Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:48:39 -0600 From: "Ben Bryan" <bbryan@umr.edu> To: "chuckr@mat.net" <chuckr@mat.net>, "tich@ma.ikos.com" <tich@ma.ikos.com> Cc: "dan@wolf.com" <dan@wolf.com>, "freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, "vev@michvhf.com" <vev@michvhf.com> Subject: Re: PCI WinModem Message-ID: <199903102347.RAA04404@hermes.cc.umr.edu>
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>I measured a download rate of 5.5KB/sec, which is a) 85% of the >theoretical peak, and b) about 20% faster than the badnwidth I get >using FreeBSD and a real modem (and a faster cpu). That's >good performance. Was this on the same phone line? Same jack? If not then the speed difference could come from the line quality. >And I didn't notice any significant slowdown while this was running - >if you really want to argue that WinModem's are evil because they >slow down the system you'd better come up with some numbers to >make it stick. Quick and easy demonstration under win9x: Load up any game that supports online play. First person shooters such as Quake (1 or 2), Unreal, Sin, etc. are the best to show it off, but stuff like Starcraft will do it as well. Dial up. Try to play the game online against other people. Notice that response time is horribly lagged. See your connection freeze up. Boom, there goes your link because the game sucked all the cpu that it could and didn't want to share with the silly little modem. Ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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