Is this connection fast enough?

[berghoff 11]

I'm new to Multi-player.

So I will get an connection that is 100kb/s downstream and 40kb/s upstream.

Is this fast enough to play flashpoint?

thanks.

[hugo2020 0]

you mean for a server?

[-A-V-Trekkie 0]

Client: Yes

Server: Nope

[Mister Frag 0]

You should be fine as a client, but you can forget about hosting games for your friends -- if the numbers you gave are correct, your upstream speed is slower than that of analog dial-up modems.

Also, if you try to use VoIP in the game (using the built-in DirectPlay implementation or a third-party program), that would probably eat up too much bandwidth.

[joltan 0]

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So I will get an connection that is 100kb/s downstream and 40kb/s upstream.

Is this fast enough to play flashpoint?<span id='postcolor'>

Is that kilobyte/s or kilobit/s? With that upstream in kbyte you could easily host some small mp sessions for some friends, but with only 40kbit you would be bordering on OFP's minimum requirements even as a client (at least for complex missions).

[berghoff 11]

100 kilobytes and 40 kilobytes.

[Mister Frag 0]

OK, that's a bit different, you should be able to host MP games then, and be able to use voice without problems.

Sorry for not requesting a clarification on the bandwidth before. The abbreviation for kilobits is "kb", and the abbreviation for kilobytes is "KB". Since telecommunications speeds are historically expressed in kilobits or megabits per second, I assumed that you were in fact talking about the lesser of the two values.