Ethernet Beats the Gaming Router

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The meme uses a "WHO WOULD WIN?" split-panel format. The left side says "500 DOLLAR 'GAMING ROUTER'" above a black, angular router with multiple antennas and purple lighting; the right side says "10 DOLLAR CABLE FROM AMAZON" above a close-up of a black Ethernet cable connector. The humor is that flashy consumer networking gear often loses to the boring reliability and lower latency of a cheap wired connection. For engineers, it is a practical reminder that physical-layer simplicity can outperform expensive, branded abstractions.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick The fastest QoS policy is still "plug in the cable and stop negotiating with drywall."

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The fastest QoS policy is still "plug in the cable and stop negotiating with drywall."
@dosboxd 5y

yes, $10
@invaderz_must_die 5y

Amazon Basics?
@daviku2000 5y

I mean the router will win in flexibility of usage
1. Deleted Account 5y
  
  I mean the cable is 10$
2. @paul_thunder 5y
  
  do gamers move their 10kg PC with 1.5kg keyboard with 5kg 43 inch monitor very often? What should it be flexible for? Your iPhone which can't even use torrent-app?
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  Don't forget the "So-Called" Gaming Laptops !
  
  dev_meme 5y
  
  Actually there some "gaming laptops" which are very thin, like https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GS66-Stealth-10UX
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  Yeah, that brand is my favorite.. Better than American ones and.. 👽ware.
  
  @Stepan_Poznyak 5y
  
  Gaming laptops can be lighter, than macbook
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  To be honest, Laptops aren't really for playing. But it's still my own point of view..
  
  @Stepan_Poznyak 5y
  
  Why? Yes, you cant play at cafe, cause 2080 is really hungry. But gaming laptops are really useful if you dont want to buy and PC and laptop. For example my budget was 3k$. Good gaming PC would cost 2k$+. And laptop which cost 1k$ would be bullshit. I just bought good laptop for 2700k$ and good monitor for gaming at home
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  Nice reasoning, but it's still my own point of view..
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  I often play factorio or opus magnum on my pentium based laptop. Integrated graphics, hell yes!
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  I can play all most some games on it
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  2048 & Tetris ?
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  yeah and sixteen
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  Seriously, even Half-Life lags in some maps where lights are blinking.. Intel HD graphics, The Greatest Story Never Told !!
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  seriously though, I can play most games on that. Having a minimal arch linux on there helps too.
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  Intel graphics..
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  Intel HD graphics, So Great !
  
  @UQuark 5y
  
  iPhone is a complete opposite of the term "flexible"
  
  @Agent1378 5y
  
  My tower case, empty, weighs 11 kg 🙄
  
  @paul_thunder 5y
  
  gyms are for weak 👍
  
  @Agent1378 5y
  
  I ordered custom made undertray with wheels at local furniture shop.😁
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  idk how much my tower weighs exactly, but I just installed a new disc reader & it's definitely more than 10kgs lol. Maybe more around the 25kg mark, judging that it's heavier than my 4yo sister.
@daviku2000 5y

And also you will need a router anyway
1. Deleted Account 5y
  
  for another 10$
@daviku2000 5y

What you gonna connect the lan cable to
1. @average_meni_na_drugu_enjoyer 5y
  
  i can connect directly to ONU
2. @Odbjorn 5y
  
  To your pc lan card ?
3. @abecko 5y
  
  And then I can make a hotspot from my pc to watch tiktok on my phone!
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  a 500$ PC ?
  
  @abecko 5y
  
  Duh, so u gonna buy "gaming" router without a gaming PC, which already cost some money? If I have no PC, why do I even buy "gaming" router?
  
  @ANTICHRISTUS_REX 5y
  
  It was a sarcasm.. Some "Gaming Stuff" aren't really necessary.
4. @neopulsar 5y
  
  Can the Wifi runs on cat6 cable speed?
  
  @determ1n3d 4y
  
  what do you mean?
@NoCountryForOldBuffet 5y

Sure but watching YouTube on your phone doesn’t need a $500 router
1. @daviku2000 5y
  
  Well your phone isn't free is it
@Stepan_Poznyak 5y

ROG Strix/Zephyrus, for example Zephyrus S GX502LXS-HF082T 2 kilos (exactly like MacBook Pro) RTX2080 Super Max-Q Width - 18.9mm
Deleted Account 5y

The real question is - does the cable have RGB?
1. @I_like_trains 5y
  
  Sth real at last
@neopulsar 5y

I didn't see any data center rigs that's runs on wifi so...
@neopulsar 4y

I mean if u need 10gbit + bandwidth it's bad idea trying get it on wifi

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