As to the performance of other routers, we expect to test the Asus ROG AX11000 soon, as well as gear from other manufacturers, so we’ll eventually have a more complete picture of Wi-Fi 6’s benefits to PC gamers. Additionally, it had one of the lowest video packet loss rates of 6.04 percent.
Even more notable, it produced our highest FPS to date, 38.9 FPS on our test game. In our recent testing, we found that the Asus RT-AX88U produced an impressive 300.62 Mbps of throughput on 5 GHz at close range with Wi-Fi 6. It’s possible they won’t become available until the second half of 2019 or later, but the Wi-Fi 5 adapters will still work with Wi-Fi 6 routers, if you feel like getting ahead of the curve and buying a new router. However, there are currently no Wi-Fi 6 wireless adapters available as of now-no USB, PCI-E, nor built-in motherboard adapters. However, this is a theoretical maximum that almost no single device will ever get, even with optimal conditions-but still, getting close would be pretty amazing.Įven though Wi-Fi 6 is still brand new, some router manufacturers have already updated their products to to the new standard, the Asus RT-AX88U being one of them.
The newest kid on the wireless block is capable of 9.6 Gbps. Wi-Fi 4 had a max data throughput of 150 Mbps per stream (up to a theoretical 600Mbps), while Wi-Fi 5 pushed this up to 3.5 Gbps. Users with Gigabit internet connections will be able to put all that extra wireless bandwidth to good use. (If you are wondering, the even older 802.11n standard can now be called WiFi 4, going all the way back to 802.11b as Wi-Fi 1.) Wi-Fi 6 continues to use both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, but the new standard aims to offer additional bandwidth to users, which means a better experience playing online games. While some may not know the differences between 802.11ac and 802.11ax, it's easy to tell that Wi-Fi 6 is better than Wi-Fi 5. If all of these wireless standards are getting confusing, now there's some relief, as the folks of the Wi-Fi Alliance have renamed 802.11ac as Wi-Fi 5.