It's called a placebo. On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:58 PM, John <[email protected]>wrote:
> Nod, most professional teams would agree that very high FPS servers feel > better. In the case of NFO and the other high-end GSPs, much of this may > stem not from the peak FPS value but rather its stability, and its > stability > in turn stems from the fact that these servers are put on very low-load, > highly tweaked machines and each generally gets its own CPU core. The > higher > FPS does theoretically help slightly as well, but not to a degree that many > players would notice. > > The OP here is referring to the GoldSrc engine, which only supports up to > 1000fps and scales its tickrate along with the FPS. From 500fps to 1000fps, > that means up to a 1ms latency difference in-game. The jump from 100fps to > 1000fps is actually quite noticable here, both in terms of scoreboard > latency and in terms of how the game plays. The jump from 100fps to > 1000fps+ > is less noticable for Source-based games because the tickrate stays locked > at a maximum of 100hz. > > The actual hardware and bandwidth costs are the reason for the price > premium > on the higher-end servers -- they are very expensive to run well. > > I'd agree that for most clients, and especially for public servers, > something like a constant 250fps is more than sufficient. From Valve's > choice of 30fps/tick for L4D, it seems that it is in favor of even lower > rates. > > -John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cc2iscooL" <[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] FreeBSD FPS = HZ / 2 > > > > But guize I need my 4000 FPS server from NuclearFallout at $5 a slot. > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 4:59 AM, AnAkIn . <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> sys_ticrate is max 1000. > >> > >> That won't answer your question, but 500 FPS is fine. It's useless to > >> have > >> 1000 FPS. You just need it to never go below 100. > >> > >> 2009/5/17 lol37 <[email protected]> > >> > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I use FreeBSD 7.2 with kern.hz = 1000, with linux_base emulator and > >> > hlds > >> > -pingboost 3 sys_ticrate 10000 > >> > But i got only 500~fps > >> > I tryed kern.hz = 2000 but i have quite huge cpu consumption like 30% > >> > Any suggestion ? > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> > please visit: > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Cc2iscooL > > Head Admin/Owner > > http://www.cc2iscool.com > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Cc2iscooL Head Admin/Owner http://www.cc2iscool.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
