gaming server requirments

anothermbdusted · Dec 29, 2004

i play shadow ops red mercury and i was just informed that i get my old desktop back from the guy i sold it to. as he got a new computer and he fried the cpu in it. so what i am wondering is what is the requirments to host a game of say about 32 people?does it have to be a top of the line processor with alot of ram or can it be like say a 1000mhz cpu and like a gig or 2 of ram in it only or what?how big HD does it need can it be done off of a 20 gig hd? i run off of a cable modem and well i want it to be a dedicated server for this game. can you help me out as i really dont want to spend a grand for a server. say $200 would be nice if i could get away with it or less....thanks in advance..

andyl33t · Dec 29, 2004

it would be better if you posted it in the gaming section or in another forum decided to the game at question

Fightingpiper · Dec 29, 2004

Well basically this is a networking question because the limiting factor will be his upload bandwidth. If your on Cable your SOL on running a gaming server as your upload is probably capped at around 256k which would give about a server good for 4 or 5 people.......

anothermbdusted · Dec 29, 2004

so would dsl be better for that cause i can run 11 people now on the game befor it starts to skip....i thought it was because not enough memory..i guess im wrong?

Smokeys · Dec 29, 2004

In any operating system you should easily see if the server is hitting the limits with reguards to cpu or memory.

anothermbdusted · Dec 30, 2004

ok that sounds reasonable it maxes out my p4 2.8 and also the memory its starts to use a swap file so maybe thats the reason...thanks ill try that and see

DDR-PIII · Dec 30, 2004

yeah some games a pretty gpood when using the cpu and mem, but other just eat the both of them all up. it'd say atleast 3ghz + 1024MB of ram for smooth play, and of course atleast a 1MB connection.

Asj69 · Dec 30, 2004

1 Mb of bandwidth to run a 32 man server ? Im wondering the bandwidth question myself before i build my new server. What is a ruff guess on hosting a game server. Say with 4mb bandwidth ect...My game of choice is battlefield vietnam btw eeh. Any insight on this would be a great help

TalRW · Dec 30, 2004

This is from the steam forums so basically for CS

128K uplink = 4 players
256k uplink = 7 players
320k uplink = 9 players
512k uplink = 14 players
768k uplink = 21 players
1024k uplink = 28 player
1140k uplink = 32 players (max number)

Of course your particular line may or may not be stable enough to support the number
I have listed there. Local players on LAN are not included in this count.

A good rule of thumb is 35.6Kbits per player.

Certain maps and MODs may take more uplink bandwidth too.

so this is for CS, but you might wanna use this as a base for other games

eatmyshorts7569 · Dec 30, 2004

i dont know about the games u said but i got a CS:S server ( used to be a 16 with 2 reserve slot CZ server ). 14 player with 2 reserve slots and a vent server on the same comp. the specs are in my secound rig which is, |Stock E-Machine| |Intel Celeron 1.0| |64 Graphic| |256 SDRam| |10GB 7200RPM Hard Disk| |Stock Cooling|. and it runs fine. so for most servers u dont need high end stuff but high ram and cpu, fsb speed would be good.

anothermbdusted · Dec 30, 2004

k i think i got the general idea thinking of like a 2.4ghz and 2 gigs ram hope that will do ill find out in a week

eatmyshorts7569 · Dec 30, 2004

that should do fine. as u see i have a pile of turd running my server. ahahahahaha

Asj69 · Dec 30, 2004

Great info thx alot maybe i can find something similar for Poe for Bf Vietnam. Thx again.

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