Wireless adapter Upgrade

[ChaseB]

I have a gaming machine that I sadly have to use wireless. I moved  to a new place where there is no Ethernet. My life is sad. Anyways, I bought a TP-Link Internal AC1900 card on Amazon (Here is the Link https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Archer-T9E-Beamforming-Technology/dp/B00TQEX7AQ/ref=pd_ybh_a_27?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9EZEF0HXJ0BFBSA9EPVP). I am having an issue with the card. The card is only getting 200-290 MB/s out of my 500 Mb/s connection. My laptop has the same problem.  My Apple TV and my Roommates Apple products are all hitting 480 Mb/s constantly. Each Apple product use a Broadcom chip that easily outperforms TP-Link. I have an ATX Motherboard and no slot for those Broadcom  cards. I was wondering if anybody knows where to buy these cards (the right one to, not some random 2012 card), how to plug them into my pc and what kinda of drivers I need to find. Any and all help is appreciated. 

 

Thanks, 

Chase B

 

P.S. I know 200-290 Mb/s is plenty for most applictions, but I am paying for 500 and if I can get it, than I want it. 

[desertcomputer]

I presume you connected via 5ghz of your wifi?

[ChaseB]

18 minutes ago, MrUnknownEMC said:

I presume you connected via 5ghz of your wifi?

Yes. 

[Alex Atkin UK]

Unless you are very close to the router then I'm not at all surprised.

 

My own laptop I only hit 400Mbit in the same room, in direct line-of-sight.  Move it slightly in position and the speed plummets.  Fortunately I never have to use it in another room so haven't seen how low it would fall, but then my broadband is only 76Mbit - so I only found these issues when transferring large files.

[ChaseB]

1 hour ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Unless you are very close to the router then I'm not at all surprised.

 

My own laptop I only hit 400Mbit in the same room, in direct line-of-sight.  Move it slightly in position and the speed plummets.  Fortunately I never have to use it in another room so haven't seen how low it would fall, but then my broadband is only 76Mbit - so I only found these issues when transferring large files.

I live in a 1200SQFT apartment in the US. I put an Apple Product right next to my gaming PC and The Broadcom chip gets 480Mb/S while I sit along at 300-380MB/s

[Alex Atkin UK]

PC cases tend to block WiFi and those tiny antennas don't have much gain.  Switching to external antennas would probably fix the problem.  Positioning is everything!

 

One way to test that prior is to move the PC around, even if it means having it completely reversed, until you get a good signal.