Adding more ram isn't likely to help - it doesn't use what it has as-is. I tried Linux for a while, but hlds used 30% cpu sitting there empty - and it went downhill from there. This old cpu isn't up to running the linux hlds binaries - the general consensus is that valve never bothered to optimize them for linux hence they gobble excessive cpu. And yeah, I'm leaning towards putting Win2k back on the box. I have a copy of server 2008 that I think I'll install just so I can say I did, and to tell everyone how lousy it is wiht this older box LOL. Or maybe it will surprise me and actually work good?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Sanderson" <[email protected]> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Win2k versus 2003 versus 2008 on older hardware > Why would adding more ram decrease the CPU usage on SRCDS? > > If I were you Ook I would go back to Win2000 as Microsoft only gets > sloppier > with their new releases of Windows. (Or try Linux, although from my > experiences SRCDS tends to use more CPU and Ram on it.) > Kyle. > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Mike O'Laughlen > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Add more RAM. >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Ook <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I have an older box, AMD Sempron 2400+, 1GB ram, that I use for to run >> > an >> > OP4 server (hlds.exe) and a L4D server (srcds.exe). With Win2000 and >> > both >> > servers full, cpu is about 30%. >> > >> > I upgraded it from Win2000 to server 2003, and when I did I noticed a >> > significant increase in cpu consumption. On the Winserver 2003 box, it >> used >> > 80-90% cpu. My first guess was that the cpu scheduler in server 2003 >> > has >> > more overhead and the context switches were using up all the extra cpu. >> My >> > second guess was that I really didn't have a clue why. On both >> > installations >> > I stopped all services I didn't think needed to be running. >> > >> > I have a copy of Server 2008, but I'm thinking this box may be too old >> > to >> > run that. Also performance under 2003 wasn't that great, I'm not sure >> > it >> > would be any better under 2008. >> > >> > Anyone have experience running server 2003/2008 on older hardware re. >> > performance? >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
