[sldev] UDP to TCP/HTTP - performance issues?

[Tateru Nino]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> I agree with Callum here. We're talking about internet speeds, a
> couple of megabits per second at best. It's been a decade at least
> since we even had to worry about network overhead at straight ethernet
> speeds on typical desktop computers, and today the fact that some
> screwup in the audio drivers for Vista causes a bobble at gigabit
> speeds is remarkable enough that it gets remarked about. There's no
> CPU overhead in the network stack imposed by switching from UDP to TCP
> that would cause any noticeable effect on the kind of systems that are
> capable of running any kind of virtual reality.
Concur!
>
> I have to say, too, that there was a time that I would have considered
> the above paragraph hard science fiction. :)
I can't remember a time. I've been working with Internet protocols since
1978. But I'm sure there was a time, yes.

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