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SNYPE00 · 10-03-2002, 08:25 AM

Contrary to what most people think there really isnt a lot of horsepower needed to run the server, its pretty much the same requirements to run the game:
Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows 95
(Windows NT is not supported)
450 MHz Intel Pentium II or 500 MHz AMD Athlon processor
128 MB RAM
8x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
1.2 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games (additional
space required for Windows swap-file and DirectX 8.0 installation)
16 MB OpenGL capable video card using an NVIDIA GeForce3, NVIDIA
GeForce2, NVIDIA GeForce 256, NVIDIA Riva TNT2, NVIDIA Riva TNT,
ATI Radeon, ATI Rage 128 Pro, ATI Rage 128, PowerVR3 Kyro II, or
PowerVR Kyro chipset with OpenGL and DirectX 8.0 compatible driver
DirectX 8.0 compatible sound card
Keyboard
Mouse.
Now since its dedicated and if you wont be actually playing the game on this machine, the video card can be anything (4mb, 8mb or whatever) and the sound card is really not necessary either. Of course as with any server, more cpu and more Ram will help, but too much can be a waste. I run a server on a Dell Dimension 500 mhz with 256 mb ram with no problems. I have only hosted up to 16 players and I imagine a large game (64 players)may tax this system a bit. If you pull up your Perf mon you can see how its doing, mine is almost at idle with 16 players.
The biggest factor is going to be your bandwidth. You need a BIG pipe to host games. Cable/DSL connections can only effectively handle about 6 players, T1 16-20. Heres the formula to see how many players your connection will serve: #players x 9000(max_rate) = your upload speed/8.

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SNYPE00 is Offline Senior Member Posts: 114 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Diego, CA	10-03-2002, 08:25 AM Contrary to what most people think there really isnt a lot of horsepower needed to run the server, its pretty much the same requirements to run the game: Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows 95 (Windows NT is not supported) 450 MHz Intel Pentium II or 500 MHz AMD Athlon processor 128 MB RAM 8x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive 1.2 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games (additional space required for Windows swap-file and DirectX 8.0 installation) 16 MB OpenGL capable video card using an NVIDIA GeForce3, NVIDIA GeForce2, NVIDIA GeForce 256, NVIDIA Riva TNT2, NVIDIA Riva TNT, ATI Radeon, ATI Rage 128 Pro, ATI Rage 128, PowerVR3 Kyro II, or PowerVR Kyro chipset with OpenGL and DirectX 8.0 compatible driver DirectX 8.0 compatible sound card Keyboard Mouse. Now since its dedicated and if you wont be actually playing the game on this machine, the video card can be anything (4mb, 8mb or whatever) and the sound card is really not necessary either. Of course as with any server, more cpu and more Ram will help, but too much can be a waste. I run a server on a Dell Dimension 500 mhz with 256 mb ram with no problems. I have only hosted up to 16 players and I imagine a large game (64 players)may tax this system a bit. If you pull up your Perf mon you can see how its doing, mine is almost at idle with 16 players. The biggest factor is going to be your bandwidth. You need a BIG pipe to host games. Cable/DSL connections can only effectively handle about 6 players, T1 16-20. Heres the formula to see how many players your connection will serve: #players x 9000(max_rate) = your upload speed/8.