SparkyDave,
I have a dual booting PC with Windows 7 (64bit) and XP Prof (32bit), but use XP most, for reasons I won't go into, so I wanted LFS on that. However, I installed LFS afresh under Windows 7 at the weekend, downloading from the web. I also set it up from scratch. Attempts so far to connect to Fox Junkies has been OK under Windows 7, but under XP remains the same. The jury is still out on this one.....
I notice you have reinstalled both the software and the OS, but I still suspect my install and/or os/software/hardware incompatibility.
I am on ISP VirginMedia - I wouldn't be surprised if the ISP is partly the problem here, but as I mentioned before, my old PC was working fine as opposed to XP on the new machine which was not, at around the same time. Wireless is enabled on the router, likewise for use by the rest of the family, while I prefer good old cat5
I will give feedback when I have tried both a few more times....
I have a dual booting PC with Windows 7 (64bit) and XP Prof (32bit), but use XP most, for reasons I won't go into, so I wanted LFS on that. However, I installed LFS afresh under Windows 7 at the weekend, downloading from the web. I also set it up from scratch. Attempts so far to connect to Fox Junkies has been OK under Windows 7, but under XP remains the same. The jury is still out on this one.....
I notice you have reinstalled both the software and the OS, but I still suspect my install and/or os/software/hardware incompatibility.
I am on ISP VirginMedia - I wouldn't be surprised if the ISP is partly the problem here, but as I mentioned before, my old PC was working fine as opposed to XP on the new machine which was not, at around the same time. Wireless is enabled on the router, likewise for use by the rest of the family, while I prefer good old cat5
I will give feedback when I have tried both a few more times....
No forwarding, filters or anything else in place on the router....
I don't have many other processes running but just to be sure none of them are 'spiking', killed off as many as I could and tried again but there was no change.
I don't have many other processes running but just to be sure none of them are 'spiking', killed off as many as I could and tried again but there was no change.
I've just had another go and it would appear that this has been the scenario all along.
If I join and spectate with Network Diag on, I get TCP Er -300 +/- and then it may start to rise in 300s until it gets so bad, eg - 6000+, that I will get dropped completely. There will be the occasional MP Time Speed Adjust but this seems to make little difference.
However, if I can wait until or connect at around the time the track changes and is loaded, Even if the Er initially shows around -300, at the track load it reports that it is down to -40 then -20 and before you know it, it is at Av 1 -+ by the time it is 'ready' and I can then take part.
This is not the case with my old PC.
To me this sounds like a hardware environment sync issue that the software is not handling too well until the track loading stage.... unless you guys have a better idea ??
If I join and spectate with Network Diag on, I get TCP Er -300 +/- and then it may start to rise in 300s until it gets so bad, eg - 6000+, that I will get dropped completely. There will be the occasional MP Time Speed Adjust but this seems to make little difference.
However, if I can wait until or connect at around the time the track changes and is loaded, Even if the Er initially shows around -300, at the track load it reports that it is down to -40 then -20 and before you know it, it is at Av 1 -+ by the time it is 'ready' and I can then take part.
This is not the case with my old PC.
To me this sounds like a hardware environment sync issue that the software is not handling too well until the track loading stage.... unless you guys have a better idea ??
Thanks MadCatX, Gener_AL and Blunder9999 for your thoughts. Yes, I am using ethernet cables and I tried the cable attached to my old pc in the new and that made no difference. I then looked at the NIC settings to see if there was any new fangled 'green' feature or likewise that could be messing it up and disabled those that weren't necessary and altered to auto negotiate rather that fixed on 10/100 full duplex (although I think this all made little difference, bearing in mind I'd already tried a totally separate NIC). However, when I next connected again, it was at the point when the server was changing track. On first connection diag had reported TCP Er of - 200+ as the previous track ended. Then, as it loaded the next track, the network diag showed that it was levelling out and then settled at AV -+1 and I was able to race. So, it seems it is a matter whereby I need to let the software settle its server connection before getting involved, but why this isn't necessary on the old PC I don't know.
Anyway, thanks all for your kind attention. Much appreciated.
Anyway, thanks all for your kind attention. Much appreciated.
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Firstly thanks for your feedback...
Gener_AL:
Tried affinity to just 1 core - PC shows 8 (4 cores + 4 per hyper threading) but unfortunately still get the same TCP Er values. Did this by changing the affinity in the windows task manager against lfs.exe at the windowed part of startup. Checked Power Options and they are set to 'Never'.
bunder9999:
I don't have any replays unfortunately. What is your thinking because surely that will play back from a file? Anything local seems to be fine. Do you mean check a remotely stored replay and see how that plays back on the new PC?
Gener_AL:
Tried affinity to just 1 core - PC shows 8 (4 cores + 4 per hyper threading) but unfortunately still get the same TCP Er values. Did this by changing the affinity in the windows task manager against lfs.exe at the windowed part of startup. Checked Power Options and they are set to 'Never'.
bunder9999:
I don't have any replays unfortunately. What is your thinking because surely that will play back from a file? Anything local seems to be fine. Do you mean check a remotely stored replay and see how that plays back on the new PC?
laggy on new PC but not on old
While connected to Fox Junkies server on my new PC, I am getting lots of lag and my car keeps jumping its position slightly on the track every few seconds.
I am trying to migrate from my old PC to my new. LFS on both get 90+- fps. They are both connected to the same Netgear DG834 ADSL Router.
My old PC (Windows 2000 SP4, Athlon XP 3200+ (32bit), 1.5Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, Gigabyte nForce mobo and built in nVidia NIC) has no problems at all and is smooth with Network Diagnostics reporting "TCP AV" with +/- 1
However, my new PC (Windows XP Pro SP3 (32bit), Intel i7 860, 3.5Gb (4Gb) 1666 running at 1333 RAM, ATI Radeon 5770 (Latest drivers 9.12), Gigabyte Intel mobo with Realtek NIC) reports, with Network Diagnostics on, "TCP ER" with range of around -200 up to -1000.
I have tried a dedicated Intel PRO 100 PCI card (just in case the onboard NIC was at fault) but this has made no difference.
Background processes on both PCs are at a minimum with the same firewall software and config and same antivirus.
I've also tried setting LFS on the new PC to the same detail and resolution of the old but that makes no difference either.
I am therefore quite confident it is not the network card, graphics driver, nor background process conflict and wonder if it is now processor related??
Would appreciate your help....
I am trying to migrate from my old PC to my new. LFS on both get 90+- fps. They are both connected to the same Netgear DG834 ADSL Router.
My old PC (Windows 2000 SP4, Athlon XP 3200+ (32bit), 1.5Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, Gigabyte nForce mobo and built in nVidia NIC) has no problems at all and is smooth with Network Diagnostics reporting "TCP AV" with +/- 1
However, my new PC (Windows XP Pro SP3 (32bit), Intel i7 860, 3.5Gb (4Gb) 1666 running at 1333 RAM, ATI Radeon 5770 (Latest drivers 9.12), Gigabyte Intel mobo with Realtek NIC) reports, with Network Diagnostics on, "TCP ER" with range of around -200 up to -1000.
I have tried a dedicated Intel PRO 100 PCI card (just in case the onboard NIC was at fault) but this has made no difference.
Background processes on both PCs are at a minimum with the same firewall software and config and same antivirus.
I've also tried setting LFS on the new PC to the same detail and resolution of the old but that makes no difference either.
I am therefore quite confident it is not the network card, graphics driver, nor background process conflict and wonder if it is now processor related??
Would appreciate your help....
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