Is simspeed affected by bandwidth / connections to other players?

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Is simspeed affected by bandwidth / connections to other players?

I just played a leviathan gave 4v4 and my simpseed would spike from +4 to -1 for no apparent reason. I have played hundreds of games, and i have only had issues a  handful of times.. even mandalla im +3-4.

I have 2 gigs of dual channel 800mhz ram, 3.0 ghz dual core, 8800GT 512mb

What doesnt make sense to me is that my brother has a setup of 2.0ghz dual core, 2 gigs 400mhz dual channel, and a 8800GTS 640mb, we both run the game at same medium settings and 1240x1024 resolution. HE ALWAYS HAS +2 MORE SIMSPEED THEN ME.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Is simspeed affected by bandwidth / connections to other players?
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It shouldn't, it just tells you how many game cycles your system can compute during one game cycle. It should'nt be influenced by your connection.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

You should take a look at your audio drivers, a few people had very nice systems, but outdated audio drivers that would give them negative Sim Speed.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Yah i just took out my sound card bc it sucked with vent, using my onboard now. I'll look into that, thanks.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting VyperXXX, reply 2
You should take a look at your audio drivers, a few people had very nice systems, but outdated audio drivers that would give them negative Sim Speed.
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agreed. When playing multiplayer, i play with GFX low and sound low qual and I had a simspeed of like, 4. Then I updated audio drivers and at same settings run at sim speed 7ish. And I have a 8600 GT and onboard sound :)

And even running low GFX, I have no graphical issues, when playing single player I put max GFX, there is noticable difference. but nothing to be missed.

 

Oh, I also run 3.0 ghz dual core, but I also have 4gigs of RAM :/ not sure if that'll help you at all.

 

 

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

The latest driver for Soundmax on m2n32-sli deluxe board is a little confusing. I think i might already have the latest, mabye demigod just hates my sound driver.