Does higher throughput help with gaming?

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I've been considering a new router not based on wanting a higher throughput but because mine has been acting up alot lately..

I'm considering a router able to do ~ 800Mbps WAN to LAN. And ~ 850Mbps LAN to WAN

my current is ~ 245-250Mbps respectively

So does this do anything in terms of performance? Or would QoS be a better thing to look into..

I'm a newb when it comes to networking.. thanks for your patience.

 

[KillerBee]

What is your current setup and models?

ISP > DSL or Cable Modem > Switch? > PC(single or multiple PCs)

 

[Gryz]

Higher bandwidth only has a noticable impact on latency at very low speeds. Say anything under 1 Mbps, or even a lot lower. Once you reach "normal" speeds, then you will not notice any change in your ping. Not even when you go from 5 Mbps to 10 Mbps or even 1 Gbps.

QoS is only helpful when your link is filled with traffic. E.g. when you want to play a game while you, or someone in your household, is downloading stuff.

The problem here is that the router in your home can only do QoS on upstream traffic. And when someone in your household is doing stuff that generates a lot of traffic, that usually means your downstream link is filled. Not your upstream. Your router at home can not improve congestion. To improve congestion, you should have control over the QoS on the router of your ISP at the other end of your adsl/cable connection. And generally customers don't get that. So I don't think a QoS-capable router at home is very useful for online gaming.

 

[JackMDS]

Hmm. if the Interent connetion coming in is (as an example) 20 Mb/sec.

What a diffrence a WAN to LAN 800 will make over 250.

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[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Hmm. if the Interent connetion coming in is (as an example) 20 Mb/sec.

What a diffrence a WAN to LAN 800 will make over 250.

A $20 bill stays $20 even if you put it in a bigger purse.


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assuming all things are equal

 

[imagoon]

Let me put it this way:

250Mb/s = 262144000b/s which means 1b = 3.8e-9 seconds / bit.

A typical frame will be (about) 1500bytes.

1500bytes = 12000 bits.

12000bits @ 250MB/s = 0.00005 seconds or 0.05ms.

When you triple speed to say 750MB/s you have 786432000b/s

The same frame will take 0.00002 seconds or 0.02ms

So tripling the speed would reduce the latency by 0.03ms.

Basically, adding all of the other links, 0.03ms will not be noticed from the rest of the randomness on the internet.