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Black Ops: 5 Tips for Reducing Lag & Increasing Performance

Just over a week into the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, we give 5 tips for reducing lag and increasing overall performance in the PC platform.

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kdogdaddy5656d ago

We've found the listed console commands to help out IMMENSELY in increasing performance and reducing overall lag.

TheIneffableBob5655d ago

Kinda OT, but the heck. Why does your site have text as images.

kdogdaddy5655d ago

The entire list of console commands are all in text.

ComboBreaker5653d ago

Tip Number 1: Get a different game.

Ducky5655d ago

Been using most of those commands since day 1.

Also, "/maxpackets 100" isn't exactly the best command to use.
Using lower numbers (50~60 instead of 100) might actually be better.

kdogdaddy5654d ago

We appreciate your response, we'll do some testing throughout the sC community and see what we can come up with using a lower number of maxpackets.

Ducky5654d ago (Edited 5654d ago )

Well, I guess I'll just throw in what I've learned from CoD4.
It seems it is best to set maxfps to the lowest FPS you can manage.
So if your FPS doesn't dip below 125, then set maxfps to 125.

Then, maxpackets must be a factor of maxfps.
Thus, with maxfps of 125, the possible values of maxpacket are:
125/1 = 125 (not possible as maxpackets must be less than 100)
125/2 = 62.5 ~ 63
125/3 = 41.6 ~ 42
...etc

Although setting maxpackets to 100 will automatically switch down to the highest possible number, the problem occurs when you have unstable FPS.

If you have 125 fps, then maxpackets will automatically be 63 (since there isn't any higher factor).
But as soon as your fps falls below 100, your maxpackets value will change to 100 (since 100/1 = 100 is a possible value)
This will result in a ping spike, since your computer is now sending more packets.

The key thing here is having stable FPS. Often times, stable FPS is much better than having high FPS that periodically dips.

Best of luck in your endeavors. =)

LJCabo2se5655d ago

I think I remember something like this posted by u already. Maybe im just going crazeh.

Kratos_19865655d ago

the media is trying what ever they can to cover up the mess in this game and some dont even mention a problem in it imagine this was a ps3 exclusive we will have a non stop flaming articles reminds me of Final fantasy Xbox360 broken version looool it was the biggest joke of the media history not even 1 single article or a review to mention it most major web sites gave both versions the same score :D and sucked MS D1ck

and yet you guys or some of you even wait for a review to buy a game... trusting a website review this gen anyway what i want to say is THIS GAME IS **** UP BADLY and it cant be fixed thanks to the millions of you who keep supporting this game and made it a world record seller gratz we will keep getting Low quality sh i t games

vickers5005655d ago

It's not as bad as you say it is (console wise at least). People are making the problems out to be bigger than they actually are.

The game is far from unplayable. Sure there are a few issues that happen more often than they should, but I've only had problems with my matches about 30% of the time I've been playing the game, but that will be fixed soon, so there's not much to worry about.

kdogdaddy5655d ago

While it is not un-playable, it is still very much affected by the deficiencies in each particular platform.

vickers5005654d ago

At the very worst, it's annoying, but only a small percent of the time. Like I said before, I only experience issues about 30% of the time, but that 30% is not worth getting upset over, and if this were any other game, the N4G community would just consider it a small problem and would consider it nitpicking.

Bad Company 2 had some issues at launch, but no one made that much of a big deal out of it then.

vickers5005654d ago

I can see why you only have one bubble. Maybe you will too whenever you reach an age past 13.

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Co-founder claims Activision put "pressure" on Infinity Ward to make game about Iran invading Israel

Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL116d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor116d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS116d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead115d ago (Edited 115d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan166d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex166d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos166d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle40166d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor166d ago (Edited 166d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
🥳 🍗 🦃

MDTunkown166d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio166d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger166d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac166d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac166d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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