Router input

[Dr-Nite]

not sure if i picked this on exactly the right topic but it is about networks so yeah

 

i am wondering what is the main diffreance between an 1Gbit and 2.5Gbits i found an really intressting router that also have 2.5Gbit but my motherboard only have up to 1Gbit so is it still worth it since it is still really amazing or should i go for another because of waste of money? what is the main difference and when do you mainly notice? the one i am looking at is the gaming router asus rog GT-AX11000 thoughts?

[Kilrah]

It is of no use if you don't have a 2.5Gbit card on the other side, and even then it would only be useful if that machine needed to get/serve data at full speed to multiple other devices on the network at the same time.

[Donut417]

22 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

is of no use if you don't have a 2.5Gbit car

Haven’t payed much attention. What’s a 2.5 and 5Gbps cards going for now days? 

[Dr-Nite]

37 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

It is of no use if you don't have a 2.5Gbit card on the other side, and even then it would only be useful if that machine needed to get/serve data at full speed to multiple other devices on the network at the same time.

not even if i am planning to get a 2.5Gbit in the future saving from buying another one? and what is actually the difference from normal 1Gbit and 2.5Gbit speed or something else even tho it have only 1 2.5Gbit and 4 normals ones so is it sill not worth it?

[Kilrah]

As I said it won't do anything unless the PC that's connected to it is exchanging data with more than one other machine connected to the router's other ports. Could have a puropose if that PC is a fileserver but pretty much nothing else.