: Ping statistics for 168.143.107.162: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 101ms, Maximum = 162ms, Average = 126ms

Anyone happen to know the "avg" packet size in a CS game?

Well.... the Maximum Transmission Unit(MTU) on most networks is 1500... so probably 1500.

 

[Desslok]

Thanks Eli

 

[tweeve]

ha, you should try playing with Dial up. 400 something and im having good ping.

 

[Xenon]

Originally posted by: tweeve
ha, you should try playing with Dial up. 400 something and im having good ping.

That's pretty terrible actually, even for dialup. I remember when I was on dialup, I'd get pings to my favorite game server (in sig) at 90ms.