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SS004
27-11-1999, 20:56
Right now I got you in here can somebody please help.

I play kingpin all the time, and the problem i'm having, is that my ping is jacking up to over 1000 (sometimes over 2000) everytime I enter into a battle. As you can imagine this sorta makes my gaming experience pointless. I have checked slime's webby out and done all the tweaking I can, I have checked for the latest drivers for my modem which BTW is a u.s.robotics 56k winmodem. I have renewed phone cable from socket to comp. I have toned down effects in kingpin itself and not one of the above has improved my experience. I am connected at 42666, and my comp is only 4 months old (p111 500). With my clan matches fast approaching I need to get things sorted. Oh yeah I always connect with wireplay direct. When on the odd occasion I do have stability I am usually pinging at about 200-230, which isn't that good anyhows.

Thanx in advance SS004.

Slime
01-12-1999, 01:06
Hi,

I would have replied sooner but presumed you message was an advert......

In short - your modem is not suitable for online gaming. Winmodems use the power of your CPU to perform some of the comms functions. in a "proper" modem , these functions are all performed by dedicated chips within the modem. It's extremely common for OEM machines (from Time, Tiny etc etc) to have poor software driven modems.

Unfortunately, the only things to do are :-

1. Try configuring your PC as per my website.
It might improve things slightly.
2. Buy more RAM.
3. Buy a faster CPU
4. Buy a new (hardware) modem.

Sorry if this is all negative....but if you intend to play online regularly it is a great shame to ruin a good spec PC (p3 500) because of a poor modem.

Cheers
Slime

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SS004
02-12-1999, 08:49
WAaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaayyyy

A replay at last!!!!!

OK mate, thanx a lot for the info. I have heard b4 that the winmodem is not the best modem to have for gaming and you suggest this too. So I've bit the bullet and ordered ISDN, coming to install it next week. Maybe I should have just installed a new modem and waited for ADSL. Oh well the dirty deed has been done now.

Thanx again

Cya laterz. SSOO4