Alliedassault - View Single Post - Whats more important? Ping or Speed(kbps)???

rudedog · 08-15-2002, 05:45 AM

Your talking about 2 diff. things.
downloading a file you want speed not ping
playing a game, ping is more important. but download speed helps

Any basic broadband connection will give you enough download speed, so what you should really want is a very low ping

ping = latency how fast the packet gets to the server. how quickly can I request that file

download speed is how fast I can more that file once I have made my connection.

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rudedog is Offline Site Owner Posts: 5,843 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Florida, USA	08-15-2002, 05:45 AM Your talking about 2 diff. things. downloading a file you want speed not ping playing a game, ping is more important. but download speed helps Any basic broadband connection will give you enough download speed, so what you should really want is a very low ping ping = latency how fast the packet gets to the server. how quickly can I request that file download speed is how fast I can more that file once I have made my connection. Not so Rude - Rudedog Follow me via Twitter @THErealRUDEDOG