> "That's where the brain comes in. Client sees big number. Client > believes > it works better, even though it's exactly the same. Client buys 1000 > FPS > server."
[..] > So basically you are saying clients are stupid. Boy, I hope your > clients > don't read this mailing list. My company gears its service to clients > that know what they want...that's why they pay more than the "$1/slot > kiddy gsp" charges because they know what hosting entails. I'll say it if nobody else wants to - yes they are. Anybody that works in the industry of supplying servers that run software to people knows that clients are dumb. It's just a factoid else I'd be able to name 40+ companies that wouldn't have any clients at all if people that rented their servers weren't total idiots. Your clients may well pay more and they may or may not be dumb because of it, but on topic that's hardly the point. Who's to say it has any effect server side whatsoever? Who's to say that it's not something that only applies to non-dedicated servers? The name itself could easily imply that. FPS. FPS implies rendering, what rendering is a dedicated server doing exactly? Does anybody have any real, non-anecdotal evidence at all that a 1000fps server is any better than a 100fps server? The answer of course is no, they don't. Some people are going to reply that it's impossible to know without seeing the code, which is of course to an extent true; but in fairness there isn't even any anecdotal evidence to the fact except for random musings that a HL1 server 6 years ago may have. Seems to me that the tick is the chosen unit of time and activity and everything else doesn't matter. Would be great to hear from Valve and put the matter to bed once and for all either way though. There are evidently people making money of just this kind of thing, if it has no effect somebody should stand up and say so, and if it does matter we should all be able to get in on the action. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
