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		moe on Feb 15, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What every programmer should know about solid-stat... Games are not normally network bound either. Your typical FPS shooter, RTS game or MMORPG uses bandwidth in the kbit/s range per player.

mathgeek on Feb 18, 2015 [–]

> Games are not normally network bound either.

Games with a live multiplayer element certainly are. That's my meaning in saying many games (rather than most games).

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