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Offline ZXMAW

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AH AMD Athlon lag/disco connection?
« on: December 22, 2002, 02:17:23 PM »
A squadie (T2MAW) had mentioned that after reviewing many sys specs he noticed many that used the Athlon processors experienced more probs than others with AH. Is there a connection to AH and it's lag and disco probs due to these processors?
More importantly, if so is there a fix?

I thought my prob was with my conexant modem. I am unable to play even Red Alert on the net w/o huge lags and then a disco from game and then an immediate boot off the net.
Does anyone else use this modem and if so have you experienced any probs with it or the processor?

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Offline AKIron

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AH AMD Athlon lag/disco connection?
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2002, 03:05:15 PM »
Seems unlikely to me. Have used AMD for years now, very few disco's and little warping compared to most. I do have broadband and was in the same area as the server(s) with 10ms ping times. Now I have 30-40ms ping times and still little problems.

Would bet that better than 9 times of 10 discos or lag are connection related.
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Offline Innominate

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« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2002, 03:43:17 PM »
I use an AMD system, no problems whatsoever.

Disconnnect problems are most often caused by bad ISPs/network connections.
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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2002, 04:22:18 PM »
I have an Athlon 2100XP+ system, no problems whatsoever.

I suspect it may be system quality thats the issue.

Most 'home built' Athlon systems are built to very high standards - top end boards, video cards, memory, and cooling systems. Most prebuilt name brand Athlon systems are built using the cheapest parts out there.
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Offline moose

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« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2002, 06:25:48 PM »
Athlon XP 1800+ here w/o any problems.

Vulcan is right - homebuilt AMD setups usually have a lot of pride and effort put into them.
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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2002, 06:40:20 PM »
Had several AMD systems the last 4-5 years, built them all myself, and never had any problems whatsoever with AH.(Or anything else for that matter)

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Re: AH AMD Athlon lag/disco connection?
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2002, 06:43:33 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by ZXMAW
Is there a connection to AH and it's lag and disco probs due to these processors?


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Offline buzkill

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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2002, 04:54:58 PM »
i've got 3 year old athlon 750, 56 k modem. i see some lag when the host is using 56k., but never get complaints from anyone.(and i ask all the time if i'm warping/lagging)
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Offline bloom25

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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2002, 07:27:31 PM »
The CPU type isn't going to make a difference by itself.

I think Vulcan might have a point.

When it comes to connection issues there are SO MANY possible causes, but cheap modems (like in many name-brand systems) do not hold connections well.  It's also generally true that V.90 connections (56k) have higher latency and often drop connections more than the older 33.6k standard.
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« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2002, 05:06:12 AM »
Home built Athlon here with no connex problems.
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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2002, 08:55:32 AM »
you're right bloom.forgot to say that i usually turn my modem down to 33 when in the game.i hardly aver lose connect that way
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