How to connect my laptop to a 5ghz wireless connection?

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I ordered a great gaming laptop buy I now know that the wireless network card that is in it does not support a 5ghz connection with my router. What network card can I buy and install myself that would allow me to do this? The 5ghz connection is faster and better for wireless gaming.

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EDIT: ok fine i guess N can run on 5ghz too(i thought it was only 2.4). But still i stand by my point that 5ghz doesn't mean the best/fastest, its the frequency. I knew 802.11a ran on 5ghz and was the slowest.

Well w/e, if you have 802.11N, you have the fastest wireless, just leave it at 2.4ghz, 5ghz wont make any difference. And i dont believe you need a wired connection for gaming. i havent played games on a wired connection in a while.

your ping is based on more then your connection speed (yes if you have lots of people torrent-ing on your connection it will lag). you actually dont even need a very good connection speed to play games. wireless g/n (with a good signal and no packet loss, with no other wireless interference) is more then enough to play any game or host a 16player match like it was nothing.

-the distance from you to your ISP
-the distance from you/your isp to the server client you are connecting to
-and in some games where players host (like alot of FPS), the distance from you to the server client to the game host.

thats basically the main factors of any game lag. and you can really do anything about those.

what gaming laptop should i buy 1500 budget?

Grim

I cant decide what gaming laptop to buy,i need something that i can game and record my gaming,please leave me suggestion.

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First, you need to make sure you REALLY have a budget of $1500. Most people start off saying that they want to buy a laptop or computer, and they have a budget of $xxxx.xx, but then after a short conversation on the subject, they start whittling away at it... saying things like "well, I want to also buy this xxxxx with that money, and I would *like* to only spend $1000.00 if I can get away with it" etc. This means that their budget is not as large as they initially said.

However, if your budget is really $1500, consider getting a Sager. Why? I'll tell you.
Start with http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_info&model_name=NP8275 the 8275 for $1449.
What you get
-17.3" screen
-Nvidia GeForce GTX 770M GPU with 3GB GDDR5
-Intel® Core⢠i7-4700MQ Processor (2.40GHz), 6MB L3 Cache
-8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB
-750GB 7200rpm drive
-8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL Super-Multi Drive
Etc....

Ok. I'm sure it all looks nice enough, but why the $1449 price tag? You can upgrade it. Sager notebooks are built on the Clevo notebook design, in that they are built to be upgraded. The video cards are all MXM standard, so they can be swapped out and replaced. That in and of itself is very important with a gaming laptop. But here's the deal.
What you can upgrade to in the future...
-Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M GPU with 4GB GDDR5 (or better... since when new MXM cards come out, you can use one of those)
-Intel® Core⢠i7-4930MX Processor Extreme Edition ( 8MB L3 Cache, 3.0GHz ) (again, you are just limited by the processor socket)
-32GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 X 8GB (that's a lot of Ram...).

.. and of course, you can drop a blu-ray drive in there, a second hard drive, or even use two SSD drives, etc. The point is, that rather than looking at replacing the laptop in a couple of years because you need better video, or a better processor... you can buy into the base line NP series Sager, and then just upgrade it like a desktop. In fact, if you wanted to, you could even consder the NP9500 series http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_info&model_name=NP9570 that uses desktop processors instead of laptop processors... if you really wanted to have mobile power.

So, for your budget, buy into Sager.

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How much cheaper are pc and laptops from china compared to australia or us.?

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anonymous

I am planning on getting a gaming laptop or buying gaming pc parts from china but i want to know around how much cheaper they are in china compared to Australia and USA.

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Not much cheaper at all. However, there is no sales tax in China.


People who talk about quality of computer has NO knowledge about computer whatsoever.

Dell, HP, etc. do NOT produce computers. They buy CPUs, RAM sticks, hard drives, motherboards, video cards, sound cards, tower cases, power supplies, then put them together in under 20 min. each and resell at a rip off prices. It's like you buy the hotdog, and buns, and catchup, then put them together. It doesn't matter if it's your mom or your dad put them together. The quality is the same!

It's the same companies who make these computer parts.
The only two major CPU makers are Intel and AMD.
The only two major video cards makers are Nvidia and ATI.(ATI was bought by AMD. Intel also make some onboard video but nothing high end)
Hard drive companies - Western Digital, etc.
Sound card companies - Creative Labs, etc.
Motherboard companies - Asus, Abit, etc.
etc. etc.

Whether the computer is sold in the U.S. or in China, they all contain the SAME parts from the SAME companies listed above! That's the reason why the prices aren't much different in China or in the U.S.

I don't buy completed computers. I buy parts and put them together which is EXACTLY what Dell etc. does! (they buy parts from above companies, and put them together. Like I said before, it takes only 20 min with 2 hands and a screw driver) Only difference is that I put BETTER(I don't pair up fast CPU with slow memory and onboard video to create bottlenecks like Dell does) parts in there according to my needs. In the end, with the same amount of money, I build BETTER computers than Dell can offer. OR, With the same hardware parts, I save lots of money than buying from Dell.

By the way, I've been building computers for the last eight years. ALL video cards and motherboards I bought in the U.S. have labels of "Made in China". It only means China did the production. The technology and specifications are still belong to the above companies. By the way, it also means the LARGE MAJOR portion of the profit also goes to these companies instead of Chinese manufacturers in case you think China "stole" the money.
P.S. The founders of Nvidia and ATI were both Chinese. Memory chips were also invented by Chinese. All motherboard companies are in fact Taiwanese companies, whose population are 98% Chinese, and their productions are always in mainland China. Intel chips usually are being produced in Malaysia. I also had AMD chip bought in the U.S. as "made in China".

How much cheaper are pc and laptops from china compared to australia or us.?

anonymous

I am planning on getting a gaming laptop or buying gaming pc parts from china but i want to know around how much cheaper they are in china compared to Australia and USA.

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They're not, if anything they're more expensive for similar hardware.

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