how much data is used when gaming online???

jimbofett · 12 Feb 2009 at 10:08

as above really - just wondering if you game online how much data is dowloaded / uploaded

cheers

JIM_BOB7813 · 12 Feb 2009 at 10:26

Depends on the game, number of players etc.
Anywhere from 3 KB/s to 15 KB/s down.
Not sure about upload, but at a guess 5-10KB/s. I will check the next time I play.

hegemon · 12 Feb 2009 at 10:33

Many MMORPG's for example can be played using a dial-up modem connection (lag would be horrible), WoW and EQII are a couple of examples that had this as a minimum requirement. Online shooters I imagine would be less but this should at least tell you how little data is transferred. Patching said games and downloading updates however can be sizeable but these are relatively infrequent.

JIM_BOB7813 · 12 Feb 2009 at 10:41

Just tested NS in a 30 player server:
1-2KB/s upload
~11KB/s download

Obviously you can change your rates etc to use less bandwidth.

C64 · 12 Feb 2009 at 11:31

get du meter and run a stopwatch while you play it will tell you the exact amounts of incoming and outgoing.

n1kunj · 12 Feb 2009 at 17:07

I can host about a 10 man BF2 server on my 20000k/768k connection, any more people join and the lag goes crazy. Meaning around 10 kb per person.

Red_knight · 12 Feb 2009 at 17:52

It's the 12th of feburary, I'm a heavy City of Heroes player, and most of the 4 GB usage on my line this month has been my housemates watching stuff on iPlayer and YouTube.

FrenchTart · 12 Feb 2009 at 17:53

n1kunj said:
I can host about a 10 man BF2 server on my 20000k/768k connection, any more people join and the lag goes crazy. Meaning around 10 kb per person.

That's upload from hosting a server, which is generally higher than the upload when playing on a server.

MoratJG · 12 Feb 2009 at 20:04

Red_knight said:
I'm a heavy City of Heroes player

Yay! CoH is ace

Red_knight · 13 Feb 2009 at 02:38

MoratJG said:
Yay! CoH is ace

It is indeed. Have been playing more or less since the US launch, with just one three month break. (Re-activated my account right after seeing Incredibles)

Raziel1 · 13 Feb 2009 at 04:35

My girlfriend is a big city of heroes/villans player, I can't stand the game though tbh.

MoratJG · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:21

Raziel1 said:
My girlfriend is a big city of heroes/villans player, I can't stand the game though tbh.

It certainly has its faults, I've yet to play an MMO that is anywhere near as much fun, though.