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is ADSL 384 unshaped good enough to play XBOX Live(Xbox 360)? Anyone doing it atm with that speed...how bad/frequent is the lag?
 
its not a simple yes/no question!

but so far most of us play our games comfortable with 384k.


alot of the games allow local hosting which eliminates the lag.

GOW seems to be fine with 384k for up to 4 players, from there up the host needs 512 or higher.
 
just out of curiosity but how does iburst do with xbox live or doesnt it?
 
I was using iBurst for playing GOW and Rainbow 6 Vegas and had a mostly lag free experience.

DON'T TRY DEAD OR ALIVE 4 THOUGH

ADSL is better though.
 
^^^^^^

What they said. :)

You only need unshaped to play internationals, for local gameplay (hosting/joining) your shaped account works fine!
 
As I experienced last night, shaped 384 can even work on int games as well!

I've played burnout revenge, and now GoW internationally on a shaped account, and while GoW it was slightly noticable, it was none the less good enough to be fun.

Unshaped for international GoW though is near flawless.
 
what bout hsdpa...??? ive been usin it for live...sum evenins its fine...other evenins it wouldnt even let me join a co op game of gow...any one else usin this...???
 
Any satellite form of connection will have a high latency since it bounces off dishes throughout the town.

So you will on occasion have good evenings and bad ones. But overall ADSL is the best way to go if you are keen for XBL gaming.
 
There are some guys playing GoW using iBurst and they have almost no complaints.

It's not as "twitchy" as a PC FPS, so it tolerates a slightly higher latency.
 
I use 384 and found on GOW international its kinda hard cos it does lagg a bit although lagg is the wrong word, its almost like a delay, so u almost have to shoot infront of the person to hit them. Although bearing in mind im new to the game so it could be that too.
 
heh heh, it's just you dude ;)

no I'm kidding, with a shaped account there is a touch of lag, but it doesn't make the game unplayable. if it's an issue, just buy 1Gb prepaid unshaped from Web Africa and use that account when you want to play int.
 
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