Review of the Best Clan Game and Ventrilo Servers for COD4 Call of Duty 4

For PC players finding a good game server is critical if you want to expand your clan or team and take your gaming to the next level. Without a game server devoted to your clan you have no way to take part in scrimmages with other clans, and most importantly recruit new members. That is why it is important to buy your own server for your clan. Let me preface this guide to buying game servers by saying I can personally recommend GameServers.com for both Call of Duty 4 game servers and their Ventrilo/Teamspeak servers. Anyway below are 5 basic things you need to know before taking the jump of buying a game server, Ventrilo server Teamspeak server for your Call of Duty 4 clan.

Choose a respectable company to buy from – This is the most important part of finding a good game server. There are some simple things you can do to check online if to determine a companies general quality. First how does there website look? Is it a single poorly designed page with a link to their paypal account and no technical information on the services they provide? Next read online reviews like this one and ask around about game server companies to see what is good. Finally if you have questions about the game servers email/call the company and gauge the quality of their support staff. It is better to pay a little bit more and get a quality game server that you know will work than to pay a couple of bucks less and have a server that is never online.

Get a game server close that is close to you geographically – If your clan is located primarily within the United States you don’t want your server hosted off in the Czech Republic, because the data packets will have to travel from your computer, across the Atlantic Ocean and then all the way back to the United States to the rest of your clan members. This will create a huge amount of lag and destroy your hopes at a good game play experience. If most of your clan members reside in North East of the USA ideally you want something in New Jersey etc. but as long as you are within your respective country you should be fine

Get Teamspeak or Ventrilo hosting with your game server – Try to get a game server company that offers voice chat via Teamspeak or Ventrilo in addition to normal hosting for the game. Getting voice chat and your game servers through two separate hosting services is a huge hassle, plus if you get it through a single company they usually give you a discount. Don’t skimp out and not pay for voice chat though. Voice chat is very important if you ever hit any level of competitive play because having to stop your game to type in a message leaves you at a huge disadvantage to your opponent.

Make sure the game server supports Call of Duty 4 – Given that Call of Duty is a new and popular game virtually all companies provide servers capable of playing Call of Duty 4. But to make sure check around the hosting companies page for a list of games they support.

Get an appropriately sized server – It is a simple fact that bigger servers that allow more players cost more. If you get a server that is too small you won’t have room for all your clan members, if you get one that is too big you will be wasting money. On the other hand a server with a maximum of 10 players is perfect if you just want a place to do 5 vs. 5 S&D clan matches. You also have to consider whether the server will be available to the public, or only to members of your clan. Public servers cost more than private servers because they tend to use more bandwidth because they are open to anyone and everyone. If you plan to offer a public server to recruit new members a server with a maximum of 10 player just won’t cut it because most Call of Duty gametypes are meant to be played with 20-30 players. For these reasons most clans will have at least two servers, one to recruit on, and one to play clan matches on.

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