ASUS ROG STRIX GS-AX5400 Review (vs. RT-AX82U): An Excellent Alternative
7 Min Read
. Both are gaming routers.
Matchups
A collection of matchups between similar products where one is compared against another directly.
ASUS ZenWiFi ET8 vs. XT8: Pretty Much the Same Hardware with a BIG Twist
7 Min Read
In late June 2021, ASUS quietly released the ZenWiFi ET8 Whole-Home Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E 2-pack mesh system for a relatively friendly cost of $530. And that brings us to this ZenWiFi ET8 vs. XT8 matchup. On the face of it, the new ET8 seems like a good deal, considering the …
ASUS GS-AX3000 Review (vs. RT-AX3000): A Solid Gaming Router
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In many ways, ASUS’s new ROG STRIX GS-AX3000 router replaces the RT-AX3000 (a.k.a RT-AX58U). Despite sharing these same hardware specs, the new router has some major improvements, including special online gaming features and a more responsive web interface. For the most part, its performance was better, too, in my testing, …
NETGEAR Nighthawk MK83 Review (vs. MK63): A Tawdry tri-band Alternative
9 Min Read
The NETGEAR MK83 Nighthawk tri-band Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System, first announced on March 16, 2021, sure seems an upgrade to the previous Dual-band MK63 model. It has an additional 5GHz band and, therefore, more bandwidth. But on the inside, it’s pretty much the same as its lesser cousin, …
TP-Link Archer AX73 Review (vs. Archer AX50): A Medium Home’s Wi-Fi 6 Choice
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TP-Link seems to try to fill in all the slots of Wi-Fi 6, case in point, the TP-Link Archer AX73. This dual-band AX5400 router is an incremental improvement from the Archer AX50 (AX3000) while a tad below the Archer AX6000. And it proved to be just that in my testing. …
ASUS GT-AXE11000 vs. NETGEAR RAXE500: Patience is a Virtue
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This ASUS GT-AXE11000 vs. NETGEAR RAXE500 matchup is very similar to the one of the ASUS GT-AX1100 vs. NETGEAR RAX200 with a twist: Currently, I do not recommend that you rush out to buy either of the former. There’s nothing wrong with the routers themselves — they are both great …
TP-Link Archer AX90 Review: A Worthy Upgrade, Mostly (vs. Archer AX3200)
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The TP-Link Archer AX90 AX6600 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 router is, for the most part, the souped-up version of the tri-band Archer AX3200. That said, this review is also an Archer AX90 vs. Archer AX3200 matchup. Indeed, the two have so much in common, despite their somewhat distinctive Wi-Fi specs. So, …
TP-Link Deco X90 (vs. the Deco X5700): An Expensive Wi-Fi 6 Alternative
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For a few months now, folks have been asking me to review the TP-Link Deco X90 AX6600 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi System, and I was about to do precisely that. Upon close inspection, though, I realized that the Deco X90 is basically the Deco X5700 I already reviewed, with just …
