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It's not unheard of for new WiFi adapter drivers to massively improve wireless performance. Windows 10 likely includes newer, better-performing drivers for your chip right out of the box.

 

I see huge differences in WiFi performance like this all the time in Linux, especially on newer and/or more obscure chips. Back when I took special tech support calls for Comcast customers, it was also incredibly common for driver updates to (more than!) triple performance, and make the connection drastically more reliable.

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Okay, so as the title says, i'm currently running the Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 10130) and noticed a massive boost in speed on my 2.4ghz network, from 30-40mbps to 80-95mbps after going from Windows 8.1. Nothing has changed except for the OS. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this just a fluke, or does Windows 10 have some special way of boosting the speed?

 

 

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I drool at your speeds. Speedtest down under only gives me 6Mbps.

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I drool at your speeds. Speedtest down under only gives me 6Mbps.

this is my speed on wired on my desktop 

 

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this is my speed on wired on my desktop 

 

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:o

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:o

oh, it also spikes to about 250mbps when it starts, and slows down to 130~ish, and we are only paying for 100/10...  :P

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You will love mine :3

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I want your connection  :P

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You will love mine :3

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Damn, I want you connection.

well, it's mainly because our ISP isn't a PoS

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oh, it also spikes to about 250mbps when it starts, and slows down to 130~ish, and we are only paying for 100/10...  :P

Well...we are paying 130$ A month for 6Mbps...Yeah. Welcome to Australia where fiber is taking them...what...10 years to complete?

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Well...we are paying 130$ A month for 6Mbps...Yeah. Welcome to Australia where fiber is taking them...what...10 years to complete?

yeah, we're only paying $95 for this, and it's unlimited  :P

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Well...we are paying 130$ A month for 6Mbps...Yeah. Welcome to Australia where fiber is taking them...what...10 years to complete?

 

Atleast youre in Sydney where its slightly better. Check out a non major city speeds. :'(

 

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I'm running win7 64bit and I get about 40-50mbps from Ookla (According to windows its 70 mbps)

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I'm running win7 64bit and I get about 40-50mbps from Ookla (According to windows its 70 mbps)

i've never got above 45mbps on 2.4ghz, even the 5ghz on my phone caps at 60mbps.

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It's not unheard of for new WiFi adapter drivers to massively improve wireless performance. Windows 10 likely includes newer, better-performing drivers for your chip right out of the box.

 

I see huge differences in WiFi performance like this all the time in Linux, especially on newer and/or more obscure chips. Back when I took special tech support calls for Comcast customers, it was also incredibly common for driver updates to (more than!) triple performance, and make the connection drastically more reliable.

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It's not unheard of for new WiFi adapter drivers to massively improve wireless performance. Windows 10 likely includes newer, better-performing drivers for your chip right out of the box.

 

I see huge differences in WiFi performance like this all the time in Linux, especially on newer and/or more obscure chips. Back when I took special tech support calls for Comcast customers, it was also incredibly common for driver updates to (more than!) triple performance, and make the connection drastically more reliable.

oh sweet, maybe it is an update driver, i'll have to check, thanks.

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