• AngryMob
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    12 hours ago

    If you arent sensitive to jitter, packet loss, etc., and the various ways games react to it, then im happy for you.

    Personally, i and many others hate it. It only takes 1 rubber band moment in a shooter to ruin a round, it only takes 1 round to lose a match. Even if you aren’t playing super sweaty, its not fun. Even my wife who only games casually noticed the difference between wireless vs wired in a few different shooters after i ran a wire to her new desk. And we do have a good setup overall.

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      1 hour ago

      Dude, what you’re describing is not a “good setup overall”.

      I know I’m not sweaty, but what you’re talking about goes beyond being “sensitive” or not. Wtf is wrong with your wifi that you’re getting any packet loss.

      I just ran a speed test multiple times from my phone in another room, and got jitter under 20ms, and packet loss between 0% and 0.1%
      My gaming PC with external antenna in the same room as my wireless AP is going to get even better results.
      edit: for kicks i tested my wireless gaming PC too:
      ping: 2ms
      jitter: 0ms
      packet loss: 0%

      So I’m curious what kind of performance you’re expecting to be noticeable to a casual or even sweaty non-pro player.