Even when using pb3 on both .1x and .0c, it is 3-4 times higher on .1x than .0c... that is one thing i think is unacceptable and are still using .0c with the boffix-fix.
/Bjorn On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Simon Alman wrote: > The ping shown is from city to city in the UK (although current ISP vs > Blaster problems make it an unreliable benchmark atm). > I think it is possibly higher by default in 3.1.1.1d as compared with > 3.1.1.0c - although this may be due to the higher system CPU usage > (thereby slowing everything else on the stack down) as much as anything > different in the networking code. On the same network 100Base/T I get > 5ms (much the same as you do). It goes without saying that once the box > hits critical CPU usage (around 96%) pings jump to 200-300ms. > > I guess the short answer (rather than waffling on as I have been doing > :)) is that I havent tested it enough to answer your question. All I can > say is that 3.1.1.1d without pb and sys_ticrate gives pings of around > 60-80. 3.1.1.1d with pb 3 and sys_ticrate 10000 gives pings of around > 20ms. I havent tested variations on those values and possibly wont have > the time too do so. It works for me - I'd be interested to hear if it > works for anyone else. > > Regards > > Simon > > NB from memory - 3.1.1.0c values without sys_ticrate and pb 3 gave much > the same pings (around 50-60ms) - although a slightly lower CPU usage > (still fairly high though). > > P�r Olsson wrote: > > > Simon Alman wrote: > > > >> Hmmm pings can be a whole mess of complication - heres my thoughts on > >> linux: > >> > >> With the default Half Life code running I would agree that linux has > >> higher latencies, however using pingboost 3 uses a different timing > >> system and brings pings back down to "normal" levels. > >> > >> Without pingboost I would expect about 60ms as the best you are going to > >> get, with pingboost 3, I get between 18-25 ms (running hlds_3.1.1.1d) > >> instead. > > > > > > On the 3.1.1.0c boffix.v2 I get 3-6 ms ping on boxes in the same city > > and from 15-50 nationwide. All this on sys_ticrate 1000 and pb 3. Do you > > think your running the (on this list at least) much hated 3.1.1.1 series > > causes your high minimum? > > Without pb 3 and sys_ticrate I get about 25 ms more on average. > > > > Cheers, > > P�r > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- You never get a second chance to make a bad first impression. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
