Would my rig benefit from a stronger wireless solution

[Predicament]

Currently using this:

TL-WN321G - TP-LINK

and this:

Wireless-N 300 Router

It seems I get a fair bit of lag in my games. I am located 3 floors above our family router (brand new dual antenna) Netgear router.

Would I benefit from a PCI-E wireless card from OCUK?

 

[panyan]

It seems I get a fair bit of lag in my games.

Would I benefit from a PCI-E wireless card from OCUK?

personally i doubt that a pci-e card would help becuase it is a ping issue, not a bandwidth issue

have you connected it straight to the router to see if it is your internet connection to the house and not the wifi?

 

[davieg]

Is there no way of moving the router to a middle floor (to try and even out coverage)? Or is there other equipment wired up to it?
Or a wireless extender? Or if you have an old router try setting it up as a repeater (Model and firmware allowing)
Or one of the power line things.
But checking it wired would be a good starting point as it would be pointless doing this if its not the signal thats the cause.

 

[95thrifles]

Yes
Across that distance, moving from a G to an N will make a massive difference
As others have said that's not to say your lag may not be from elsewhere, but I'd still be going N anyway, unless you can route cable which would be even better

 

[setter]

+1 for cable. For a long time i was stuck with a usb adapter, (netgear wpn 111). Horrendous piece of kit, overheated a lot and kept dropping the connection. Bought a pair of homeplugs but they wouldnt work at all. So i went with a very long length of cable, hid it below furniture and carpets/mats. Wish id done it a lot sooner tbh.