Gaming on 4g

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I don't know if this should be in mobile phones or mobile computing, but I was planning on getting an HTC Evo and using it to provide internet to my laptop, any guesses on what gaming (BFBC2/L4D2) would be like on that connection?
 
It's going to vary a bit, but your average ping on a wireless "4G" connection will be over 200..which isn't very fun for online gaming.
 
Yea, latency on any mobile network is going to be through the roof... You might be able to play some multiplayer strategy games or something but any FPS is going to be a slide show.
 
Agreed to all the above. Any wireless carrier is going to have a latency (ping) of ~150ms (at the fastest to the first hop) or above and there's really no way of getting around that. Most likely 300+ ms because of the added routing just to get to the game servers that it takes on any connection. I tried playing L4D by tethering to my Droid and was getting ~250-300 ping on 3G which I thought was good for a phone connection, but still not playable. The only thing you're getting on 4G is more bandwidth, not lower latency, which is what matters in games. You can game on a 128 Kbps down/up connection just as well as a T3 (~45 Mbps down/up) connection as long as your latency is the same.
 
I know how you feel. Where I'm moving, I may get stuck with an aircard as my only connection option. :(
 
I can't seem to get under 250 to 300 on my 3G WinMo phone, but I do have a friend that games at 150ms on his 3G network adapter which I believe is a USB type.
 
Oldie said:
It's going to vary a bit, but your average ping on a wireless "4G" connection will be over 200..which isn't very fun for online gaming.
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Meh, I've managed it going down the highway (Back seat) playing an MMO on 3.5g (3.2mbps HSDPA :D ) at 100km/h :D

Worked well enough. Wouldn't wanna use it for an FPS though.
 
Talked to the clear wireless guy today. He ran speedtest on their 4G connection, and it topped out at 1.5 mb/s. It's almost there for me, but i want speeds in the 4-6 range before I kick cable to the curb.
 
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