Netgear RX 500 VS RX 450 Pro gaming router

[Ahmet Alhurmuzy]

Hi everyone ......

 

I have a Gaming pc and i love play online games with my friends ,  I'm looking for a gaming router and i found that the Netgear have many gaming router like XR 500 pro gaming and XR 450 ,,,, soooo what's The difference between these two brand  ???????

And which one should i buy ?????

 

Thanks to all.

[Levent]

There is no "RX500 Pro Gaming" or "RX450". There is XR500 and XR450 and only difference between them is XR500 support AC2600 while XR450 is only AC2400.

[SupaKomputa]

Gaming router???

Better just buy the same specs regular router, maybe cheaper.

Online gaming will depend on the performance of your internet anyway.

How good your router is cannot help low response if your internet is bad.

[Ahmet Alhurmuzy]

1 hour ago, SupaKomputa said:

Gaming router???

Better just buy the same specs regular router, maybe cheaper.

Online gaming will depend on the performance of your internet anyway.

How good your router is cannot help low response if your internet is bad.

But the gaming router has many features like stabilize ping and reduce lag and find near server for u .

[Roswell]

15 minutes ago, Ahmet Alhurmuzy said:

But the gaming router has many features like stabilize ping and reduce lag and find near server for u .

Latency (lag/ping) has 99% to do with your ISP,  "gaming" routers aren't going to significantly change that. They're a marketing gimmick designed to exploit those unfamiliar with networking.

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, Ahmet Alhurmuzy said:

ping and reduce lag and find near server for u .

Your router doesnt control where the packets go. Once packets leave your modem its up to your ISP to route them, and even then eventally they will probably hit a peering point and then go on to a backbone providers network. 

 

What you have to understand is the internet is really just a collection of networks. Each company decides how packets are routed on their network. So like others have said, "Gaming routers" are marketing bull shit. 

[Mark Kaine]

7 hours ago, Ahmet Alhurmuzy said:

Hi everyone ......

 

I have a Gaming pc and i love play online games with my friends ,  I'm looking for a gaming router and i found that the Netgear have many gaming router like XR 500 pro gaming and XR 450 ,,,, soooo what's The difference between these two brand  ???????

And which one should i buy ?????

 

Thanks to all.

OK but "gaming routers" are generally a scam (and often have issues) 

 

Just buy a "good" router with enough RAM tbh,  it will be cheaper and probably better. 

 

Can't really help you which,  because I'm using my "non gaming" fritzbox router which is actually very good since I changed ISPs and no one's messing with it anymore and it's not "supported" by my current ISP (it still receives security updates from the manufacturer though) 

 

 

PS: tho generally from my own experience :

 

Absolutely awful routers, especially security wise:

 

NETGEAR 

ASUS 

 

Ok'ish to good routers:

 

ZYXEL 

AVM 

DrayTek 

[Ahmet Alhurmuzy]

8 hours ago, Levent said:

There is no "RX500 Pro Gaming" or "RX450". There is XR500 and XR450 and only difference between them is XR500 support AC2600 while XR450 is only AC2400.

Thanks for these information

[Ahmet Alhurmuzy]

1 hour ago, Mark Kaine said:

OK but "gaming routers" are generally a scam (and often have issues) 

 

Just buy a "good" router with enough RAM tbh,  it will be cheaper and probably better. 

 

Can't really help you which,  because I'm using my "non gaming" fritzbox router which is actually very good since I changed ISPs and no one's messing with it anymore and it's not "supported" by my current ISP (it still receives security updates from the manufacturer though) 

 

 

PS: tho generally from my own experience :

 

Absolutely awful routers, especially security wise:

 

NETGEAR 

ASUS 

 

Ok'ish to good routers:

 

ZYXEL 

AVM 

DrayTek 

Thanks for advice , i appreciate

[Ahmet Alhurmuzy]

6 hours ago, Vitamanic said:

Latency (lag/ping) has 99% to do with your ISP,  "gaming" routers aren't going to significantly change that. They're a marketing gimmick designed to exploit those unfamiliar with networking.

Thanks for response

[Ahmet Alhurmuzy]

4 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Your router doesnt control where the packets go. Once packets leave your modem its up to your ISP to route them, and even then eventally they will probably hit a peering point and then go on to a backbone providers network. 

 

What you have to understand is the internet is really just a collection of networks. Each company decides how packets are routed on their network. So like others have said, "Gaming routers" are marketing bull shit. 

Thanks