Before you ask, I've read everything about USB modems - I bought one and
have just returned it due to hideous CPU occupancy.
What is the *best* modem for GPL (56k so I can use it for ordinary net
access).
The price range is ridiculous, and it's impossible to tell if they are
selling soft-modems - I'm going mad trying to find a good one.
Manufacturers & model numbers please ! (available in the UK)
Cheers,
Phil
(k62 400, voodoo2, 256mb, win98)
generally anything under $75 (us) is a soft(ware) or winmodem. The
easiest way to tell is count the major chips. If it has just ONE lonely
chip, then its a winmodem. If you see three chips on the circuit
board, then you have a regular modem.
3com(usr) has a new 56k modem supposedly designed for gaming. You
might want to check that out....it will probably run over $100 though.
dave henrie
Phil Flack wrote:
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> > Before you ask, I've read everything about USB modems - I bought one and > have just returned it due to hideous CPU occupancy. > > What is the *best* modem for GPL (56k so I can use it for ordinary net > access). > The price range is ridiculous, and it's impossible to tell if they are > selling soft-modems - I'm going mad trying to find a good one. > > Manufacturers & model numbers please ! (available in the UK) > > Cheers, > Phil > > (k62 400, voodoo2, 256mb, win98)
"Phil Flack" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I don't know, my Creative Blaster USB modem is giving me killer performance
on my PII 400-8mb VooDoo2-64meg machine.
Best Hundred bucks I've spent so far as far as online racing goes.
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> Before you ask, I've read everything about USB modems - I bought one and > have just returned it due to hideous CPU occupancy. > > What is the *best* modem for GPL (56k so I can use it for ordinary net > access). > The price range is ridiculous, and it's impossible to tell if they are > selling soft-modems - I'm going mad trying to find a good one. > > Manufacturers & model numbers please ! (available in the UK) > > Cheers, > Phil >On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:29:52 -0400, "Kevin Gavitt"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>I don't know, my Creative Blaster USB modem is giving me killer performance
>on my PII 400-8mb VooDoo2-64meg machine.
>
>Best Hundred bucks I've spent so far as far as online racing goes.
Kevin,
Your system sounds almost identical to mine (except I've a Celeron
400e) right down to the modem. I have a vague suspicion that my
Modem Blaster USB *is* sucking the FPS down a touch (probably crappy
mb's PCI subsytem...) and I was wondering if you might have installed
the latest drivers from the Creative Labs web site or made any opsys
tweeks to give optimum performance with that modem.
BTW - got any good Tweek settings for that Voodoo2?
Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
That's Racing! Motorsports
Pompano Beach, FL
