Comparing laptops, specifically Asus N53 series, Malibal/Lotus W150HM, Lenovo IdeaPad Y-series and know basically squat about network cards. Lenovo's stock card is listed as Intel 1000 BGN; this is the only machine I've shopped which doesn't show 801.11 as stock. Lotus options include upgrades to Intel 6230 or 6300, or Bigfoot Networks "Killer". Questions: 1) How does the Lenovo's card compare to the 801.11's? 2) What will spending a few extra $$s for any of the Lotus upgrades really get me?
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All cards here are 802.11- in fact all Wi-Fi cards are 802.11b/g/n. Not all of them support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands but that's a different story.
In general you should avoid low-end hardware and Intel 1K is such.
Intel 6230 contains Bluetooth which causes some throughput problems so I would avoid 6230 (but 6200 is OK).
Intel 6300 is very good but its only advantage over 6200 is 3 stream support- which doesn't mean a thing unless you have a three stream router.
Bigfoot Killer is based on Atheros chipset and is- in general- very good but don't believe any of the marketing crap about it improving you gaming experience and such.
So to sum it up- question 1 is invalid.
As for Q2- better card will improve your range and throughput if the rest of your setup (router and ISP) are up to the task. In general it's better to spend few $ more to get better hardware. -
Confused about laptop network cards
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Ignatz_A2, Jan 6, 2012.