By Alex Cox
Gaming and Wi-Fi don’t traditionally go hand in hand. Latency, lower pings, the possibility of signal drops, interference, your roommate clogging the thing with 4K streams of goodness knows what – these things are not what FPS fiends look for when they’re in the high-paced world of online gaming.
Granted, things have improved with the advent of MU-MIMO and more savvy quality of service routines, and wireless AC radios don’t exactly lack for power. But best way to connect to the internet for gaming remains an Ethernet connection. And wouldn’t you know it: Linksys feels it’s time to change all that with the Linksys WRT32X.
Elder gamers will do well to look past the (we have to presume accidental) reference to Sega’s mushroom-shaped console add-on: the WRT32X, the ping-friendly sequel to Linksys’ own WRT3200, is a hardware/software combination that does far more than just extend the life of a dead format. It’s also packed with mega-radical gamer terminology: witness the Killer Prioritization Engine, and the tagline ‘designed to dominate’. Plus it’s a muscular, looming deep black thing, designed to lurk brooding in a corner, ready to strike.
Price and availability
The WRT32X is not cheap. Really. It’s £300, US$300, AU$400, for a …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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