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[quote='entoptic',index.php?page=Thread&postID=7330 9#post73309]GO SOFTWARE OVER HARDWARE!

Its simple. With software you have just one box to worry about and there is 1 bottleneck.[/quote]



SEMI-TRUE.

You overload 1 PC instead of balacing the load between 5. Wait a minute. Thats a benefit? ?(

:!: My PC is not overloaded being a quad core. When I look at the stats its low. Balancing the load over more computers does indeed slow things down for many reason and since this is not a huge corporate network my one computer with 4 processors (load balancing) is just fine. One computer is one computer, add more and it is like trying to talk in a crowded room. :!:



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With hardware you introduce multiple bottlenecks that are only fixed by updating your hardware. Imo hardware over software is a lose lose as your upgrades are costly, you waste MAD amounts of power, your room heats up, troubleshooting sucks etc etc....[/quote]



FALSE.
You can build a hardware based system for a lot less than a quad core PC thats capable of running 5 instances of WoW.
See: [url='http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=7169
Full Hardware Ghetto Five-Boxing - A how-to guide.[/url]

As far as power goes - TURN THE SHIT OFF WHEN YOU AREN'T USING IT. Power problem = solved

Troubleshooting? If you're using this as an argument tool, you probably shouldn't be multiboxing.


:!: My computer cost me about 1000.00 dollars and is fine. I don't pay for additional power since its on one machine and there is not heat issue, when the computer is on it is not sucking down up to 3 times the amount of a hairdryer like some people's systems. I don't know about you all but I like to save money which is why I do shut my system down when not in use.

Buying a Ghetto systems screws you in the end. your north bridge, south bridge, memory, cpu, video card.... EVERYTHING is outdated and SLOW. These are some of the bottle necks. Not to mention not using a gig nic card on the network with a non gig switch/router WILL be SLOWER.

Troubleshooting is a big issue. Do you want to game or figure out IPs or why one monitor is not in the right resolution.... There is ALWAYS troubleshooting and you want to make that as easy as possible.

In the long run you pay WAY more for hardware and you are not being cost effective as you are getting screwed on your ROI. :!:



Not to mention the stress you put on a consumer network.


FALSE.
5 WoW clients is 5 WoW clients - doesn't matter if its one PC or multiples. Its the same amount of network traffic. Nice try though.

:!: You are wrong here. 5 wow clients is not 5 wow clients if they are laid over a network with hubs and switches each firing shots off of info to each computer. I design networks for a living and having multiple computers over a network is a very bad thing. Your routers since most of us here use consumer routers will die faster and drop packets. We are looking for clean lines with speed right? Network traffic is indeed network traffic but when it comes from multiple sources then it is not longer the same thing. :!:

:thumbsup: You have some great comments here but I think you are alittle misguided. :thumbsup: