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    Upgrading Wireless Card on Asus G73JH

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by hiddensanctum, Jul 2, 2010.

  1. hiddensanctum

    hiddensanctum Notebook Evangelist

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    I just thought I'd provide this data with everyone else:
    Three Trials, Same Place and Position, Atheros AR9285 v.s. Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6200

    Speed Test:
    Before upgrading (Atheros AR9285)
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    Average Download: 2.67Mb/s Upload: 0.30Mb/s

    After upgrading (Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6200)
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    Average Download: 2.94Mb/s Upload: 0.31Mb/s

    Bar Test:
    Before upgrading (Atheros AR9285)
    4 Bars

    After upgrading (Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6200)
    5 Bars

    Improvement in speed: ~10%

    Disclaimers:
    • I think my internet might be capped at 3Mb/s
    • Other people on the same network might have affected the outcome
    • Yes, I know my internet kinda sucks loll

    If anyone have any data of their own feel free to post them. I'll see if I can do another test on a faster ISP later.
     
    hiddensanctum, Jul 2, 2010
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  2. <MarkS>

    <MarkS> Notebook Village Idiot

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    ...and that's just internet. Where the 6200 shines over the Atheros is on a wireless-N/Gigabit LAN router doing transfers to/from other machines on the same network. :)
     
    <MarkS>, Jul 2, 2010
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