[bf1942] CPU requirements..

[Kingsley Foreman]

ive got a xp 2200 (win)
running 54 players uses max 90%
always smooth

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Gurney" <james at globalmegacorp.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] CPU requirements..


> Sid Chrome wrote:
> > I've run a 64 player server on a 2.4G xeon, but it more or less becomes
> > crap at around the 47 player mark. Even with 50 players on it it's only
> > pulling about 5fps during large firefights (on the server side).
> >
> > My guesstimate for a decent 64 player server is a faster than 3Ghz cpu.
>
> Ouch.. Maybe that's just the P4/Xeon performance though?.. The Nvidia
> servers (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=battlefield1942_servers) are
> apparently Athlon 2600+ machines and they're 64 players and run just
> great.. I guess maybe other factors like memory bandwidth etc. may also
>   heavily influence the performance. I guess we'll probably go for the
> Athlon 2600+ with the 333MHz FSB and hope for the best..
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> James