Why the lag in online servers?

[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