Killer Wireless N 1202 vs Centrino Wireless N 2230 best ping?

Guys need the lowest possible ping any real world results or test on which card will give me the most reliable connection with the lowest ping possible.

 

Your ping or latency is really a measure of how long it takes for your system to communicate with a server somewhere and that is usually just an arbitrary figure that tells you how fast your internet connection is, not how fast your computer's networking hardware is.

Under real world conditions, you won't notice a performance difference. It's all up to your actual internet connection speed, and I can pretty much guarantee that you're not equipped with a gigabit line. 300Mbit is what the 2230 is good for as far as I know, and that is more than fast enough for the casual user at home or small business.

If you're planning on buying a Killer, don't. The Centrino 2230 works very well as it is!

 

Most people who work in IT would take an Intel wireless adapter over one made by Atheros any day.

 

So what your telling me is that Killer wireless is just your typical marketing scam and offers no advantage over the Centrino?

BTW thanks for the input and also is this good hardware to replace my ActionTek FioS Router? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-Network+-+Wireless+Routers-_-ASUS-_-33320091

 

In my opinion, it is all just marketing, as you said. When I got my laptop, I stuck with the Centrino

That router looks pretty . I'd buy it if my ISP didn't already supply me with a dsl modem / router combo

 

You should read some reviews and make an informed decision, every review I have read have stated that it is not marketing hype, killer WiFi has improved latency and file transfers over other cards, Google killer n review!

 

Please read also nbr forum and look at problems with killern wifi card. I choose intel.

 

if you are all that worried about ping times that much just use an ethernet cord!!! :thumbsup:

on a more serious note, I personally haven't had any issues with my killer card and it has way more range than the stock dell card I used to have. Don't know how the 1103 compares to the 1202 though.

 

1 vote here for the killer line from an IT professional. The killer uses a custom TCP/IP stack bypassing the Microsoft stack entirely. Yes it is software and not the hardware chip used on the killer ethernet cards. it does however dramatically lower internal network ping times. if you have a crap internet connection ping this wont fix it. I have personally tested the killer 1102,1103 and 1202 against the intel 6250 and 6300 and can say with confidence that any of the 3 killer cards crush intel in ALL ASPECTS. Range, Throughput, Ping, and throughput@range. I really wish the intel card was even comparable in performance, I would use one just for WIDI, but I leave my widi adapter on the shelf unused because the performance difference is Insane. I really like intel, hopefully they can put out an 802.11AC card that can match the performance of what Atheros will do when they release a Killer AC card.

 

That maybe true to some aspect, but killer driver/software is crap compare to intel.

 

yea they need to take the time to perfect it, and so far I haven't seen much of an effort to improve and make the software better.

 

I will agree the Killer management software is weak, but I rarely need to use it and it never crashes or anything like that.
I should also mention 1 downside of the killer is some network scanning and analysis programs crash when running over it due to the custom TCP/IP stack. I used to run a program called Nessus to run network wide vulnerability scans that will not run on any of the 3 killer cards I have. still, ill take a crappy piece of optional software for real-world 2x the throughput at any given range.

 

I have an Alienware 14x and got the Intel 2230 by mistake so I used it for a few days and it was ok but not great I would say average I was getting around 130 mbps on my second floor and that is what I get with my three year old E6400. Dell replaced the wireless card with the one that should have been in my computer Killer 1202 and now I get 300 mbps on my second floor. The killer card is awesome and not marketing hype at all.

 

anyone who is interested, I just got a Broadcom BCM4352 card off ebay that does 2-stream 802.11ac and can connect @866Mbps. it does require an ac capable router, but it has potential to double real world N speeds. I was really looking for the 3-stream version BCM4360, that can do 1300Mbps on ac, but they dont seem to be available as of yet. I also have hope that we will see a 3-stream killer card that supports ac in the near future but for now I'm happy.

 

That's because Intel WiFi adapter cards allows 20 MHz only channel width on 2.4 GHz by default on the advanced WiFi adapter settings. You have to manually change it to "Auto" in order to get the 300 Mbps on 2.4 GHz band

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def get the killer card. I had the 2230, 6250 wimax and now the killer. the killer blows all of them out of the water. Alot better antennas, as I get alot more range out of my network now. I get more bars,even tho i m farther away!

 

That's good the know considering my AW 14 comes standard with the Killer NIC 1202