Why the lag in online servers?

[MaXMhZ]

Originally Posted by Black_Sage29

I usually play On LAN network settings since that's the fastest speed

I always thought setting it to ISDN would cause things to slow down

Nope. LAN setting in IL-2 means biggest packets, nothing else...

And when a packet gets lost (happens a lot), it needs to be re-send and re-checked.

Use 56k as already suggested. That will use the smallest packets. Use a wired connection. WiFi has a HUGE overhead bogging down your system even further.
You do need a far better computer with more RAM too. Your current computer probably has 100 Mb/s maximum Ethernet speed, to say nothing about the performance of the rest of the system. Ancient, maybe good for notepad, a bit of surfing (not even all sites will work), and the occational email.

When you say it runs IL-2 smooth, you probably mean on the absolute minimum settings?

[Storebror]

Originally Posted by MaXMhZ

You do need a far better computer with more RAM too. Your current computer probably has 100 Mb/s maximum Ethernet speed, to say nothing about the performance of the rest of the system. Ancient, maybe good for notepad, a bit of surfing (not even all sites will work), and the occational email.

When you say it runs IL-2 smooth, you probably mean on the absolute minimum settings?

1. Whether his current PC can provide 100 Mbit/s, 1 Gbit/s or just 10 Mbit/s doesn't matter at all. Any of these will do for IL-2.
2. I've been running IL-2 on a PC with less than half the CPU power (Pentium 4 w/ 3.0 GHz) and far sub-par GPU (4670 AGP) with perfect settings @XGA resolution with a solid frame rate of 30-40 FPS.
3. Explain why "not even all sites will work" on that PC and in contrast, which PC you've seen where all sites would.

I agree that it's not a top-notch PC which has been discussed in this topic, but that's no reason for the issues described.

Best regards - Mike

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by Storebror

[LIST=1][*]I've been running IL-2 on a PC with less than half the CPU power (Pentium 4 w/ 3.0 GHz)

The Celeron 900 is a one core CPU, which runs at 2.2 GHz, it does not have twice the compute capacity of a Pentium 4 at 3.0 GHz.

It also depends which version of IL*2 under which operating system version. 1946 will run under Windows 7, I don't know what the most modern OS version that the original IL*2 will run under would have been, I originally ran it under Windows 98, but I'm pretty sure it won't run from the original disk under Windows 7.

[MaXMhZ]

IL-2 1946 runs on my Atom 330 ION under Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit, but nowhere nearsmooth. Flying a single plane on an empty small map without objects like trees or even worse buildings will get me just about 20 - 30 fps.

I think the 2 GB is the biggest problem here. I am running 4GB DDR2-800 dual channel in my atom. The ION is much more capable than the Intel integrated graphics too, and the Atom is a dual core with hyperthreading (4 threads).

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by MaXMhZ

IL-2 1946 runs on my Atom 330 ION under Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit, but nowhere nearsmooth. Flying a single plane on an empty small map without objects like trees or even worse buildings will get me just about 20 - 30 fps.

I think the 2 GB is the biggest problem here. I am running 4GB DDR2-800 dual channel in my atom. The ION is much more capable than the Intel integrated graphics too, and the Atom is a dual core with hyperthreading (4 threads).

The amazing bit there is that the TDP is 8W... very low power CPU.