How much bandwidth does games use?

[phazer_]

I know every game uses different amounts of bandwidth but say on average how much bandwidth do you guys think something like BE2 would use per hour etc. etc.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

BF2 = 50mb-60mb/hour

Generally genres like RTS , rpg and racing sims use between 20mb-30mb/hour.

 

[killadoob]

yea bf 2 is a big hog

 

[MaD]

CS Source uses around 20MB/hour

 

[gkm]

I have also experienced tha same usage as above for Battlefield 2. At the other extreme, GuildWars seems to use less than 1MB per hour.

 

[louisp]

Yup,

I am now unable to play BF2 as I'm on iBurst and it really eats up all my bandwidth!!! Wish there was a way of reducing he consumption!!!

So now I'm playing Guildwars!! Guildwars' bandwith/ packet technology is so good that u can even succesfully play it over GPRS!!! (Everquest2 is also playable over GPRS, but it's a tight squeeze)

 

[killadoob]

i thought you couldnt play on iburst because of the ping

 

[Decotey]

Of course you can... Will you enjoy it though? Thats another question

 

[FireFLi]

I play WoW over Iburst, playable , but very inconsistent! So you need to play according to Iburst's schedule . Also noticed that Iburst bandwidth monitor is not very accurate.

On ADSL my usage was half of what it is on Iburst, and I am probably playing less, because of the inconsistency