Many people focus on the obvious things for improving their gaming performance.
A great deal of concern is placed on upgrading the video card, or the CPU, the RAM, the hard drive etc., and rightly so. All these components can have a big effect on your gaming experience. Seems like everyone's eager to bend over backwards to squeeze every last frame out of their gaming rig. It's their pokey modem that's preventing them from reaching first place in Quake 2 free for alls. A lot of people may not realize it, but dialing up with a modem isn't the only way to get online.