Is 10Mb broadband a good enough connection to share between a Desktop PC and a PS3?

simon22 · 3 Jul 2010 at 02:59

I will be buying a router so that both of the machines can use the broadband connection, the Desktop PC will be used for web browsing, listening to radios and watching YouTube videos & and the PS3 will be used for gaming purposes

Zarf · 3 Jul 2010 at 08:30

Yes, 10Mb will be more than enough for both.

OpenToSuggestions · 3 Jul 2010 at 08:34

It doesn't matter whether you have 4mb or 20mb. If someone has something that hogs bandwidth (even if they appear to only be using 50k/b a sec) such as a webcam or torrent then it will be laggy.

You will be able to game on both lines fine. When using Bad Company 2 on PC I get a 60ms higher ping if someone has spotify open - Nothing too bad.

Stickman · 3 Jul 2010 at 09:16

What ^he^ said. You'll be fine as long as you're not allowing something to use up all the bandwidth when you want to game. Stuff that can do this (although depends on settings) can be stuff like: P2P... video streaming (iPlayer, Youtube HD etc)...

Randomface74 · 3 Jul 2010 at 09:46

tis stupid question, tis impossible to answer.

ecksmen · 4 Jul 2010 at 00:03

mglover070588 said:
It doesn't matter whether you have 4mb or 20mb. If someone has something that hogs bandwidth (even if they appear to only be using 50k/b a sec) such as a webcam or torrent then it will be laggy.

You will be able to game on both lines fine. When using Bad Company 2 on PC I get a 60ms higher ping if someone has spotify open - Nothing too bad.

Get a router which allows for QoS - this will allow you to prioritise certain types of traffic, such as playstation over http / https.

This will mean everyone can do their thing.

gibb · 4 Jul 2010 at 19:30

You will be fine unless the PC is constantly maxing out its connection. I have 2 PCs and an Xbox on my network and I get by with 6mb.