[bf1942] CPU Usage

[Killing]

Interesting facts there paul but just to correct you on one thing the HL
engine is not one the lowest resource servers by a long shot especially
when running mods like CS / DOD. The best in my recent experience is
either mohaa ( not mohaas ) and ut2k3 both of which have 1/1 player
to cpu% relationship on our boxes. e.g. 20 player mohaa = 20% this
is in contrast to HL which always uses 1-3% even when empty and
often peaks to 40% with 18 players ( DOD mod ).

    Steve / K

> The HL server and by extension the CS server is one of the lowest resource
> using game servers out there, the current linux build of the BF server uses
> a massive amount of CPU resources compared to the Windows build, the best
> way to test the difference is on real bad hardware rather than real good as
> it will show the difference more dramatically.
> 
> For example I ran it on a TBird 800 firstly as linux, about 8 people tops
> with the linux build, converted to a nice free Windows .NET server (RC2) and
> I could run 16 - 20 players before problems occured.
> 
> Now I am running a XP2000 on a .NET server and a full 24 man server doesnt
> climb above 45%-47% I havnt tried the XP2000 is a linux enviroment yet as I
> cant afford the down time.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Paul.