Whats speed needed for online play

[Project X]

Whats the minimam speed do I need for games like fifa06 battlefield2 etc.
and whats ping

 

[|tera|]

Hey Project X, check this link out, it may be able to give you some starting tips

https://www-ssl.bestbuy.com/site/ol...tegoryRep=cat02000&type=page&cmp=&id=cat12077

Ping is:

A utility to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible. It works by sending a packet to the specified address and waiting for a reply. PING is used primarily to troubleshoot Internet connections. There are many freeware and shareware Ping utilities available for personal computers.

It is often believed that "Ping" is an abbreviation for Packet Internet Groper, but Ping's author has stated that the names comes from the sound that a sonar makes.

Ping could also be the speed at which your pc connects to the gaming server or your friends pc, in basic terms.

 

[ID10T]

wow...

The last line of teraside's is the most important

 

[|tera|]

Okay ID10T, I may not be able to explain to a person what ping is, but at least I tried, the poor dude is starting to learn about pc's and I chose the easiest way to explain it.

SO, whatever dude, you try and explain it to him

 

[lilDeath]

I actually thought he might mean what kind of ping statistics (latency) you can be prepared for if playing the games in question, online.
but ye, explanation is cool too, dude.

 

[Franna]

The size of the pipe (bandwidth) is not that important - 192K will be more than enough.

Latency is more crucial for gaming. You determine latency by using the "ping" command in DOS. It is the time it takes a test network packet to get to the game server and back. The lower the latency the better.

For local games you will want < 100ms and for international games < 400ms.

 

[Franna]

The size of the pipe (bandwidth) is not that important - 192K will be more than enough.

Latency is more crucial for gaming. You determine latency by using the "ping" command in DOS. It is the time it takes a test network packet to get to the game server and back. The lower the latency the better.

For local games you will want < 100ms and for international games < 400ms.

 

[Bondizzo]

just one correction there, your bandwith does matter in some games and 192 wont cut it cause the upload is limited to 64kbs, especially if u trying to host alot of players your upload is crucial, for a game like fifa i doubt u would be able to play smoothly against international players unless with an unshaped account, 192 kbs is going to be cool for joining games but not hosting, but why get 192kbs when its getting faded out ?

 

[Project X]

Ok thanks guys so is 256kbps ok?
and what do you mean an unshaped account see im going for sentech is it unshaped and good for online play?

 

[BCO]

Steer clear of Sentech or other wireless options if you want low ping. I have iburst and it's mediocre at best for gaming.

 

[beefymoocow]

my 512 adsl line works perfectly for online gaming. im hoping to get 1mb at the end of this year

 

[Leash]

according to dictionary.com ping is: "A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable."

in layman terms: it is what decides how well you play (or in south african terms) how lame your game is.

 

[killadoob]

prject

dont even think of playing bf 2 with anything other than an adsl line 192 or higher

wireless and bf 2 do not work well

 

[doobiwan]

For FPS games (or any game where reaction time is crucial) Sub 200ms pings are near critical, sub 100ms preferable. most BF2 players running ADSL come in at around 40-50ms.

ISDN128 is usable for BF2, which is a bandwidth hog. I currently use ADSL192 and its also fine, for a single player, and don't do anything in the background.

As everyone else said - Wireless currently isn't good enough for "twitch" games. Having said that, apparently HSPDA advertises itself as low latency, so if you can get a demo from a vendor try it out before you take our word for it.