Wireless Network Card for Gaming?

[MrRaich]

I get a ping of around 60-80ms on my old computer and I was wondering what the best choice of Network Card is for PC wireless gaming. Will my ping improve with a better Network card? And what network Card should I get?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Fear]

These get different results for everyone if you want a good stable low ping you would be better off getting a set of homeplugs but if you want to stick with wireless then there is no guarantee anyway what router are you using ?

 

[MrRaich]

At the moment I'm using a a D-LINK.. thing.. And we have a BTHomeHub at the moment.

Thanks for replying!

 

[petgag]

As long as its an N rated card, prefereably with MIMO and multiple antennas, then it will give you good speed. G rated cards are older and slower, mimo cards (multiple antennas) have multiple signals, can be dual band, and if linked with MIMO routers give faster and better quality signals.

 

[Frenchy]

As long as its an N rated card, prefereably with MIMO and multiple antennas, then it will give you good speed. G rated cards are older and slower, mimo cards (multiple antennas) have multiple signals, can be dual band, and if linked with MIMO routers give faster and better quality signals.

While I agree this is normally the case, I actually struggle with N in my house. Router is the other end of the house (using an apple timecapsule), my laptop a macbook pro with a wireless N card works brilliantly on G, Its not the strongest signal where I use it (about 60%), however switching to N my signal drops to around 23% and doesnt sustain a constant signal. If I move one room closer N dominates the G but for some reason my room doesnt like N signals.

As someone mentioned earlier, if you dont mind a bit extra on cost and are willing to use homeplugs, then this is deffinately the way to go, brilliant connection through them as its just a wired connection using the electrical cables in your home. The only thing to watch out for with the homeplugs is if you have a set of logitech Z5500 surround speakers. When my homeplugs are in I cannot use the speakers as the bass constantly pops.

 

[jd123]

While I agree this is normally the case, I actually struggle with N in my house. Router is the other end of the house (using an apple timecapsule), my laptop a macbook pro with a wireless N card works brilliantly on G, Its not the strongest signal where I use it (about 60%), however switching to N my signal drops to around 23% and doesnt sustain a constant signal. If I move one room closer N dominates the G but for some reason my room doesnt like N signals.

As someone mentioned earlier, if you dont mind a bit extra on cost and are willing to use homeplugs, then this is deffinately the way to go, brilliant connection through them as its just a wired connection using the electrical cables in your home. The only thing to watch out for with the homeplugs is if you have a set of logitech Z5500 surround speakers. When my homeplugs are in I cannot use the speakers as the bass constantly pops.

------ You could try a surge protection adapter on your surround sound device as this will filter out the effect of the homeplugs. Homeplugs don't work through surge protection plugs. these cost as little as a five from places like argos, b&Q etc etc