BF:1942 dedicated server

Well just wondering something, we playd this recently at a LAN and it was alot of fun, except that no one had a fast enough vcomputer to run the server and play on it (fps shot to hell) so Im looking to make a dedicated server for that kinda stuff, BF1942 and CS1.6 mainly. What would be the hardware needed for a decent server to host a ~8-10 player game? (I had no problems running server on this machine but everyone else did, not sure why but either way.).

I got a folding rig I can use.. XP 1900, 256MB DDR, 30gig HDD and a ATI 7500 (64MB) would this be plenty for a server? Thanks.

(Note: Omaha Beach with 3-1 bot count on the allies pwns )

If you want to run a BattleField1942 server the 1900+ is ok but you need to add more ram. Bring it up to at least 512mb, also you'll need a 40k upload per person. so to do a 10 man server your upload needs to be 400k.

I did mention it was on a LAN right? dont play online. too many ***** so its all local hehe. That way when you get killed by a teammate you can throw something at them

Thats the only way. LOL

Honestly I'd get as much ram as you can or as much as the motherboard supports. BF 1942 is such a resource hog the extra ram will help out a bunch, especially if you guys ever have a few more people join the lan.

Yeah honestly, I've incrementally been upgrading my memory since I bought BF1942 a year ago.

256 MB DDR2700 was horrid!
512 was a bit better.
768 was the most noticeable performance increase.
1024 is just stroking my ego

As rdytorave and AC Slater said RAM is the best upgrade, My server runs with 1.5Ghz of ram and Everyone is very happy