I would be complaining. I hate cruddy registry. If you take this discussion to CEVO forums you would get a lot of negative opinions to low fps rates. Sure the average joe won't notice but I sure would.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Ulrich Block <[email protected]> wrote: > Stcok fps ist ~245 even if the value is set to fps_max 300 ^^ And no our > players didnt even realise setting that i set fps_max to 75 @ tick 66. > I was just curious if they would realise and they did not... > > Eric Greer schrieb: > > I was reading about 'if its really worth it' today. > > Apparently 500 FPS servers add 2ms of delay while 1000 FPS servers add > 1ms > > delay. Also, 2000 FPS adds only .5ms. > > > > Considering it takes the human being 300ms to blink his eye, and i can do > > that while typing accurately... talking about anything over 350fps > literally > > becomes trivial. Include in tick rates deprecating this math and you're > > literally down to nothing more than the CPU calculating the same crap > over > > and over and over. > > > > The most important thing is tick rate. In my opinion, if a blind study > was > > done NOBODY would be able to accurately tell the difference between a 100 > > tick 350fps server compared to anything higher - ever. > > > > But that never stopped people from selling what the public wants to pay > for > > :-). Plus, the amount of placebo effect involved with 'pro' PC gamers is > so > > intense I have a hard time comprehending it. Simply telling them > they've > > switched to a 1000 FPS server should make them rave about how great it > is. > > The only REAL difference is what number comes up in tests. > > > > I'm sure gamers will never believe this and you'll find lines of people > > waiting to tell you that they can see the difference between 350, 500, > 1000 > > and 2000 FPS servers. *sigh* > > > > Eric > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Daniel Nilsson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >> It´s very true that many do not see the difference from different > >> ticrates. Mainly because thare are no big difference (Especialy from 66 > >> to 100). Now several of you will protest. But the most important is the > >> following > >> > >> 1. The fps must in must be stable. > >> > >> 2. The box must have an stabile networking to avoid changes in packages > >> sent and recived. This part i have noticed on my own when playing > >> online. Playing on a server for 5-10 min... hitting nothing. Take an > >> look at the in and out on the netgraph and voila. They drop from 60 to > >> 40, up to 50 and so on. > >> > >> Swithces to an more stable server and suddenly i hit everything, almost. > >> But the funny part imo is that is it unstable for everyone or youst me > >> because of my isp peering to that server isp or is it the same for > >> everyone on that server. If it is the latest part. Why does some hit on > >> those servers at all. > >> > >> > >> //Daniel > >> > >> > >> > >> Ulrich Block skrev: > >> > >>> Same here. The most players can not even notice if they are playing on > >>> tick 33, 66 or even 100. > >>> Remember the valve defaults ar updaterate 20 cmdrate 30. Many of the > >>> players out there do not know to alter this cvars, so that they can not > >>> notice the tick > >>> I run some public Servers at tick 33 with fps_max 300 and nobody ever > >>> complained about bad hit registration. > >>> The 1000fps thing is only for the wannabe pro players that are not able > >>> to say its their fault they died. Besides there are no real 1000fps > >>> only values close to that number like 950-990 fps. But again nobody > will > >>> notice the difference between 500 and 1000fps Servers. > >>> Maybe some players from 250 to 500... > >>> What i noticed is the fact, that the ping is slightly reduced when > >>> running at higher fps. > >>> > >>> Ferenc Kovacs schrieb: > >>> > >>> > >>>> If you was fine before you heard about the 1000fps thing, I think you > >>>> shouldnt bother. > >>>> The difference between stable ~250 and 1000 fps is almost zero from > >>>> the players perspective, but requires higher cpu cost, so you can have > >>>> fewer server on the same box. > >>>> just my 2c > >>>> > >>>> Tyrael > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Nevermore<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Very insteresting thread! > >>>>> > >>>>> I run a lot of servers in the same box with stock debian kernel. > >>>>> Wich optimization is suitable for me? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you all! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >>> > >> please visit: > >> > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > >>> > >> signature database 4402 (20090907) __________ > >> > >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >>> > >>> http://www.eset.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > >> signature database 4403 (20090907) __________ > >> > >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >> > >> http://www.eset.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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
