Good FPS game for 56Ker

[Cody]

I have played UT2003, UT, Tribes2, Q3A and Half-Life all very easily over my 56k connection, BUT I do have a US Robotics Gaming Modem (really does seem to help!) and a great ISP.

Pings range from 100-300 and are stable, but are generally closer to 150-200.

Cody

[Idigguns]

Yeah, I can't wait for Black Hawk Down to come out. I got an e-mail from Novalogic the other day saying that the new release date is Feb. 2003.

Cody, I have the same modem that you do. Unfortunately, my ISP doesn't support V92 yet, so the gaming mode doesn't do me much good. I don't think there are too many ISP's that do support it yet! Does yours? Who are you with?

Thanks for the info. everyone, keep it coming!

[blubomber]

I used to play Day of Defeat and Half Life over a 56K line with good results. But, i have recently moved so i can only connect at 28.8 at the most, even using a 56k modem. But, i have managed to play UT2003 over a 28.8 connection. If i get the right time of day and a stable ping, then i will get a some jumpyness only sometimes.

But, if you like WWII stuff, Day of Defeat is really fun!

[radio1_mike]

If you are committed to dial-up, you may want to check your modem and upgrade it, if possible.

Check to see, if your modem is a "Winmodem", which is more CPU-intensive than a typical full-fledged chip-based modem.

(A "Winmodem" does not have a full telco chipset, like say, a USR, TI, AT&T, etc... in it; so it must off-load most of it's data-processing to the CPU. It's much cheaper to produce a modem this way **good**-- but it comes at performance, ie. latency **bad**)

You can pretty much tell by how much you paid too... Anything over $35-40 in this day and age is chip-based. The usual CompUSA $5-for-a-56k-cheapies, are most likely a Winmodem.

[EndobioticChaos]

One of the things I found helped the most is using the same brand equipment that your ISP uses. (ie. if your ISP uses US Robotics equipment, you should use a USR modem)