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    Will a Killer 1303 help with wifi speeds if ISP is not that fast?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by afterdark, Apr 6, 2012.

  1. afterdark

    afterdark Notebook Geek

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    Will a killer 1303 help vs a stock wifi card in my HP laptop if my ISP service isn't that fast? Does the killer have better reception and will I notice an improvement in speeds or will my ISP be the bottleneck? I am currently gettin 5 bars with the stock wifi card. I have ATT DSL service. Thanks.
     
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    Will it help you reach your destination faster if you buy a Sports Car to drive through a congested road?
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    It won't help at all. It can speed things up in your LAN but not outiside of it.
    The whole magic of Bigfoot cards is mostly useless because people do not realize that in order to benefit from a better card they also need a better router and a good ISP.
     
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    What routers would you suggest for use with killer 1303?
     
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    Definitely a router that supports three streams on 5GHz range and a simultaneous dual band one so other devices would be ablr to use 2.5GHz band.
    See sticky for detailed recommendations- Asus RT-N66U, Linksys E4200v1 or a budget version- TP-Link TL-WDR4300.
     
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