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Old 02-02-10, 07:29 PM   #699
Steeltrap
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo View Post
Steeltrap,

I have to disagree with you - and here is my reasoning. Sure the traffic itself isn't burdensome. But alot of gamers disconnect from the net with SP games so they can do things like kill AV and firewalls, which CAN when left running seriously degrade gaming performance.

Its not just the connection - but a host of other things that can have an affect.
I understand, but I happened to have tested this recently with my rig. I used to do what you're saying, but I have a friend who's a professional (by which I mean self-employed contractor making plenty of $$) computer nerd/programmer/all-round-guru, and he told me it was completely unnecessary on a rig as powerful as mine.

As I posted before, it does depend on you CPU, GPU and RAM plus OS. If you're at the edge of 'required specs' then you're right to say it's a problem. If you have overkill specs, it won't be an issue.

The other variable is what Ubi is doing with that constant connection.

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