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if you're a gamer it seems like every new piece of tech on the pc market is

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trying to capture your attention from graphics cards with ever so slightly

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higher boost clocks to headset stands tricked out with RGB lighting oh

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so cool but one of the latest things you might want to actually pay attention to

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is wi-fi 6 also known as 802.11 ax which

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our friends at Intel asked us to talk about today now we've already done a

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video explaining wi-fi 6 more generally which you can check out right up there

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but today we're going to specifically talk about how it can benefit gamers who

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don't want to be tethered down by an Ethernet connection figuratively and

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literally speed is one of the most obvious improvements of wi-fi 6 over

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previous generations of wi-fi the theoretical max bandwidth of a typical

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2x2 connection is 2.4 gigabits per second which is about three times as

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fast as the previous generation however real world speeds won't be that high

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somewhere around one and a half gigabits per second might be more realistic and

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of course you're going to be limited by however fast your internet connection is

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anyway unless you're playing on a wireless lan but the real benefit for

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gamers isn't just the extra speed to download large games but also how wi-fi

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6 handles having multiple devices on the same network at once as well as

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improvements to latency and responsiveness it's like wi-fi took

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caffeine pills you see wi-fi 6 supports an updated version of a feature called

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moomimo and no it's not a pokemon although it may not seem like it a

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router without moomimo can only communicate with one device at a time

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meaning all the other devices on your network have to wait their turn and

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while it isn't exactly a long wait it can still make a difference especially

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if that device's parents didn't teach it to be patient moomimo gets rid of this

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bottleneck by allowing your router to communicate with multiple devices at

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once and with wi-fi six up to eight devices on a network can take advantage

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of this capability up from the four devices supported by wave 2 versions of

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wi-fi 5 and its cousin wi-fi 555 and

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because wi-fi 6 will support upstream and downstream data transfer

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simultaneously on all eight devices laggy game behavior caused by your pc

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having to wait for a slice of upstream time should be reduced especially if

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someone else on your network is engaged in some kind of bandwidth heavy activity

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like uploading every video they've taken of their cat because there aren't enough

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cat videos on the internet karen another helpful feature is called ofdma and

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although that's a mouthful the way it works is actually really cool and

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totally legal do you know do you know how your Wi-Fi network lives

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on a single channel well what odfma does is instead of just using the whole

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channel to talk to just one device it divvies up the channel into smaller sub

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channels so that data can be transferred to multiple devices at one time the way

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the channels are chopped up depends on the needs of each device so if you're

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gaming pieces of data that need to be sent to or from your pc quickly to

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prevent lagginess can be prioritized over another user whose workload isn't

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as latency dependent such as a large file download so the bottom line for

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gamers is fewer dropped frames and more reliable connections that will keep you

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from lagging out or getting fragged if you're not playing over a wired

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connection and with cloud-based gaming services like playstation now and google

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stadia on the rise having a connection you can count on will become even more

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important if you're planning the game without an expensive rig or console

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unfortunately wi-fi 6 will likely require you to buy new devices both a

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router and a wireless adapter or motherboard that support the new

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protocol however if you're tired of tripping over Ethernet cables when you

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have to run to the bathroom while you queue for a match the extra cost

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might just be worth it speaking of being worth it our sponsor

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