JOLT UNLEASH THE WORLD'S FIRST FULL 64-BIT ONLINE GAME SERVERS
JOLT UNLEASH THE WORLD'S FIRST FULL 64-BIT ONLINE GAME SERVERS

By Benbik
Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2003

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JOLT UNLEASH THE WORLD'S FIRST FULL 64-BIT ONLINE GAME SERVERS.
Running in stealth test mode for several weeks, Jolt is now proud to officially launch the World's first free-to-play, full 64-bit online gaming First Person Shooter servers.

The end-to-end 64-bit servers are powered by AMD Opteron processors using 64-bit linux, running FREE-to-play public Counter-Strike servers. With the latest 64-bit optimised code from Valve Software, the creators of Counter-Strike; the Jolt servers have been packed full by avid gamers enjoying the superb low latency and high performance of the worlds fastest online gaming servers. Jolt have also selected the world's fastest Serial-ATA hard disk – Western Digital's WD RaptorTM to ensure that the overall game performance is delivered at the highest possible levels.

"The new Opteron powered servers are delivering an unparalleled playing experience compared to traditional servers. Thanks to Valve and AMD we're excited to be at the cutting edge of 64-bit online gaming technology and are able to offer our community the very latest version of Counter-Strike with maximum performance", says Jolt CEO Dominic Silk.

Following successful trials, Jolt now plan to install a raft of 64-bit servers to meet the anticipated demands of players for the forthcoming releases of other 64-bit optimised games.

More information can be found here: http://www.jolt.co.uk/index.php?articleid=329

About Jolt Online Gaming

Launched in October 1999, www.jolt.co.uk is Europe's largest and most popular online gaming network, with in excess of 700 game servers.

In addition to its European operations Jolt has servers located across the USA (NYC (East Coast), Atlanta (Central), Chicago (Central) and San Jose (West Coast)) with further expansion planned during 2003 - 2004.

Jolt pioneered and is the world leader in the supply of rent able servers to clans. For the last three years, Jolt has been providing clans and individuals the ability to hire and manage their own gaming server with the very highest levels of performance and connectivity, a service that has been copied all over the World.

For the online gaming community, Jolt runs tournaments and leagues that attract the best European players and clans. Jolt's game community forums are more popular and busier than any other in the UK.

As well as public gaming servers, Jolt provides tailored solutions for some of the World's leading entertainment software publishers, developers, and other related companies. These range from large deployments of fully managed 24/7 game servers and clusters to competition and content service solutions.