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    COD 4 on X3100 Macbook

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by darrensen, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. darrensen

    darrensen Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all,

    We have a gaming night coming up and we need a machine to run COD 4 as our server. Am i correct in saying that the server runs in console mode, so doesn't require a high end GPU?

    So would a Macbook 2.2ghz C2D, 2gb Ram and X3100 GMA be ok to run as a server? Or will it not work at all.
     
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  2. metaldeath

    metaldeath Notebook Consultant

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    Yes you can for example these are the req for a Battlefield 2 server

    1. AMD or Intel CPU:
    * 1 GHz/128 MB of RAM to serve up to 16 players simultanously
    * 1.5+ GHz/256 MB RAM for 32 players
    * 2+ GHz/512 MB RAM for 48 players
    2. Discspace:
    * 150 Megabytes of free disk space per each game server installation
    * additional space for each installed map
     
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  3. vshade

    vshade Notebook Evangelist

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    For running a server the video card should not matter. but the ram, cpu power and networking should.
     
    vshade, Jan 14, 2008
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  4. Chelseafc65

    Chelseafc65 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry for being a noob but i am curious. Why doesn't one just run a server and play in that computer but use another computer for server? Does it help with the ping or connections?
     
    Chelseafc65, Jan 14, 2008
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  5. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    running the server takes a decent amount of ram and cpu power, as shown above.

    if you use your gaming machine as your server, you have to split your resources between running the game engine and the server on that machine...
     
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  6. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    That'll run a CoD4 server just fine. Did it for an eight player about a week ago on my MacBook. Granted, I do have 4GB ram, but less than two gigs was being used, with Adium and Safari opened.

    It also ran a CS server that night, with AI, but not at the same time as CoD4.
     
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    I'd say you'd be fine with a half decent machine as the server and a player. I host 4 player games all the time on my machine, sometimes on my laptop...

    edit: the mac will be fine. I was speaking about running your own machine as server/player
     
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  8. darrensen

    darrensen Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you everyone for your reply!

    I will install XP tomorrow at work and try it out.
     
    darrensen, Jan 14, 2008
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