Quake3World

If I move to a dual Xeon machine, which Linux OS should I go for? Running several dedicated q3 servers is my main focus for the server. The hosting provider is recommending Centos because Fedora Core doesn't take advantage of the Xeon's 64-bit capabilities. (So far I've been running FC4 on a Celeron box).

Even if q3ded doesn't run 64 bit, will it run just as well (or better?) under Centos? Or should I stick with FC4? Also, does .q3ded take advantage of dual procs? Or will one just be sittin' there doing nothing and a single proc p4 would be just as good for less money?

Thanks in advance for input.

- Shrapnel

Quake 3 can use SMTP ( I.e. More then one CPU ) allthough to tell you the truth, i wouldent enable it, you willget nothing but headaces from it ( I.e. Instablitiy )

As for the performance part, i would say it would run the same between the two, assuming you have the things nicly compiled.

anyway, i hope this helps.

Thanks for the info.

Offhand, do you know the cvar/command to turn on/off SMP for q3ded? I haven't come across it in the past...

- Shrapnel

hahahah, torm.. thanks.. i wouldent have caught that error.

hahah, ohh man, i knew all of the e-mail work for the past month would catch up to me.. anyway, the command that you are lookign for is r_Smp Make sure you enable it Via the command line, i'm told that is the way of getting the thing to be the MOST stable.

AmIdYfReAk wrote:hahahah, torm.. thanks.. i wouldent have caught that error.

hahah, ohh man, i knew all of the e-mail work for the past month would catch up to me.. anyway, the command that you are lookign for is r_Smp Make sure you enable it Via the command line, i'm told that is the way of getting the thing to be the MOST stable.

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You might want to try Debian for IA-64, which many think is the most stable 64-bit distro out there.

The icculus.org Q3A source has been ported to x86_64. You can get it from their SVN and it will compile out-of-the-box. But be warned, you won't be able to use PunkBuster with it.

Multiple CPUs might or might not be beneficial. I can run three servers on a single AMD 2600+ without even so much as a hitch, so it all depends on the number of servers you're going to be running.

Well, the new server FINALLY arrived. And looks like I get the RH Linux as a free upgrade instead of Centos. So far, looking like it's running much better than the old Celeron, but time will tell.

Quick question, since the cvar to turn on multi-proc is r_smp, am I correct in assuming that this is a render cvar and that it will have no effect on dedicated server/q3ded?

- Shrapnel

NjR_Shrapnel wrote:Quick question, since the cvar to turn on multi-proc is r_smp, am I correct in assuming that this is a render cvar and that it will have no effect on dedicated server/q3ded?

Yes. r_smp 1 puts the renderer in a separate thread.