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Fyi, I find that enabling QoS algorithms in the router tend to increase gaming lag. Counter-intuitive, but true. That's why I don't buy into a lot of these "gaming routers" that market themselves to "reduce gaming lag via advanced QoS features."
After researching and testing out dozens of different routers, switches, and networking equipment, I'm a firm believer that QoS adds processing overhead, which actually increases the amount of lag you ultimately experience.
I also find it weird how they seeked High end tvs with minimal lags , but forgot choices like some of the high end plasmas released between 2010-2013 . Some panasonic are know to be awesome for gaming , since they are input lag free (well compared to other hdtvs anyway) , benefits from the colors that are only matched by a few LED and oled screens , got awesome blacks , and no longer have the known plasma issues from the past
I have Drobo storage device which is networked on a 802.11ac connection and its unbelievably fast within my home network, but for normal internet usage it has no gains from what I had before in my experience.
I also have a BenQ monitor which yields low screen latency, but it still doesn't have much of a noticeable difference when it comes to multiplayer gaming.
I have an ASUS RTN56U and it is capable of 300 Mbps. I have all the ports that need to be forwarded, forwarded.
It works great. Never had a problem with lag. I do not have a single device in my house wired, yet they all work without lag.
Two android phones, an android tablet, two gaming PCs, 2 XBOX 360s, and occasionally a PS3, and all are running just fine. I have had all of them running at once to push the router to it's limit and it handled it really well.
Couldn't be happier with that router. What I was really surprised with it though is it's range. The signal from it can literally be picked up well over 400 yards from my house.
I can prioritize the connections on it too, which I put my 2 PCs and 360s as high priority and the rest as low priority. Works great.
My internet connection is up to 30Mbps.
My one computer monitor is 2ms response time and has no discernible input lag. My Samsung plasma TV also has virtually no input lag. The other TV in the bedroom is an older LCD and does have some input lag, but it is not much of a problem.