Gamers and clans will be constantly looking for better game server providers. But what defines the quality? The signs to look for are price, support, price tag and what hardware they use.
The price
Price is only relative to what you get from a company. If you go budget then expect no frills and not a lot else. I will say there are some good hosts I would use that are cheap but many I would not at the same time. If you pay more you should get more but this is not always the case. Some will give you more - but do you need it?
Getting help
No one likes thing to break and I for one sure don't! When things do break we like the reassurance that assistance is on hand. Getting your support should be a secure and easy process when you want it. If your server ends up with a hardware issue then avoid companies who use middle men. Many companies rent servers from another company, who rent them from someone else, who rent the rack space from someone else, and they then rent from the data centre. That was a simple example but the long string of companies can make things very complex. So you want to speak to the hosting company who will then deal with it as otherwise you can be waiting days. Business hours are not great for gaming. Gamers really want support during the afternoons and evenings and especially at weekends not 9 - 5 on weekdays. You end up waiting and twiddling your thumbs while the next working day roles round to get a response for a hand with your CSS hosting.
Hardware
A Pentium 4 with 1GB of RAM cracked the job easily 6 years ago but not now. The way forward is quad cores but a dual core processor is still good - look for 4gb of RAM to make sure your game stays lag free. This doesn't necessarily mean companies are loading their Call of Duty 4 servers relative to what they can take. However a budget provider will over sell, so at 2 in the afternoon things might be fine, but come peak gaming will be unplayable. Do some home work and ask the host for a test server or test IP but find out the IP range they have and look it up on game monitor and choose some servers yourself to test.
Connection
We all want negative pings but it will never happen but the lower the better. Game servers hosts will quote you the port speed of the server like 100mbit or 1gbit, but this is not that important. It's what the link between their core switch to their upstream transit provider is. The server can communicate as fast as it likes with the other servers on the hosts network but if it's only got a 10mbit connection to the internet then things will be slow going.
Feedback
Always check out the testimonials a company has, but also what is not on their website or forums as this can make for interesting reading. Many companies are open about the testimonials and will leave bad ones for people to read on there forums to prove they are only human.
The price
Price is only relative to what you get from a company. If you go budget then expect no frills and not a lot else. I will say there are some good hosts I would use that are cheap but many I would not at the same time. If you pay more you should get more but this is not always the case. Some will give you more - but do you need it?
Getting help
No one likes thing to break and I for one sure don't! When things do break we like the reassurance that assistance is on hand. Getting your support should be a secure and easy process when you want it. If your server ends up with a hardware issue then avoid companies who use middle men. Many companies rent servers from another company, who rent them from someone else, who rent the rack space from someone else, and they then rent from the data centre. That was a simple example but the long string of companies can make things very complex. So you want to speak to the hosting company who will then deal with it as otherwise you can be waiting days. Business hours are not great for gaming. Gamers really want support during the afternoons and evenings and especially at weekends not 9 - 5 on weekdays. You end up waiting and twiddling your thumbs while the next working day roles round to get a response for a hand with your CSS hosting.
Hardware
A Pentium 4 with 1GB of RAM cracked the job easily 6 years ago but not now. The way forward is quad cores but a dual core processor is still good - look for 4gb of RAM to make sure your game stays lag free. This doesn't necessarily mean companies are loading their Call of Duty 4 servers relative to what they can take. However a budget provider will over sell, so at 2 in the afternoon things might be fine, but come peak gaming will be unplayable. Do some home work and ask the host for a test server or test IP but find out the IP range they have and look it up on game monitor and choose some servers yourself to test.
Connection
We all want negative pings but it will never happen but the lower the better. Game servers hosts will quote you the port speed of the server like 100mbit or 1gbit, but this is not that important. It's what the link between their core switch to their upstream transit provider is. The server can communicate as fast as it likes with the other servers on the hosts network but if it's only got a 10mbit connection to the internet then things will be slow going.
Feedback
Always check out the testimonials a company has, but also what is not on their website or forums as this can make for interesting reading. Many companies are open about the testimonials and will leave bad ones for people to read on there forums to prove they are only human.
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