Intel AC7265 destroys Killer 1535

I just got a used AW17R3 and the stock Killer setup was pathetic. I search my wifi card collection and found a new 7265 and installed it. My speeds nearly doubled on Wifi. THe Killer would randomly disconnect untill I removed the Killer suite and ran with drivers only. I have a 300Mb Fiber line speed and a hard wired wifi extender and it sucked my speeds were half what they should have been.

I am getting close to 250MBs now using the Intel card.

 

The only think Killer cards have done for me is killed my internet. Never touching any Killer product with a 10 foot pole and I'm sick of their Killer Performance Suite that gets automatically installed from the Windows App Store without your permission!

See my review here:
Killer Wireless-AC 1550 Review

Go through the first posts and you'll see how my experience was horrible!

 

Killer should be ashamed of themselves for false advertising and failing to provide a product that lives up to its hype. Dell/Alienware should replace customers wifi card with Intel products if they request. Total BS big business abusing consumers.

 

The Lenovo in my signature has the 7265, and its performance is pretty terrible. It's fine for the system's current usage (light surfing, office, etc), but the Killer in my 16L13 walks all over it when it comes to heavy duty streaming. Plus, the Qualcomm Bluetooth chipset plays much more nicely with devices than whatever Intel bakes into its cards.

 

Personally have had better experiences with Killer 1525 and 1535 than Intel 7260 and 9260, so YMMV.

 

Killer does not make any cards or drivers, their only product is that atrocious Killer Suite.

The actual cards are nothing but rebranded Qualcomm 6174/A (1535 & 1435) and Intel 9260ac (1550). They pretty much use the same stock Intel and Qualcomm drivers.

I personally tell people to buy the original cards regardless of Intel/Qualcomm without the Killer branding so you don’t need to worry about Windows downloading that atrocious Killer suite and also because often I’ve seen Linux distros don’t support the rebranded ID when it comes to drivers, unless you make edits. Last reason I tell people to buy original versions is just so as not to support something that’s pretty much snake oil.

In most cases latency issues are due to router/ISP side due to usually low upload speeds and so QoS makes more sense on the router side. Unless you are downloading large files, watch a movie and playing a game at the same time or something on the same computer, Killer’s client side QoS software won’t really do anything. I don’t know anyone who really does all that at once .

 

Couldn't have said it better. Thank you sir!

Killer Networking Products, NEVER again!

 

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The only issues with Killer product I have had was when I downloaded software directly from their site rather than from MSI.
That was drivers/software suite for AC1535.
Working perfectly on MSI-released Killer software and drivers.

Recently replaced 1535 with 1550 and it works better.

I have to disagree with the OP.