DirecWay and gaming

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DirecWay and gaming

« on: January 05, 2005, 12:32:56 AM »

Hello fellow DirecWay users. After 5 years of being stuck with a 28.8 kb connection, yesterday i purchased the DirecWay satelite in hopes of a much faster connection. Although interested in downloading and other things which hopefully will be boosted in speed, i was wondering in a DirecWay masters oppinion if it can be used at all for gaming. Mostly i am interested in World Of Warcraft. Also, interested in if Xbox live can be hooked up through the DirecWay and is playable. Thanks for you time,
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Re: DirecWay and gaming

« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2005, 07:23:13 AM »

Dialup upload speed: 5 - 6 kB/s ; Horrible for gaming.
DW upload speed: 5-10 ; Better off with dialup.


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Re: DirecWay and gaming

« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2005, 07:47:20 AM »

also dial up has lower latency, a good 56k should have a latency between 100- 200ms on a server in same town.

Sattelite is between 600-1000 ms (atleast thats what ive seen)

most gameengines is not made for pings above 300 ms

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« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2005, 08:17:38 AM »

Quote from: VanBuren on January 05, 2005, 07:47:20 AM

hehe true that. Good stable dialup connection has 173 -> 283 ms


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Re: DirecWay and gaming

« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2005, 09:07:12 AM »

Wow I never knew it was that bad for gaming.I had heard some rumors that it had horrible latency,but never that high Shocked


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Re: DirecWay and gaming

« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2005, 10:26:48 AM »

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6166


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Re: DirecWay and gaming

« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2005, 10:32:20 AM »

hey u knw what, ive played xbox live before, its good for like 5 minutes, then when it hits like 10 minutes it begings to pause a lot, then it begins saying ur not online. its to complicated i suggest u dont bother, trust me.


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Re: DirecWay and gaming

« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2005, 12:27:26 PM »

Ummm, I've posted this before, and perhaps it has to do with the fact that I'm using a Commercial Account with an upload factor (enhanced) of 256k, but my kiddos are able to play Graal and Starwars Galaxies (Sony) without any troubles (Using a DW6000, fast computers and a .98m dish). They have tons of other online games as well, so I assume they all are performing well enough, yet I've no doubt they would be more playable if it were NOT for the latency ...which is indeed horrible.

Just thought I'd toss in my two cents there ....because there ARE some who cannot play anything online due to the speed issues (latency)....yet we seem to be one of the exceptions even though our speeds are consistently lower than the DW4000 users. Go figure .....

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