802 11g is it fast enough

muppet · 13 Oct 2006 at 20:26

hi

i want to set my lads pc up with a wireless conection so we can play serious sam coop plus others is the 54mbps that this conection offers fast enough for trouble free gaming

cheers

Beansprout · 13 Oct 2006 at 20:30

Yup...gaming is all about latency, not bandwidth

hp7909 · 13 Oct 2006 at 20:37

Not a matter of if 54Mbps is fast enough but how you plan to set-it-up. Wireless suffers speed drops & or even complete drop-outs depending on range & other 'factors'. Got a wireless connection with bro's PC which is in other room about 10m away & 2 concrete walls in between. Normally throughput at around 22Mbps (for file, internet networking not gaming)

Don't know if it still maters, but getting same brand equipment should ensure maximum compatibility = speed, etc.

Kol · 13 Oct 2006 at 20:37

54Mbps is fine for gaming. Using it myself for gaming and three of us play (albeit an old game) Generals:Zero Hour all the time with no lag issues (this being in a victorian, or older, house with bloody thick walls!)

That's with a wRT54GS, Intel 2200BG in the lappy and two netgear 311v1 wireless cards.

muppet · 13 Oct 2006 at 21:59

my isp is doing an offer at the moment . a router and usb wifi adapter for £40
might order . itll only be going through one brick wall or should i get branded stuff

thanks for replies

Avalon · 13 Oct 2006 at 23:14

11mbit will be fine assuming the signal is good, I can game quite nicely using a broadband connection with 256k uplink.

hp7909 · 14 Oct 2006 at 04:45

muppet said:
my isp is doing an offer at the moment . a router and usb wifi adapter for £40
might order . itll only be going through one brick wall or should i get branded stuff

I'd recommend 'branded' stuff & PCI WiFi card over USB.

You say just a brick wall, but any interference nearby? e.g. water pipe/bathtub, cordless phone, microwave, etc :confused: