HP today announces plans to upgrade its OMEN 15 gaming laptops with NVIDIA’s next-generation GeForce GPUs, a display panel featuring a 240 Hz refresh rate, and a new WiFi 6 (802.11ax) controller
HP has not revealed the 802.11ax vendor/release date of model.
Source:AnandTech
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Intel AX200/22260 or AX201/22560. Basically analogous to the 9260ac and 9560ac.
AX200 would be the full fledged WiFi card.
AX201 is also M.2 but it’s a cNVIO, RF only card with the WiFi chipset portion in the Intel CPU.
I would expect to see Intel contracted factories selling these on the side pretty soon, just like the 9260ac this year. So my guess is probably by the end of next month for those who want to to buy the card.Last edited: Jan 7, 2019Vasudev, jaybee83 and Starlight5 like this. -
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Here's what Asus has to say about their Mothership gaming notebook.
"The ROG Mothership leaves gigabit networking in the dust starting with a 2.5G Ethernet controller that more than doubles the speed of typical wired ports. It’s paired with a next-generation Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 module that pushes peak throughput up to 2.4Gbps under ideal conditions. The wireless module is based on the standard otherwise known as 802.11ax, which in addition to boosting flat-out speed, borrows techniques from the cellular industry to improve traffic management and overall efficiency for busy networks."
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Killer Ethernet E3000 announced today
https://www.killernetworking.com/products/killer-e3000/
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we just upgraded to 1 Gbit internet in our home and our current 7260/7265 wifi adapters cant keep up anymore haha
so time for an upgrade and so far i had the 9260 in mind. but looks like waiting a bit would make sense
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IEEE 802.11ax or Wifi -6 is bump up like sata 1 to sata 2, ect, it wont jump it up like sata 3 to Nvme, ax is 38% faster than ac,,wikipedia states it will be 4x faster throughput to the average user, time will tell, yet I think it will be a bump up rather than a jump and of course a router with ax capabilities will be needed as well
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Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
@3Fees well 802.11ad was a jump in speed and latency, implemented somewhat poorly though. 802.11ay should address the biggest shortcomings of it.
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The old saying here is quite true when one buys new technology that is cutting edge be careful to not to cut yourself. New tech is typically expensive and after a few spinoffs and redos it settles down..
I'd wait until ax is in many mainstream laptops and ax routers have come down in price. ax wifi cards for laptops should be available, usable and not cutting edge prices as well if going that way.Last edited: Jan 25, 2019downloads and Starlight5 like this. -
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Hardware works best when it's set up correctly and the hardware is selected to work optimally together.
An AX200 wireless card paired with a final draft AX router is IMO a way to go if you're needing an upgrade from previous generations and have the money to spend.
IF you still have G or N hardware,maybe it's near that time to stop complaining and bite the bullet
Your Internet speeds may not improve if your slow service is not upgraded.
You can always wait for what's just around the corner or just get what you need when it's available and within your budget.
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Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
The big question is how will 9260 interact with AX router. Will it be able to utilize 160MHz channels for 1733MHz bandwidth, or not?
Anyone with Intel 9260/9560 and a fancy new 802.11ax router to check? (=Last edited: Jan 27, 2019jaybee83 likes this. -
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HP Notebook To Get 802.11ax
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by WhatsThePoint, Jan 6, 2019.