My brother and I played World Curcuit via a modem link for the first
time and I'm curious if the performace we got is typical. I have
486DX2/66 and my brother has a 486SX/25. I was the controlling
computer and was at just over %100 cpu use with only 8 frames per
second, anything higher was unplayable. We were connected at 19200
using 14400 baud modems. Do we simply need more horse power to get a
playable modem game?
Thanks
Jim Harmon
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>> My brother and I played World Curcuit via a modem link for the first >> time and I'm curious if the performace we got is typical. I have >> 486DX2/66 and my brother has a 486SX/25. I was the controlling >> computer and was at just over %100 cpu use with only 8 frames per >> second, anything higher was unplayable. We were connected at 19200 >> using 14400 baud modems. Do we simply need more horse power to get a >> playable modem game? >> Thanks >> Jim Harmon > I connected with a 386/33 and a 386/25 both 2400 modems and we >were getting atleast 14+ fps. Is the 14.4k or the 19.2k modem >external... you might need a 16550 UART card. >Kevinh> My brother and I played World Curcuit via a modem link for the first
h> time and I'm curious if the performace we got is typical. I have
h> 486DX2/66 and my brother has a 486SX/25. I was the controlling
h> computer and was at just over %100 cpu use with only 8 frames per
h> second, anything higher was unplayable. We were connected at 19200
h> using 14400 baud modems. Do we simply need more horse power to get a
h> playable modem game?
No, i've linked on a 386 before...try 16.6 frames per second, no traction or
detail, and 19200 baud...that should very very smooth indeed for a modem link!
Hope this helps! :)
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