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how bad is the lag?
Atheies
Member Posts: 2
in Planetside
Ive heard theres battles with 100+ people and i was just wondering if it lags alot.
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Well... there are a few different types of lag one could face...
#1. Server lag. This is where it's their problem, not much one can do about it. Any time you get 100+ people in the same area (especially when defending the LAST tower your team controls on a map) everyone and their sister will be shooting, launching, driving and flying whatever they can into the area. You'll have dozens of people consantly spawning inside after living for 10 seconds while trying to get outside and dodge grenades, artillery fire, and the 20 snipers with their scopes focused on the next unfortunate soul to run out the door. Soooooo... when you get 100-200 people in the same area, doing different things, and the server is trying to communicate all this information to all those people in realtime... to not expect lag is silly.
#2. Video lag. This of course is when your computer shits a virtual brick trying to process the 199 other people's actions that is sent from the server that's having an anurysm to begin with. To combat this... look at your motherboards specs... then put as much RAM in it as it can support along with the higher end MB cards for gaming (whatever your preference is... Geforce, ATI, ect... just get the higher end one rather than the bargain bin ones and you'll be better off) CPU of course would help... having a slow cpu while having an ultimate vid card doesn't help much... *shrugs*
#3. ISP lag. The quicker connection the better. Peak times of operation can slow you down (i.e. when everyone else in the surrounding time zones and in your area are likely to be on like after normal 9-5 jobs) Not much one can do with this... except roll with the punches, and make the best out of #2 as you possibly can.
Other than the MAJOR battles where 100+ people are attacking and defending in a 1/2 mile radius, the game runs smooth enough to snipe, fly, dodge... whatever
"There is only one thing of which I am certain, and that's nothing is certain."
"There is only one thing of which I am certain, and that's nothing is certain."
is it possible that your video card causes lag aswell??
I wish the game didn't require such high system specs
I'm looking forward to a mmorpg with everything you would hope for, but low graphics.
Kinda like Dragon Warrior, haha.
-Obiyer
Runs smooth for me...and I only have 512mb ram...although I have a badass internet connection and a petty awesome Graphics card.
(10mbit, 9800XT)
Heh
-Prior story writer for MMORPG.com
The FPS-lag is almost none if you have 1024 Mb of RAM.
And there is almost no server-lag. Except some wierd problem they have that can happen sometimes... but is quite rare.
And atleast I have no problem with my ISP. 10 mbit, heh
With my new computer a AMD Athlon xp 3000+, 1024 Mb RAM, and a ATI Radeon 9600XT I can run the game on the highest setting and still get real good FPS even in the most massive battles.
There's not a problem when you got fast RAM, minimum 512 Mb. I guess there makes a lot of diffrence of the graphics card and what kind of CPU you got. Prior I used my laptop for Planetside, it's loaded with 512 Mb RAM but not fast, Intel (R) processor 1,6 GHz and 64 Mb graphics card from Nvida. Yeah it's not a great gaming comp. but it will run Planetside (though with lag).
My current comp. is a lot like GreyFoxs AMD Athlon xp 3000+, 1024 Mb RAM, ATI Radeon 9600XT (256 Mb) and finally a SATA-harddrive (Western Digital Raptor 10000 rpm), the graphics card has no problem at all to handle the textures. One of the biggest diffrence from the laptop and the new computer was the loading time between continents and start-up of the game itself. Well, of-course the lag was no big problem anymore, even when running on the highest settings. But I now play with some of the graphics details turned off, to gain FPS.
So don't let the lag hinder you from testing this great game, and if you think but hey I got this old computer? Yeah buddy boy, then here is your excuse for a sweet, sweet upgrade
Silvero, you say fast RAM?
Well, that might matter, but the amount will matter more. 1024 Mb of the slowest RAM out there is probably better then 512 Mb of one of the faster ones.
RAM means everything in PS.
Well, I'm proof of that you don't must have 1024 Mb RAM it runs smooth at my computer with fast 512 Mb RAM. I would say it's more a combination of fast CPU and a good graphics card. Let's say that you got 1024 Mb Ram, slow moving as syrup and not a so speedy CPU and the minimum requirment for a graphics card (that would be 64 Mb). Compered to a really fast CPU, fast RAM and a good graphics card then the faster system with less memory will go victorious out of that battle.
So you might do good, really good as a matter of fact with 512 Mb RAM and other good components in your computer. Of-course if you got a fast computer and thinking of upgrading to 1024 Mb RAM sure go ahead, then you will be able to play with the highest graphical settings and keep that FPS to a high level. I say the biggest diffrence would be not soo many FPS-drops. Those are the biggest problems with 512 Mb RAM if you play the game on high graphical settings, it will drop in big battles.
In the end it all comes up to how much money your are willing to spend on your computer system.
Yeah, well, when it reaches for the Hard Drive to use your virtual memory, that's when it's gonna stutter.