Astute readers will notice that this is our Best Gaming Router pick in the budget category. While a little long in the tooth, recent upgrades to 8 GB of RAM, and a Crucial MX300 SSD have kept it humming along. The client is a Lenovo S400 notebook, with a Core i3-3217u processor, and HD4000 graphics, which is far easier to move locations with then a desktop.
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And let’s be honest, most of my friends don't even know which end of a drill to use, let alone how to pull cable. Drilling holes to run cables-while tempting-may not be practical, especially in older, multilevel homes, or when renting. While hard to argue against the advantages of a direct wired connection, there are umpteen reasons why a connection other than Ethernet gets used. This is why a router for gaming should have robust Quality of Service (QoS) to prioritize gaming traffic, and not allow Netflix or YouTube to drag down gaming performance. The counterpoint to this is video streaming, which is mostly download, but uses more bandwidth, around 8 Mbps for 1080p, and 15 Mbps for 4K video. However, it is dependent on the constant flow of data and the length of time between responses of that data-and interruptions to that stream seriously hurt gaming performance. Therefore, any other method of connection of a gaming rig to the router becomes a compromise to the gaming faithful.īut is gaming over wireless really the end of the world? Recall that PC gaming is a low bandwidth activity that takes less than 1 Mbps of data transfer on both the download and the upload. There are obvious advantages that an Ethernet connection offers to a gaming PC directly wired to the router beyond the satisfying click of plugging the CAT 5e cable into the Ethernet port, including the avoidance of wireless interference, and a high level of security.
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