Multiboxing performance question

Can anyone tell me how important is to have a ssd on your pc? curent configuration atm is : i7 2600k processor ,nvidia gtx560 video,16gb ram and a normal hdd..1terra(i heard i can overclock my video and processor and i'm gonna do that soon..i guess i will feel it right?).I have this problem sometimes on diablo3 when i fight with alot of mobs my pc has some kind of delay and my ping goes way up..700-800ping and i'm not sure why would that happen..is weird couse i have playable fps and even if i had low fps should move bad and not boost my ping..any ideas? some friends told me that i really need a ssd and overclock on those..i will probably do that but was wondering if that might be the cause of my problem..thx !

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I have this problem sometimes on diablo3 when i fight with alot of mobs my pc has some kind of delay and my ping goes way up..700-800ping and i'm not sure why would that happen..is weird couse i have playable fps and even if i had low fps should move bad and not boost my ping..any ideas? some friends told me that i really need a ssd and overclock on those

Your friend is wrong, and no, you do not need an SSD.

Ping is from your network. This is the amount of time it takes to send a message to a the game server, and for them to send you back a response to that message. These messages don't touch your hard drive and wouldn't be affected by an SSD. SSD would improve loading/storing times, like if you get lag spikes simply due to the game having to load a new type of creature into memory an SSD would smooth that over.

When there's lots of mobs, there's more network traffic (especially since you're multiboxing, which is going to mean 2x, 3x, or 4x more network traffic than usual if you're playing 2-4 guys...) and it's all competing to get across the network. Your ping goes up when something can't process messages fast enough, e.g. because they are coming slower, because there's 4x as much traffic and you're on a slow (this is the question here) connection. So for example if you're on dial-up, you will have a higher ping anyway, but then it doesn't have a lot of bandwidth and it takes time to cram all of the messages through and any time it backs up waiting for messages to push through, your ping is going to skyrocket. The same thing applies to any network connection, your ping is based on the distance and number of PCs between you and the server, as well as whether or not the size of your pipes are big enough (have enough bandwidth) to push enough data at the same time in order to not get backed up.

And if you're on Wifi, switch to wired networking for better networking performance in order to support multiboxing.

well 120mb fiber connection should be enough for anything..i don't use wifi and i have only one pc..is weird couse when i was playing d3 with 3 chars it was working perfect with max settings in diablo and isboxer..when i loged 4th i had to set everything on minimum and tweak fps from isboxer (from 60/30 to 60/20 or 50/22..smth like that..i tried more to see which one is better),now is moving good although when i fight with elites+mobs my fps can drop from 50 to 20 is still moving kinda same..the ping problem it happens to me on high mp (6+) on mp5 that i curently play it happens very rare but i wanted to go higher..that's why i was wondering if overclock on processor+video+ssd would improve my gameplay and allow me to play higher mp..well i will do all those anyway but i was just curios thx for answer ! smth off topic: if i buy a second monitor should be like first one? for example if i have a 20inch atm with a 1600/900 rezolution..if i buy a 22inch and i use 1920/xx rez would work ?

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well 120mb fiber connection should be enough for anything..

Yes, that should be plenty of bandwidth assuming your upstream isn't super-limited. That's still just between you and your ISP though, your ping is still limited by the route between your PC and the game servers. So for example if you're in Europe and playing on North America servers, your ping will be a bit rough.

is weird couse when i was playing d3 with 3 chars it was working perfect with max settings in diablo and isboxer..when i loged 4th i had to set everything on minimum and tweak fps from isboxer (from 60/30 to 60/20 or 50/22..smth like that..i tried more to see which one is better),now is moving good although when i fight with elites+mobs my fps can drop from 50 to 20 is still moving kinda same

Framerate (FPS) is almost completely unrelated to ping. If your FPS is dropping from 50 to 20 and you want to prevent that, my suggestions are going to be completely different than your ping going from 100ms to 800ms.

If you want to improve framerate, see HOWTO: Tweak your framerate. See "Identifying framerate bottlenecks" and check your GPU, CPU, and RAM loads at the time you're having trouble. If you're losing framerate, then most likely one of these is hitting 100%, and that is your limiting factor, aka bottleneck. If your GPU is at 100%, then to smooth your framerate you need to decrease your typical GPU load so that the spikes don't hit 100%. You can keep ALL of your framerates at 30 instead of letting the main window at up your GPU with 60, for example. By giving up some of your FPS on your own, you are reducing the amount you're going to hit the limit.

smth off topic: if i buy a second monitor should be like first one? for example if i have a 20inch atm with a 1600/900 rezolution..if i buy a 22inch and i use 1920/xx rez would work ?

1920x1080 is going to require more power to run than 1600x900. If you want to increase framerate you would want a smaller resolution, not larger. Your monitors do not need to be the same size, but the same Aspect Ratio is always helpful if you intend to put your game windows on both screens (1920x1080 and 1600x900 are both 16:9, so that's fine). If the Aspect Ratio is different between your two monitors (e.g. one widescreen and one standard ratio) then you may end up either with funny looking windows while multiboxing (squares on one screen will be rectangles on the other), or you'll end up leaving extra space on one of the two monitors in order to match the Aspect Ratios of the game windows.

hey:)it's me again with another question..if i use a second monitor(22inch or smth like that) for chat and other stuff..the 1920*1080 rezolution will affect my video? i don't want my fps to drop down but 18.5 inch monitor idk..seems kinda small even if i just need it for chat i could use it for movies when i'm not playing..so will a 22inch monitor will have a bad effect on my overall gameplay?

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No, adding a second monitor should not have a significant performance impact, even at this resolution.

The problem is when you want to start rendering high quality 3D graphics in real-time at high resolution (e.g. with a game). Browser, chat, youtube, etc on second monitor should not be a big deal.

I use 2 monitors on my GTX 560, as seen in my "Get More Crappy Loot" video on the main page of isboxer.com.

cool..then i will get a 22inch..gonna start a stream and i will use second monitor probably just to read chat and with 4diablo + stream is not moving perfect but is moving good..with 22fps backround and 50foreground i don't have delay or lag..that's why i don't wanna increase performance couse i reached my limit i think..) need a better video for more..