2k3 Server performance or lack there of while only i am connected

[legacy-username69]

hello, so i set up a 2k3 server works fine ecpt one thing...

when i play localy w/ all the exact settings as the server i get higher FPS. now i would have thought that playing on my lan server would off-load my client CPU from needing to processwhat the bots are doing. therfore playing on my server should give higher fps, or so i thought, still seems logical. is it a setting peoblem? or something im not adding in to the equasion. i shouldnt think that the lower fps is because of my nic...

any ideas?
thx

also, cpu usage is dependant on what? how many REAL people are connected to my server? ie on my lan i think it uses like 100mhz ie 10% cpu utilization while only i am connected

[legacy-rice]

did you capp the client rate?
i hear that affects frame rate.

[legacy-username69]

yea it is, how can it notr be tho? a setting of 999999? does any body have any numbers for this, ie client rate/fps
-thx

[legacy-PeterAce]

are you running the server on a laptop by any chance?

This causes major lag due to the stepping technology of the laptop CPU. I wrote a small app to keep the cpu busy fixed my problems.

[legacy-Tango]

My average CPU usage with 10 ppl is about 20%. The more ppl the higher the CPU usage because it will have to process where each player is at and what they are doing.