First of all my laptop wifi is working perfectly. My internet is 50mb/s or thats what I pay for lol ( i get 21mb/s... yeah third world internet). On my download speed I get capped 5mb/s never goes lower or higher. The newer intel wifi card is around 30 dollars so it is pretty cheap. But im probably going to get same results as my 7260 card
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Teejo Watermelon Notebook Enthusiast
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With speeds like that it won't really matter unless ur having problems.Teejo Watermelon likes this. -
Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
@Teejo Watermelon it is worth upgrading only if you get 8265 very cheap (<$15) and will be able to sell your 7260 for a higher price locally. Otherwise, wait for a card that brings more meaningful improvements.
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Teejo Watermelon Notebook Enthusiast
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Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
@Teejo Watermelon by meaningful improvement I mean 802.11ax and/or 802.11ad support; maybe something of interest will show up earlier than 802.11ax introduction - but I doubt it.
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BTW I have 75mb/s which is around 9MB/s. I get the full speed. However, most servers don't allow me to download at speeds higher than 1 or 2 MB/s. They limit the speed per connection. To overcome this limitation, you need a download manager (such as this). It attempts to establish multiple connections. I get the full speed this way. Note that it doesn't work on everything as some downloads have one source and that source limits the number of connections to 1. This is common with file hosting sites with premium subscription. -
Teejo Watermelon Notebook Enthusiast
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Utorrent is peer-to-peer. It depends on the the seeders and these seeders (who are consumers like us) don't have high upload speeds and/or limit the upload speed to avoid congestion. You have to be lucky to even get 2MB/s on most torrents.
Mega will not work with the download manager I posted. They force the download through the browser. You need a special download manager called JDownloader. This download manager is dedicated for file hosters. I can download at max speed from Mega with it.
Is it worth upgrading from intel 7260 to 8265?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Teejo Watermelon, May 28, 2017.