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Netgear R7000 and R8500 comparison for gaming
I'm considering to buy a new Router-only. I need it to have a very strong signal for a very large house and I want it to be specifically though for gaming (QoS, low lag etc...) And the worst iss...
R8500 is far better than R7000.
For perfomances R8500 > R7000
Price R7000 < R8500
for your needs R7000 is sufficient but for the future R8500!
Nor the R7000 nor the R8500?
then what are those features it talks about here:
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7000.aspx?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
just marketing crap?
I can assure you that neither model can reliably "automatically recognizes & prioritizes streaming & gaming applications" My testing with my xbox ones shows that the 7000 has a real hard time with IPv6 - which is the default for all gaming services- and provides much better performance.
I've been complaigning for months of the QoS, this feature is only in draft mode!
My internet line has 50 ms of latency and 1-3 ms jitter if no one else is using it.
When people in the house use the internet (you know, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, the usual stuff) the latency can go up to over 1 second if the gaming PC is connected on WiFi and easily reach 280 ms ping with 120 ms jitter if I connect the gaming PC with a cable.
I do not expect miracles = keeping the minimum ping gaming over WiFi: this is intrinsic in how the WiFi works.But I DO expect it to keep the ping below 100 ms (preferrably closer to 50 ms then not) and jitter below 10ms if I connect my Gaming PC / Console via Cable, regardless of what other people do with the internet.
Are you saying neither the R7000 nor the R8500 are capable of doing it?I don't really care about opening ports dynamically, I can handle that manually if I need it. I'm more interested in the QoS and the latency.