Friday, August 25th 2017
Linksys Announces the WRT32X AC3200 Gaming Router
Linksys has announced their latest in gaming routers, the WRT32X AC3200, developed in partnership with Rivet Networks, developer of the Killer NIC solutions. The boasts are real with this products: Vince La Duca, global product manager at Linksys, had this to say: "Serious gamers are spending money on game play and expect to have technology that provides significant advantages to beat their opponents. The Linksys WRT32X provides advantages that no other routers have - and that is the Killer Prioritization Engine. The router, when paired with a Killer-enabled PC, provides a powerful end-to-end connection to prioritize gaming traffic to reduce peak ping times up to 77%; Providing a real advantage for faster kills over opponents that use regular "so-called" gaming routers."
The new Linksys WRT32X AC3200 Gaming Router, therefore, enables the Killer Prioritization Engine, should your PC's integrated NIC be a Killer solution. This prioritizizes gaming network traffic above all others, thus lessening lag and response times. Linksys is also introducing a new firmware and GUI for this particular router.
Hardware-wise, the Linksys WRT32X leverages a dual-core 1.8 GHz processor, 512 MB DDR3 RAM, and 256 MB flash memor, with dual-band wireless network support (N600 on the 2.4GHz band and AC2600 on the 5GHz band) through the AC3200 802.11ac Wave 2 Dual-band 3 x 3 wireless radio.
Connectivity-wise, the WRT32X AC3200 Gaming Router provides 4x Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, 1x Gigabit Ethernet WAN, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0/eSATA combo ports for your printers and storage devices. The router is available now at a special launch price of $299, down from $329.
Source:
ETeknix
The new Linksys WRT32X AC3200 Gaming Router, therefore, enables the Killer Prioritization Engine, should your PC's integrated NIC be a Killer solution. This prioritizizes gaming network traffic above all others, thus lessening lag and response times. Linksys is also introducing a new firmware and GUI for this particular router.
18 Comments on Linksys Announces the WRT32X AC3200 Gaming Router
"The router, when paired with a Killer-enabled PC"
"enables the Killer Prioritization Engine, should your PC's integrated NIC be a Killer solution"
Not sure about everyone else, but I strive to get intel based nic solutions in my house, not bloatware filled Killer solutions.
So what, if not Killer (TM) Branded NIC's on the network, you get the standard old "Enable QoS" checkbox?
As well, don't expect any of this functionality to port over to opensource. Will be the same old, currently still being fielded, 3200ACM builds, no difference except for the paint job and marketing addon.
EDIT: Pffff $299 - 329, yeah right!?!
WRTX AC3200
WRT32X
WRT3X AC3200
So what is that thing called?
Thanks =)
Better routers have it onboard though. Like my ASUS RT-AC87U (I think entire ASUS N and AC lineup has it) which has a QoS with profiles. It doesn't matter what I'm doing, everything works fast everywhere on all devices connected to it. It was expensive, probably because of stuff like this, but it's by far the best router I've ever used. Before, TomatoRAF or Shibby Tomato had best and most flexible QoS controls, but they don't work anymore because most connections are encrypted. ASUS however has proprietary stuff from Trend Micro which is capable of sorting even encrypted traffic. And it works really well. And with Merlin firmware, it's by far the best and most stable router. ASUS all the way in this regard.
Killer nics are not bad nics, they are actually pretty good. They are comparable to some higher end server nics with maybe a bit too much hype.
They operate on QoS, which means unless your network is saturated they wont do much with that feature.
The other feature is they offload your CPU, a tiny tiny bit and in doing so can reduce latency, a tiny tiny bit.
Overrated? Sure.
Junk? Definitely not.In what respect do you feel the separation superior?
You'll probably find it hard to measure any differences in transfer speeds or latency and extremely minor cpu usage differences.Correct, unless your networked is saturated the QoS will have nill measurable effect, this will generally not be an issue for home networks.You'll achieve near nothing in separating these devices on a performance aspect in the majority of networks, especially home networks.
The processing power on some of the high end routers is nearing insane, lessor units can handle networks much larger than your average home network.
Don't like don't like don't like.
www.snbforums.com/threads/another-new-router-entry-on-the-fcc-gt-ac9600.38867/
"According to the GPL code currently out:
- Alpine CPU
- Quantenna QSR10G
- Aquantia AQR107
- RGB/Aura lighting
- M2 SSD support
(edit: added Aura and M2)"
They have never had issues. And in the past when I sues them .. they were faster. The only Issue I have ever had with Killer NIC was Linux Drivers.
The killer wifi is better then other wifi .. but its still wifi.
Gaming and wifi ...LOL .. Maybe they talking about Tablets & candyCrush.
My board came with both the e2500 and Intel 1219, I am hardwired to a nighthawk R7000 and a 4 port GiB switch, and I honestly can not notice any real differences in the speeds or latencies between them...
I don't do any online gaming, but I do a considerable amount of cloud-based work that involves uploading and downloading files in the 500-1000 GB size range, as well as working with enterprise-level, multi-user/interconnected workstation business apps that are much more demanding than any computer game, and have never, ever, had any issues with either NIC providing me a solid, stable and fast connection in any situation.
Maybe I'm just lucky :D