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DiceMan
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Post subject: question before i go spending money.  Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:56 pm |
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i know that some people on here have wirless. and for most of them they dont lag that much, and yet i lag and warp everytime i make a step.
is that because you all have better computers? my comp must of cost £200 at the most because it was just an extra present for christmas last year so it wont be that good. could this be a reason why i lag more than others with wireless?
and if so do you reckon this would do the trick?
Asus A8N SLI-Premium
AMD Athlon 64 FX60 @2.8GHZ
Corsair XMS3200 2x1GB
Western Digital Raptor 74GB
nVidia BFG GeForce 7900 GTX @ 680/1700
Viewsonic vp2030b 20.1" LCD
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty SB X-Fi Audio [8000]
Hyper 580W SLI Modular
Coolermaster Preatorian 732 Black
Creative 5.1 Surround System/ Icemat Siberia
Keyboard: Razer Tarantula
Mouse: Razer Copperhead Tempest
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
(that is what my cousin has and i know its better than mine)
_________________  moo: "don't worry I'll stalk you discreetly"
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targetpractice
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:45 pm |
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Its unlikely to be your pc mate. Seems pretty high speced to me
Firstly what ISP do you use and what speed is it meant to be?
Secondly make sure you or no one else on the network is dl'ing anything when your gaming, including torrenting, i-tunes, or up-loading pics to facebook etc.
Go to this website and run a speed test on your broadband and check its around the speed your meant ot be getting from your ISP. http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/
Finally what wireless network adapter do you have? and how far away are you from the router?
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DiceMan
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:50 pm |
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targetpractice wrote: Its unlikely to be your pc mate. Seems pretty high speced to me Firstly what ISP do you use and what speed is it meant to be? Secondly make sure you or no one else on the network is dl'ing anything when your gaming, including torrenting, i-tunes, or up-loading pics to facebook etc. Go to this website and run a speed test on your broadband and check its around the speed your meant ot be getting from your ISP. http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/Finally what wireless network adapter do you have? and how far away are you from the router? TP that isnt the comp ive got its what im going to get when i have the money
 the computer i have atm wasnt built for gaming it was for coursework ang just going on the internet and stuff....
oh and my wireless is Dlink and the router is about 10 feet away in the next room _________________ moo: "don't worry I'll stalk you discreetly"
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Tjolbi=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:10 pm |
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are there any other wireless networks that might be interfering with your signal? (or wireless phones, microwaves... ? anything on the 2.4ghz frequency?)
if so, try a different channel for the router (if there's a different network using channel 6, use either 1 or 11  ), you can normally change that by logging on to the router and going to the channel settings
and even if your computer's weak, it would just have a low fps, not a high ping right? 
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happyslappy
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Post subject: pc Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:40 pm |
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dont get the A64 - get a core base system instead , will be cheaper and much faster
also the bandwidth test tests just that - bandwidth and latencey are not the same
download a windows version of multi trace route and point it at the cs server - it will show where your problems are
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DiceMan
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:40 pm |
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my fps is usually 60 - 80 _________________ moo: "don't worry I'll stalk you discreetly"
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Shrek
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:51 pm |
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if your looking for a new machine this sort of thing would be better:
Asus P5B (Wifi)
Intel C2D E6600
Corsair XMS3200 2x1GB
Western Digital Raptor 150Gb (the 150Gb is better with NCQ etc)
nVidia 8800GTS (oor wait till the lower end dx10 cards come out)
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Music (x-ram is useless!)
Hyper 580W SLI Modular
Coolermaster Preatorian 732 Black
Creative 5.1 Surround System/ Icemat Siberia
Keyboard: Razer Tarantula
Mouse: Razer Copperhead Tempest
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
would seriously consider a widescreen monitior if your looking for a new one.
as for the wireless issues, whats the card? whats the signal strenght like (just cos your close doesnt mean much)
shrek
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