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INTERNET GAME PROBLEM

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by willc5 Oct 25, 2000 last reply Jan 28, 2002

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I PLAY THIS GAME OVER THE INTERNET CALLED
COUNTER-STRIKE,AND WHEN I BEGIN TO GET ON THE GAME EVERY THING RUNS FAST.EVEN WHEN I CONNECT TO A SERVER IT RUNS FAST BUT AS SOON
AS I ENTER THE GAME MY PING GOES SKY HIGH
AND I GET A LOT OF FLUSH PACKETSMY GUEST IS THAT I NEED A NEW MODEM DRIVER. BUT WHEN I DOWNLOAD NEW MODEM DRIVERS NONE OF THEM SEEM TO WORK WITH MY MODEM,SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT ANY ONE THINKS WOULD BE A GOOD MODEM DRIVER OR GAME PROGRAM. I US A CONEXANT MODEM
WHICHS SEEMS TO BEREAL GARBAGE TO ME.

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by bv2 Oct 26, 2000

For starters, yes your Conexant modem is garbage (IMHO). However, if you tweak your COM port to reflect the actual capabilities of your modem, disable compression, etc. (usual stuff or suggestions you can find on a lot of counter-strike sites)you might be able to eliminate some of the flush packets. For that matter, part of the problem could stem from you video card and its drivers. Since you're playing online, remember that your getting your image requests from the online server, not from your computer, so if there is any incompatibility or if your drivers are out of date, your video card won't be able to process the requests efficiently. Had a friend upgrade his video card alone and his ping dropped by 75. For that matter, since it's a Conexant modem, it's probably a winmodem, so your game play is going to be extremely dependent on your processor speed and your memory.