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Old 14-01-2013, 13:43   #1
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Gaming on fiber broadband?
Have you noticed if it's any better than your old DSL connection?

Getting Sky fibre installed in a couple of weeks was just wondering how/if it affects on-line gaming.
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Old 14-01-2013, 13:57   #2
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Not really since not many things I've used max out the connection (was 20Mb/s before, now 80Mb/s on fiber optic). The actual connection to the ISP itself has been a lot more stable though and less drop outs from XBL. If you were coming from 8Mb/s or less then I would think you would notice a difference though.
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Old 14-01-2013, 14:05   #3
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MW3 and Blops2 will actively put you at a disadvantage if you are picked as host on a very fast connection. So if you play COD a lot be prepared for the frustration of lag compensation.
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Old 14-01-2013, 15:03   #4
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I noticed a huge difference on vms 100mb service i was on talktalk before and i was only getting 8.9mbs.
The ping seems much better and i'm not getting owned as much now lol.
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Old 14-01-2013, 21:44   #5
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Doesn't make that much difference, still suffer from Brazillian lag
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Old 16-01-2013, 01:58   #6
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I was going to ask if you still get crappy 2-3 bar connections when someone in the States hosts, but post above answers that.
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Old 16-01-2013, 13:59   #7
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I was going to ask if you still get crappy 2-3 bar connections when someone in the States hosts, but post above answers that.
Unfortunately so, I'm on 40MB and it's virtually impossible to play Spec Ops with my friend in New Zealand.
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I was going to ask if you still get crappy 2-3 bar connections when someone in the States hosts, but post above answers that.
usualy if you can drop on a game where you have a 2 or 3 bar connection in MW3 or Blops 2 its brill you can clean up because the lag compensation will help you rather than hinder you.
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Old 17-01-2013, 15:26   #9
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usualy if you can drop on a game where you have a 2 or 3 bar connection in MW3 or Blops 2 its brill you can clean up because the lag compensation will help you rather than hinder you.
It's really Zombies I was thinking of, I play that a lot more than MP.
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