June 29, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, HiFlyer said: When testing, do you look at your sim data usage? Of course. 🙂 Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
June 29, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, HiFlyer said: I remember in certain MMOs, the first thing they would ask, usually in a rude way, when you tried to join a group, was what is your ping? When I was playing those I was on dial-up with pings of 165. At least my ping didn't lag everyone else in the games I was playing, but it did make for a challenge for me to play. My satellite had pings of around 650. Due to all the handshaking in https this multiplied how long it took to load a page by a factor of 10. The previous satellite Internet had an additional layer of protocol and had pings of 1300 ms. Oddly enough this wasn't a problem (or even noticeable) in the Napoleonic battlefield simulator I played online at the time. HistWar: Les Grognards. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
June 29, 20205 yr 4 hours ago, HiFlyer said: I remember in certain MMOs, the first thing they would ask, usually in a rude way, when you tried to join a group, was what is your ping? Yes, it was a big factor back when gaming in the mid to late 90s, having hundreds of milliseconds difference between players could render the game almost unplayable. It still happens today to some degree, most notably in racing sims. Bernard
July 2, 20205 yr I dont miss the days of satellite out here, it was a necessary evil. Its funny they still keep sending me offers. Online gaming was a joke, i gave up even trying any sort with HughesNet. We finally got a wifi based system and then with some contacts and help, Spectrum ran to my house (and onyl my house on this road LOL), so i went in about 5 years from Sat to Gig cable. Janet Virtual Airline MSFS2020 / XPlane i9-9900K, 1070Ti, 32GB Ram, Honeycomb Alpha
July 25, 20205 yr On 6/27/2020 at 5:20 PM, LHookins said: I'd recommend most people holding off on upgrading their Internet speed until you find out that whatever you have isn't enough. Of course there are reasons to have more speed than the flight sim, so that's up to you. 😄 Hook I would really like to increase my 20 Mbps internet speed (to be shared with two sons), but unfortunately ther's no way due to infrastructures. I fear this situation for some years yet.....
July 25, 20205 yr Just got 1Gbps in time for MSFS. Downloaded the beta in around 15 min...not too bad. PC1: AMD Ryzen 9800X3D | Zotac RTX 5090 SOLID | Asus TUF X670E-Plus | G.SKILL 64GB DDR5 PC 6000 CL30 | 4TB NVMe | Noctua NH-D15 | Asus TUF 1000W Gold | be quiet! Pure Base 500DX | Noctua NH-D15S | LG OLED CX 48" + 2x Acer Nitro XV240YP 24" + 2x 15.6" Touch-screen Panels PC2: AMD Ryzen 7500F | Asrock 7900 GRE Challenger OC | Gigabyte B650I AX | Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 CL36 | 1TB NVMe | CM Hyper 212 | Corsair 750W Gold | Lian Li TU150 ITX | SAMSUNG Odyssey G9 49" Winctrl Ursa Minor Sidestick + Ursa Minor 32 Throttle & PAC - Thrustmaster Boeing TCA Yoke - Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog - Honeycomb Bravo Throttle - MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals - TrackIR - Stream Deck XL + Stream Deck Plus - Winctrl MCDU + 2 MFD's - Meta Quest 3 (VR)
July 25, 20205 yr I have AT&T 1Gb Internet and I average 980 down and 950 up. No complaints or caps here 🙂. Edited July 25, 20205 yr by Wise87 Dan i9-13900K / Asus Maximus Hero Z790 / RTX 4090 FE / G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB DDR5-6400 CL32 / Artic Liquid Freezer II 360 / Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / Samsung 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / EVGA 1000W G3, 80+ Gold / Phanteks Eclipse P600S ATX Mid Tower / Arctic P14 PWM Case Fans / LG C2 42 Inch Class 4K OLED TV/Monitor / Windows 11 Pro / 1Ghz AT&T Fiber
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