2008. People tend to like to stick to old operating systems because they fear change. They see higher memory usage as a problem, and not an indication of a more robust system. They see an extra process running and immediately call it bloat, and look for ways to disable it.
There is no point in running any server above 100 fps/tickrate. It can cause networking issues for clients. (There is a big difference between tickrate and framerate, as well.) > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 18:47:54 -0500 > From: mu...@anbservers.net > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: [hlds] 2003 or 2008 > > If you were choosing an os for a new server would it be 2003 or 2008 > > Box specs are > > Core2Duo E6600 (2 x 2.4Ghz) > 2048MB DDR2 RAM > 250GB 7200RPM SATA2 HD > > I like 2008 but I would like to hear what the experts have to say. > > P.S. > > msleeper take it easy on a noob > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
