233mhz 64 Mb ram UT server Question

Stooge · Post by **Stooge** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 10:09 am

Hi, I got a spare 233mhz with 64 mb Ram sitting around doing nothing, So i decided to use it as a UT server, Now what i wanna ask is what are very good memory tweaks and Processor tweaks i can do ?

Once in a while the Hardrive locks up and causes lag, Has nothing to do with my connection if thats what your thinking hehe

Anyways if anybody knows how to tweak the hell out of a system please let me know thanks lol.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 3:52 pm

http://www.tweak3d.net

NT 4.0 Server with SP6.0a on it, you can really lean it out and make a rock stable server, all my LAN party and co-located public gaming servers run well on NT 4 Server...tis all I use for them.

Stooge · Post by **Stooge** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 4:01 pm

Oh the only problem is i dont got NT 4.0. Always wanted it though,

GRIM · Post by **GRIM** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 7:34 pm

You need to up the ram 128mb at the least and I do mean least, 256 would be better though, also your bandwidth's up load will play a crucial role, also you will not want anything else running but the server. I ran a QIII UT2 server on a PII 200 128 MB Ram DSL 384 upload with no problem for a while before I upgraded

Stooge · Post by **Stooge** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 8:01 pm

Ok. But is there any Major tweaks i can do for the CPU to make the server run better, Like tweak the CPU a bit.

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 9:48 pm

are u talking about over clocking it?

Stooge · Post by **Stooge** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 11:18 pm

No. Just Tweaking. I would try to Overclock it but i dont have the manual for the motherboard, So i dont know which Jumpers to take off or on.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 7:32 am

There aren't tweaks you can do for the CPU. Best thing you can do is FDISK and Format the rig, re-install the OS from scratch, install the latest drivers for everything, run all the Windows updates, and run UT from a batch file, not from the graphic control panel. UT runs pretty lean from batch files. Again again, read the tweak3d.net site I linked above....full of good stuff that you're looking for.

Reason I suggested NT Server is, it's so customizable, you can shut down many services to lean it out, and get it to run on only 24 - 25 megs at desktop, leaving ample for batch mode UT server. UT uses about 33 megs of RAM to start, can balloon up to 55 or so when it's full of players. Desktop 9X Windoze will suck up much more RAM, leaving little to run your server without hitting your hard drive for virtual memory. You'll be stuttering at that point. Get more RAM (256 is decent, it's cheap enough these days), and look up conservativeswapfileusage and how to apply that tweak.

Phantom-Vortex · Post by **Phantom-Vortex** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 11:52 am

We tried that with a 200mhz on rune( a spare junky computer) with 128 megs ram and it wasnt worth a crap, in game it studdered even has a dedicated server, atleast 500 mhz is needed!

Put linux ,and no better.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 6:11 pm

I've run a RUNE server on a P233mmx with 64 megs and NT 4 server....actually did pretty well until over 8 players.

You'd be surprised how little CPU and RAM a dedicated game server needs....it's not really dealing with much data at all...just a bunch of little packets of info. As long as you're running a true dedicated server from batch files, not running the game from the games graphic interface and playing on the server as a client too.

monty · Post by **monty** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 12:54 am

Go here and grab the ISO image file for the first CD of Mandrake 8.1. The other two CD's are just add-ons; you don't need them to install it. That should work fine for a few players and your system.

I use an AMD Duron 900, 640 MB RAM, and Linux-Mandrake 8.1 to host all of my games, including Half-Life, Kingpin, Unreal Tournament, and Elite Force.