[atrain @ Nov 29th 2006 2:48AM]

Lower ping, faster connection, just like the Killer NIC.

The improvements of high end network equipment has proved very minimal in terms of online gaming performance. Without an amazing internet connection, there is very little reason for a gamer to seriously consider this over an existing model, except maybe for Wifi connectivity (dependent on this models N ability's compared to others)

Meanwhile, I have a 14000 Baud modem lying on my desk. Don't insult my technology. (Don't worry, I don't actually use it. Engadget would take forever to load on that!)

[Jason @ Nov 29th 2006 4:02AM]

Higher transmission speeds does not mean better gameplay (less lag, lower ping), especially over wireless connections with inherent packet loss. It would behoove you to figure out a way to get a gigabit infrastructure wherever it is that you game.

Wired connection, optimally at 100Mbps, in reality more around 90Mbps or so, so even if we consider a 60% transmission efficiency for gigabit ethernet, which is harsh, it would still beat twice over the theoretical advertised max throughput of this N router (300Mbps, and this is a rough estimate given the advertising for other N-equipped routers).

Cheers