forcedeth options

dimeno · 01-18-10, 11:42 AM

Hi ,

For gaming in real time game ( first person shooter , ex. Urban Terror )
what's the best ?

optimization_mode=0
optimization_mode=1
optimization_mode=2

further ,is NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology available in GNU/linux ?

Thanks for all

dimeno · 01-19-10, 05:25 AM

jumjum77 · 01-19-10, 06:51 AM

Im sure you couldn't even measure a performance difference, let alone notice one:

From linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c:
MODULE_PARM_DESC(optimization_mode, "In throughput mode (0), every tx & rx packet will generate an interrupt. In CPU mode (1), interrupts are controlled by a timer. In dynamic mode (2), the mode toggles between throughput and CPU mode based on network load.");

As for FirstPacket, there's no linux support that I know of, but it is only a QoS implementation, so as long as you're not downloading a bunch of stuff while you're gaming it's not going to help you. (And I'm sure the default QoS would work just as well in that case.)

01-18-10, 11:42 AM	#1
dimeno Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2	forcedeth options Hi , For gaming in real time game ( first person shooter , ex. Urban Terror ) what's the best ? optimization_mode=0 optimization_mode=1 optimization_mode=2 further ,is NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology available in GNU/linux ? Thanks for all

01-19-10, 05:25 AM	#2
dimeno Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2	Re: forcedeth options up

01-19-10, 06:51 AM	#3
jumjum77 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 13	Re: forcedeth options Im sure you couldn't even measure a performance difference, let alone notice one: From linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c: MODULE_PARM_DESC(optimization_mode, "In throughput mode (0), every tx & rx packet will generate an interrupt. In CPU mode (1), interrupts are controlled by a timer. In dynamic mode (2), the mode toggles between throughput and CPU mode based on network load."); As for FirstPacket, there's no linux support that I know of, but it is only a QoS implementation, so as long as you're not downloading a bunch of stuff while you're gaming it's not going to help you. (And I'm sure the default QoS would work just as well in that case.)