Linksys offers online gamers an edge
Peak ping rate is cut by up to 77% to give them a clear edge over opponents, Khan says
a clear edge over opponents who use non-gaming routers, he added.
“The biggest challenge for a gamer is the ping rate and if that can be reduced, then think how powerful the system will be.”
When a user starts a game, he said that the hardware on the PC gaming communicates with the router and tells the router to treat the gaming packets special and with high priority. If the network is bogged down from other users, the router is able to keep the gameplay “fast and smooth” because it prioritises the game traffic above other traffic in the home.
Conversely, he added that the PC also communicates to the router when a less important activity is taking place (like a download) so that the router won’t let the download impact the internet experience of other users in the home.
Bob Grim, vice-president of marketing and business development at Rivet Networks, gamers will have a router that is designed specifically to work with their Killer-enabled PCs to identify and prioritise important gaming network traffic and ensure their online gaming experience is fast and smooth, no matter what else is going on in their home network.
Khan said MEA gaming is growing 25 per cent yearon-year. In the GCC, Saudi Arabia leads the market with 19th rank and $647.42 million (Dh2.38 billion) in revenues for 2017, followed by 35th placed UAE with revenues of $281.6 million, Kuwait is 54th placed with revenues of $119.1 million and Bahrain at 81st with revenues of $32.93 million.