> I just wanted to get the opinions of some respected programmer > to know if lowering your screen resolution will help reduce > your ping and hopefully get a simply explaination why.
Unless you're running the server yourself (in which case, less time spent rendering = more time spent serving data), I can't believe it would have an effect. > I personally think it does make a difference, but the person > I've spoken to about it points out that rendering for graphics > is client side. But i know that things off screen aren't > completely sending information to the client since they aren't > being rendered That's just the Vis information: for every part of the map, vis has calculated what you can and can't see. It doesn't care about resolution. > and that I'd imagine this extends to distant obects which > wouldn't be rendered at lower resolutions and thus reduce the > network traffic a bit as if it was off screen. > > Any thoughts folks? AFAIK, the server doesn't get told what resolution you're running at, so it can't possibly send you different information based on that. I think you're probably seeing the improved graphics performance, and confusing it with improved network performance. Which is fair enough, since they look pretty similar. -- Laurie Cheers _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
