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[medicnick83]

Hi all,

Last night I tried to play NFS: Carbon online.
But the lag was not exactly wonderful.
I currently use a 1GB SAIX account from WebAfrica (w00t ) but its the R70 account.

What "package" would I need to purchase from WebAfrica (w00t ) in order to get better pings etc so that when I play NFS: Carbon online, the lag is MUST MUCH less or not even existent.

I'm guessing I'll need a 'gamers' account which I've never used before because generally, I play on local SAIX servers but now I'm liss to play new games

Thanks

 

[HavocXphere]

You could try an unshaped account. About R120 I think. I think the difference will be minimal though. Your dreams of non-existent lag are just not gonna come true. Sorry.

 

[medicnick83]

Seriously?

Because in NFS: Carbon, it has this like... meter, 3 bars, mine was ALWAYS in red (lowest bar) and everyone else I played against was like on GREEN (all 3 bars) and when we raced, the opposing car would jump around like a bloody monkey on steroids.

Playing online is alot of fun... I wanna improve that experience man!!!

 

[Necuno]

Seriously?

Because in NFS: Carbon, it has this like... meter, 3 bars, mine was ALWAYS in red (lowest bar) and everyone else I played against was like on GREEN (all 3 bars) and when we raced, the opposing car would jump around like a bloody monkey on steroids.

Playing online is alot of fun... I wanna improve that experience man!!!

its R125 per month: prepaid and multi real so you are not stuck with just saix or verizon. both back bones are accessible through adding .S or .V to end of your username.

http://www.webafrica.co.za/adsl/unshaped/

 

[HavocXphere]

Seriously?

You can reduce it a bit maybe, but the problem is the distance is just to great.

Speed of light in vacuum is about 300 000km/s. Distance to London is about 15 000km.

15 000/300 000=0.05seconds

=50ms one way
=100ms roundtrip ping.

Obviously you've got a bunch of routers and Telkom in the way so add another 50ms overhead and you've got a 150ms ping. 150ms lag is noticeable in RTS games and for FPS games its fatal.

The numbers might be a bit off (esp the 15k) but the above is why your best bet for low pings is to hop on a plane.