But balancing between asymmetric networking interfaces is notoriously difficult, often causing more problems than it solves, and testing the Killer network manager revealed this remains the case. Yes, you may be able to slightly reduce the load on your wired connection by shunting secondary data over to wi-fi, if you're running background processes.
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In any case, torrent packages also offer effective bandwidth controls of their own.Īnother issue is the mixture of Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet. Torrenting files while playing a shooter or MOBA is ill-advised if you care about performance, and it’ll probably be reflected in your own ping and your score at the end of a match. Since a single network process can’t be split between multiple controllers, these solutions presuppose a gamer is running multiple bandwidth-intensive processes in the background that need sharing in the first place, a habit that strategy or casual gamers may employ but almost all performance gamers avoid. No, your ISP isn’t going to suddenly get any faster because you have a new motherboard.
You can’t pull more bandwidth than your server or network can push.Įthernet vs DoubleShot internet results. Even on a LAN, most router ports are limited to the speed of gigabit Ethernet as are the local servers' Ethernet cards themselves. How is it possible that in this ideal environment, improvements were so difficult to find? The reality is that bandwidth limitations outside the computer, and thus control of the Killer Network Manager, are almost always responsible for the bottlenecks in online gaming.įor example, ISP speeds are just a fraction of home network bandwidth or a server attached to a network with a single gigabit NIC (gigabit fiber is as fast as it gets for most, and your typical cable or DSL connection is far slower at 100 megabits or less). Where’s the performance? What’s really going on? Both Left for Dead 2 and CS:GO show no dramatic differences in server ping times or gaming experience beyond normal network variation. Gaming results in the real world shadowed the benchmarks closely. This predictably results in slower overall operation and produces some embarrassing results, especially in general use, with no measurable advantages gained in return. When run with the latest downloaded rules, network file copy operations are shunted to Wi-Fi in a fruitless quest to preserve network speed, even when no high-priority network tasks are in evidence. That exception wasn’t a flattering one either. Has someone else experienced similar problems? If so, is there any way I can fix this problem? I really want to play online without lag on this beast of a laptop.Without rule adjustments, file copy operations get routed off to Wi-Fi where they languish at low speeds. I can't play online on the normal wifi version either since this version is normally very slow for online gaming. Before this laptop I played online on my old one on the same network (5Ghz) and had no issues at all. I never had issues with my internet but it seems this Killer Network adapter does not like my 5Ghz internet. I always use the 5Ghz version since that one is the fastest.
I have 2 WiFi connections in my house, a normal one and a 5Ghz version.
I normally have good internet, but due to this adapter I'm having very high ping when playing online. Performance wise this laptop is a beast but I can't tell the same about the online experience since the network adapter this laptop has (killer wifi) is making the online experience a living hell.
Recently I purchased a MSI GS66 Stealth which comes with the Killer WiFi Network adapter.