Best Gaming Modem? Opinions welcome!

Hi, I'm wondering what is currently the best modem to get, for online gaming? (Basic Phone line, dial-up Modem) I thought it was the USR 3COM Gaming Modem, but I can't seem to find it anywhere, anymore. Please give your opinion as to what's the best modem to get for online gaming. (Racing N3, N4, etc.) Thanks for all opinions. Mick

"Mick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi, > I'm wondering what is currently the best modem to get, for online > gaming? (Basic Phone line, dial-up Modem) I thought it was the USR 3COM > Gaming Modem, but I can't seem to find it anywhere, anymore. Please give > your opinion as to what's the best modem to get for online gaming. > (Racing N3, N4, etc.) Thanks for all opinions. I think the USR Performance Pro replaced the gaming modem. It's a PCI hardware-based modem, and will also work with Linux. http://www.usr.com/products/home/home-product.asp?sku=3CP5610A You can buy it online for $79. -- <remove 7of9 for e-mail replies> -- Bill Jones e-mail addresses: Computer Sciences Corp. (work) [email hidden] New London, Connecticut (play) [email hidden] (860) 701-1201 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj

The Diamond SupraExpress 56e Pro has proved excellent for me. Reasonable price too. "Mick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi, > I'm wondering what is currently the best modem to get, for online > gaming? (Basic Phone line, dial-up Modem) I thought it was the USR 3COM > Gaming Modem, but I can't seem to find it anywhere, anymore. Please give > your opinion as to what's the best modem to get for online gaming. > (Racing N3, N4, etc.) Thanks for all opinions. > Mick

I have a Creative Labs 56k PCI modem it is fantastic!! Especially if you have good connection. I can connect at 52000 bps and GPL flies online. Ryan "Mick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi, > I'm wondering what is currently the best modem to get, for online > gaming? (Basic Phone line, dial-up Modem) I thought it was the USR 3COM > Gaming Modem, but I can't seem to find it anywhere, anymore. Please give > your opinion as to what's the best modem to get for online gaming. > (Racing N3, N4, etc.) Thanks for all opinions. > Mick

A USR 33k sportster is all you need, I have to connect at 24000 anyway otherwise disconnects are a problem in vroc. rms [email hidden]

In article <01c04777$29fcfd60$b03d36cb@ronayton>, "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Finally someone that knows what he is doing... :) >Roger is spot on, in that a 33k modem is heaps fast enough for a client >in GPL, and quite often a client with a low speed modem that is set up >properly, has a quality of connection that can not be matched by most >cable or DSL links... >Analogue modems connecting at over 28800 will never be as good as an >analogue modem connecting at about 24000 to 28800 for GPL on-line play >as a client..

How can you connect at 28800? My options for 'don't connect at a faster speed than this' are 19200, and 38400. No in-between... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.12 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Finally someone that knows what he is doing... :) Roger is spot on, in that a 33k modem is heaps fast enough for a client in GPL, and quite often a client with a low speed modem that is set up properly, has a quality of connection that can not be matched by most cable or DSL links... Analogue modems connecting at over 28800 will never be as good as an analogue modem connecting at about 24000 to 28800 for GPL on-line play as a client.. ALso, it pays to turn off error correction and data compression in analogue modems as well, if you are striving for warp free, quality connections in GPL. I figured that you must have set your modem up for quality, rather than for speed Roger, as the few times i have raced against you on VROC, your connection has always appeared solid and stable. Now if we could just convince some of these other (lower latency is better than higher quality) hosts and clients on VROC to think the same way, the racing on VROC would become a lot more pleasant.. Cheers, Ron Roger Squires <[email hidden]> wrote in article <penM5.4091$[email hidden]>... > A USR 33k sportster is all you need, I have to connect at 24000anyway

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> otherwise disconnects are a problem in vroc. > > rms > [email hidden] > > > >

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <01c04777$29fcfd60$b03d36cb@ronayton>, "Ron Ayton" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > How can you connect at 28800? My options for 'don't connect at a fasterspeed > than this' are 19200, and 38400. No in-between... > Eldred You need to find out the AT commands for your modem and use them to set it to connect at those speeds manually. To do this, open up your dial up network connection properties and select the "Configure" button beneath the modem being used. Click on the "Connection" tab and select "Advanced". In there there will be an "Extra settings" field which is where the AT commands go. For example at the moment I have: +MS=11,0,19200,28800 in there for my Motorola VoiceSURFR serial modem. This forces them modem into V34 mode and makes it connect at between 19200 and 28800 bps. Whilst you're in this page, switch off "use error control" and switch "Use flow control" to hardware. I belive Ron made a post about this very subject getting on for a year ago which he may be able to repeat. Cheers Phil -- F1 GPL Handicap: +17.98 secs F2 GPL Handicap: +130.82 secs Currently running in the F2 Festival League at http://www.geocities.com/f2_festival

In article <C0HN5.81387$[email hidden]>, "Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>To do this, open up your dial up network connection properties and select >the "Configure" button beneath the modem being used. Click on the >"Connection" tab and select "Advanced". In there there will be an "Extra >settings" field which is where the AT commands go. > >For example at the moment I have: > >+MS=11,0,19200,28800 > >in there for my Motorola VoiceSURFR serial modem. This forces them modem >into V34 mode and makes it connect at between 19200 and 28800 bps. Whilst >you're in this page, switch off "use error control" and switch "Use flow >control" to hardware. > >I belive Ron made a post about this very subject getting on for a year ago >which he may be able to repeat. >

I had set the 'error control' and 'flow control' before, per Ron's posting. It actually made things WORSE...<shrug> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.12 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 22:12:52 GMT, "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Analogue modems connecting at over 28800 will never be as good as an >analogue modem connecting at about 24000 to 28800 for GPL on-line play >as a client.. I can vouch for this. I recently had to abandon my DSL connection when an out of state contract forced a temporary relocation. I dragged out the Creative Labs ModemBlaster USB I'd purchased prior to the DSL connection and was just downright depressed at the effect it had on on-line GPL racing. Connections were lousy and the FPS took a huge hit. I decided to take my own advice from months past here and scrounged an old US Robotics 28,800 external modem to connect to my COM1 port. It worked like an absolute charm and I can now run happilly with a rock-solid 19.2k connection and frame rates that approach off-line, solo practice. As a matter of fact, I joined an F2 club race last Tuesday after five weeks of zero GPL time and enjoyed the best on-line race I've yet participated in. Amazingly, it was at Kyalami which, until then, was my 2nd-least-favorite track following Mexico. Dig through them closets, attics, or your local flea market bins and find a nice old, obsolete 28.8k modem for your GPL online racing! Regards, Brett C. Cammack Temporary Texan brettDOTcammack@worldnetDOTattDOTnet (remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)