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Something else that surprised me is the pricing the Killer 1102 is roughly a $15 upgrade from IntelвЂ™s 6230, and if youвЂ™re looking at a gaming laptop, $15 is chump change. However, copying lots of smaller files ends up being faster than 100Mb Ethernet for a change, and if IвЂ™m not in a hurry 15-25MiB/s will get most transfers done fast enough to make hassling with wires unnecessary. IвЂ™m still inclined to go that route if IвЂ™m moving more than a couple gigabytes, because even the best wireless networks still fall short of Gigabit Ethernet.

I routinely copy large amounts of files and data between PCs, and in the past IвЂ™ve always felt the need to do that over a wired connection. If the latency only helped in gaming, that might be enough, but the small file copy times show that itвЂ™s useful for non-gamers as well. ThatвЂ™s not the real selling point, though itвЂ™s the software, drivers, and optimizations to improve latency that allows the 1102 stand out. Throughput is generally equal to or better than equivalent solutions, and it can even outperform IntelвЂ™s top Ultimate-N 6300 is many tests, despite having one less spatial stream available. That brings us to the star of todayвЂ™s review, the Killer Wireless-N 1102.

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Now you can get a highly integrated 3x3:3 chip in a half-height, with the potential for Bluetooth in some cases as well. My oldest laptops have comparatively huge mini-PCIe adapters, and most of those arenвЂ™t even 802.11n capable. Wireless networking has improved in other ways as well. With the right router, suddenly the difference between budget WiFi adapters and expensive 3x3:3 solutions starts to make sense. Yuck!) Testing with the Linksys E4200 router on a 5GHz radio has opened my eyes to the source of my problems: the 2.4GHz spectrum is just too crowded, so you almost never get 40MHz channels and higher connection rates. (Before that, I had a TrendNET TEW-633GR 3x3:3 2.4GHz router that I thought was вЂњgood enoughвЂќвЂ¦except for the occasional crashes and restarts. I have felt on occasion that my Netgear WNR3500L router was holding me back, but I didnвЂ™t realize how much. Going into this review, I felt that the wireless world had largely stagnated, but it turns out that IвЂ™m probably the one falling behind. No wonder I havenвЂ™t been impressed with wireless throughput in the past! Wading through the notebooks I have on hand, IвЂ™m actually surprised at how many of them use cheap 1x1:1 2.4GHz adapters, even on $1500+ notebooks.

I canвЂ™t say IвЂ™ve ever felt wireless networking was something to worry about, but now IвЂ™ll need to reconsider. I figured all wireless adapters were pretty much the same, but my experience with the Killer Wireless-N 1102 card has been excellent. This is one of the few times IвЂ™ve tested a product that surprised me. BigfootвЂ™s Killer Wireless-N 1102: Living up to Its Name

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