Gigabit. Worth it??

gline

Just wondering is it worth getting gigabit lan(1 gig) as opposed to 100meg lan for lan gaming or video streaming (lan will have about 5 pcs). Is it worth it , as i have seen cheap gigabit switches.

Also is 108 meg wireless worth getting as opposed to 54meg wireless for the same purpose as above??

Thanks for the advice in advance

Random

I'd say 108 would proberly be worth it, but it can prove costly as the cards and router all have to be the same company and g+ enabled etc...


As for gigabit, it's not going to make a huge difference to streaming video over 100Mbit unless there's a couple of PCs streaming from the one PC at the same time.

gline

ciaranfo wrote:

I'd say 108 would proberly be worth it, but it can prove costly as the cards and router all have to be the same company and g+ enabled etc...


As for gigabit, it's not going to make a huge difference to streaming video over 100Mbit unless there's a couple of PCs streaming from the one PC at the same time.

Thanks for the info, stupid question - but what is g+??

Also would gigabit make much difference to lan gaming??

po0k

On a switched network, sod-all.
Latency would depend on the length of cable, and the quality of equipment and drivers.

And if you use multicast, video-streaming would work fine over a 10Mbit switched network.

If you're going Gigabit, read up on it, make sure you get kit that supports Jumbo Frames.

gline

Kul thanks