Is wireless good for gaming?

[Shotgun333]

Is it worth going to wireless adaptor for my Desktop computer?? I do alot of online gaming, so would I lose any speed, or more lag? Plus I take my computer over to my friends house, and he has a wireless router that he uses for his laptop, and thought maybe that would be good, instead of running cords.

thanks for any info


Shotgun

 

[spyordie007]

If you want higher reliability stick with wired. If you want convenience go with wireless.

You'll probably be okay using wireless, especially if you stay close to the APs; however it's a one-collision domain and subject to interference so maintaining QoS can be hard at times.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

Gaming on wireless should be OK, although at times it might get frustrating if you get interference. For example, I moved stuff around on my desk a few days ago and placed my 2.4ghz wireless phone base station close to my wireless adapter, which made my wireless connection disconnect whenever the phone rang. It took me a couple of times before I figured out I had to move the phone base.