[SOLVED] wifi card for gaming ?

[M Uzair Arshad]

Can I use usb wifi card for gaming i mean will i suffer with more ping or slow speed than ethernet ?

 

[Newtonius]

It shouldn't slow you down since the common 3.0 USB port is 5Gbps while any common ethernet port is 1Gbps but wifi in general can be laggy when gaming. It will work but you will still want to ideally use Ethernet.

 

[M Uzair Arshad]

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It shouldn't slow you down since the common 3.0 USB port is 5Gbps while any common ethernet port is 1Gbps but wifi in general can be laggy when gaming. It will work but you will still want to ideally use Ethernet.

have usb 2.0 only

 

[Newtonius]

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have usb 2.0 only

That's still plenty, USB 2.0 has a data transfer rate of 480Mb/s therefore it will provide plenty of bandwidth for gaming. Games really only require anywhere from 100 KB/s to 1MB/s (please note: 1 MB/s = 8 Mb/s AND 1000 KB/s = 1 MB/s). The only reason wifi is bad for gaming is because there is a larger latency and unreliability between the router and the wifi card. You can still game but you might have occasional lag spikes. If your router supports transmitting at 5GHz I recommend you get a wifi card that supports 5GHz for best reliability.

 

[M Uzair Arshad]

That's still plenty, USB 2.0 has a data transfer rate of 480Mb/s therefore it will provide plenty of bandwidth for gaming. Games really only require anywhere from 100 KB/s to 1MB/s (please note: 1 MB/s = 8 Mb/s AND 1000 KB/s = 1 MB/s). The only reason wifi is bad for gaming is because there is a larger latency and unreliability between the router and the wifi card. You can still game but you might have occasional lag spikes. If your router supports transmitting at 5GHz I recommend you get a wifi card that supports 5GHz for best reliability.

ok thank you

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Can I use usb wifi card for gaming i mean will i suffer with more ping or slow speed than ethernet ?

Gaming and Wi-Fi. Two words that should never appear together in the same sentence.

Too many sources of trouble, with interference from other access points on the same or overlapping channels being the biggest issue. Latency will never match that of a cabled connection as Wi-Fi is only single duplex.

 

[M Uzair Arshad]

Gaming and Wi-Fi. Two words that should never appear together in the same sentence.

Too many sources of trouble, with interference from other access points on the same or overlapping channels being the biggest issue. Latency will never match that of a cabled connection as Wi-Fi is only single duplex.

but for ethernet i have to connect wire from ground wire to first floor. because i live at first floor and router is at ground floor.