AC1900 vs AX5400 gaming router

Question

I currently have the AC1900 Nighthawk router. A friend told me I should upgrade to the AX5400 gaming router. What differences in performace will I see in the two and what other differences will there be? Is it worth the extra money to upgrade?

We have 2 Xboxes, 2 PC's and 2 Nvidia Shields. All are on 4k TV's.

Thanks for the advice.

plemans · Answer

Is the $ worth it? Depends. You might get some lower latency/ping times. You can also choose gaming servers to help with that.

but is it worth the money? That's a loaded question that usually a significant other is better positioned to help with. :)

If you're streaming/gaming devices aren't hardwired in, you might find a better benefit from hardwiring in devices than upgrading its wireless. since I doubt the tv's or shields are AX devices.

are you having issues? Or just curious?

MaineBear · Answer

We aren't really having any problems, so I guess just curious.&nbsp; LOL.&nbsp; We do have an issue with quite high latency.&nbsp;&nbsp;

plemans · Answer

What router and modem/gateway do you have

MaineBear · Answer

I have Spectrum internet with a Hitreon Docsis 3.1 Modem and the AC1900 Nighthawk router.The internet speed is suposed to be&nbsp;Download speeds from 100-400 MbpsUpload speeds from 5-20 MbpsI ran a speed test on DSL report and got these results....151 download23.6 upload70 ms ping&nbsp;

plemans · Answer

As much as I despise spectrum (and cox/comcast to be truthful), they actually do a fairly reasonable job of getting full speed to their modems.&nbsp;What speed do you get directly connected to the modem?&nbsp;If you're paying for "up to 400mbps", they can usually hit that without issues.And AC1900 is a speed, not a model. What router do you have?&nbsp;What firmware is on it?&nbsp;

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