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Mr.Bob · 06-25-2009, 05:52 PM

1: Video card DOES matter. A 32 mb card will not support CS:S/1.6 as well as a 128 mb and then a 256 and so on. But at the same time Ram speed and processor speed speed on the VC matters as well.

2: Servers don't need an uber video card but they do need a proper amount of ram, cpu speed and size, HDD speed, and a high speed internet and network. Obviously if you have 56k for internet you aren't going to be hosting for long.

People tend to not think HDD speed matters but the computer has to load everything from it and the the game only goes as fast as the slowest part. 7200 rpm is good, but 10-15k is what you'll see in pro servers. Those can be expensive so you make it up with large amounts of ram to allow for more storage off the h.d.d. and keep the seek time down.

3: You'll have to look at what your machine has then look for the new parts you want and see if it's worth renting a company server or buying your own.

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Mr.Bob Member THE ARCHITECT! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 3,974	Re: please modify these cvars for me to boost fps 1: Video card DOES matter. A 32 mb card will not support CS:S/1.6 as well as a 128 mb and then a 256 and so on. But at the same time Ram speed and processor speed speed on the VC matters as well. 2: Servers don't need an uber video card but they do need a proper amount of ram, cpu speed and size, HDD speed, and a high speed internet and network. Obviously if you have 56k for internet you aren't going to be hosting for long. People tend to not think HDD speed matters but the computer has to load everything from it and the the game only goes as fast as the slowest part. 7200 rpm is good, but 10-15k is what you'll see in pro servers. Those can be expensive so you make it up with large amounts of ram to allow for more storage off the h.d.d. and keep the seek time down. 3: You'll have to look at what your machine has then look for the new parts you want and see if it's worth renting a company server or buying your own.