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BR5DY
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Server Specs Recommendation
According to this gamespy article, a 1.0 GHz Intel CPU will run a 20 player slot at good performance. Any comments on that?
I'm planning on using the following for one TF2 server:
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (not 64) runs at 2.2GHz
2GB PC3200 DDR RAM
160GB WD 7200RPM SATAI Hard Drive
Windows XP (nothin fancy, performance mode enabled, many unneeded services disabled)
Internet connection: I have a friend that manages an ISP and is giving me a plug to an internet backbone for $40/month...haha. Although, I haven't moved my server from my house to the ISP's datacenter yet.
According to that guide on gamespy, I should be perfectly fine for a 32 player server since I'm way above the minimums, yes?
I'm currently running it on my home connection. There are 5 players connected, sitting absolutely still (for this test), and I'm getting 65 FPS. Why? I do not currently have any FPS boosters setup. fps_max set at 300.
Additionally, if these specs are fine for this kind of server, why are there many servers that have dual processors and 8GB of RAM for a simple TF2 server? Is it overkill? Are those types of computers better suited for 150 player servers such as for San Andreas Multiplayer?
Many questions, yes, I know.
Please share any and all comments. Thanks!
This post was last modified: 05-09-2008 05:48 PM by BR5DY.
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| 05-09-2008 05:36 PM |
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
According to this gamespy article, a 1.0 GHz Intel CPU will run a 20 player slot at good performance. Any comments on that?
Maybe a CS:S server, but orangebox uses WAY more power. Before I enabled hyper threading, I could only hold 1 24-man TF2 server on a 3GHz P4. Now with hyper threading I have more room... maybe 2 or 3 servers.
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if you've seen the any of the matrix movies, a game server is not all that different. it runs a version of the game that handles the entire world for each client connected.
that's the 2 sentence explanation.
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| 05-09-2008 09:39 PM |
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| 05-10-2008 12:52 AM |
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BR5DY
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| 05-10-2008 03:54 AM |
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
I successfully ran a 20 player server tonight. It started glitching just a tiny little bit. CPU utilization was at about 60%.
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| 05-11-2008 03:36 PM |
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
Thats a good CPU usage so your in buisness. Never go higher than 80%.
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| 05-11-2008 11:24 PM |
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BR5DY
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
Good.
I'd kinda like to go up to 32 player, but I think it'll punish me if I try. 
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| 05-12-2008 05:55 AM |
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
Nothing that cant be undone....I say go for it  .
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| 05-12-2008 06:07 AM |
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BR5DY
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
I shall. We'll see what happens.
Anyway, to optimize my speeds, can you guys recommend any changes to my cvars?
//Server Rates
sv_maxcmdrate 0 //(If sv_mincmdrate is > 0), this sets the maximum value for cl_cmdrate.
sv_maxrate 20000 //Max bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited
sv_maxreplay 2 //Maximum replay time in seconds
sv_maxupdaterate 100 //Maximum updates per second that the server will allow
sv_mincmdrate 0 //This sets the minimum value for cl_cmdrate. 0 == unlimited.
sv_minrate 0 //Min bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited
sv_minupdaterate 30 //Minimum updates per second that the server will allow
My connection is about 1200 Kbps constant upload.
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| 05-12-2008 06:15 AM |
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
For the 20 slot server (Assuming you want to use all of the 1200):
sv_maxrate 7000
sv_minupdaterate/sv_maxupdaterate (set to your tickrate)
Everything else doesnt matter.
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| 05-12-2008 07:58 AM |
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BR5DY
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RE: Server Specs Recommendation
okay, thank you.
what's with the 7000? how did you get that from 1200 kbps?
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| 05-12-2008 03:20 PM |
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