broadband upgrade

[beano]

my current isp ..blueyonder is in the process of upgrading all its clients bandwidth..my current 4 meg will go up to 10 meg..now im expecting to get better ping and sharper reaction times..but friends say ill not get any noticeable improvement to my gaming by the increase..so im a bit confused..will i actually see any benefit? my specs are...pentium 4 3.2.....1gig memory....onboard sound....nvidea stock 6800 card.......thanks in advance

[sniperripper]

Re: broadband upgrade

you wont see the difference..the thing that matters is your upload speed..1MBps download connection will not have an issue as long as your upload speed is at least 512MBps or above..

[gungho]

Re: broadband upgrade

If you have the BlueYonder 4Mb service now, then your upload speed is 384Kbs. After the upgrade to 10Mb d/l your upload speed ought to go up, but they aren't saying to what.

[beano]

Re: broadband upgrade

thanks for the replies

[NoSoup4You]

Re: broadband upgrade

Yup, I play on a 5MB, 384k up, and I have no problems. But the faster the upload time, the better the ping, and the faster the game can transmit the data (aka no lag). My ISP keeps bumping ours up as well, but I am mad that they continue to hold the upload speed down so low. I can upgrade to their "Extreme" package which is $30 more a month, but gives me 8MB down and 785k Up.

[Hound_Dawg]

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lol i have 56k

[Zeratul]

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Ping isnt necessarily related to amount of bandwith. You can have high amounts of bandwith and get a high ping.

Shouldnt notice a difference between 4 megs and 10 megs since BF2 doesnt use anywhere close to the amount of bandwidth you'll have.

[NoSoup4You]

Re: broadband upgrade

Correct, that is DOWN STREAM. His upstream should also be upgraded, in which case he may see a slight difference in gameplay. And ping is related to bandwidth, otherwise why doesn't a 56k get the same ping as me on the same server? I do realise that it also has to do with hardware, but it does relate to ping as well.

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: broadband upgrade

Increased throughput of data does not necessarily mean faster pings. It is possible that you may see improvements though.