So there are many companies offering WiFi chips: Intel, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Realtek etc… who makes the best ones?
I am sorry if this question sounds stupid, because in the tech world it’s best to compare the products themselves, not the brand. However I am not familiar with how this sector of the hardware industry works and product lines of each company. So I hope your answers can enlighten me and others in the same boat.
Intel > Qualcomm > Realtek > Mediatek.
Get an AX210 or AX411, the later is technically better but is only compatible with Intel CPUs that support CNVio2.
BE200 is already available for basically the same price
https://twitter.com/ghost_motley/status/1721646985688601023
+1 for the AX210. Its $20 on Amazon. If you have an open PCIe x1 slot you can get an adapter and for under $40 you end up with a wifi+bluetooth card that beats any branded cards from the likes of D-Link or Netgear which are probably using proprietary broadcom or realtek chips.
Plus its upgradeable. When WiFi 7 rolls around its another $20-30 for a drop in replacement.
IMO realtek is worst, worse than mediatek.
Avoid broadcom if you use Linux. Their drivers suck…
On Linux I’d recommend MediaTek, Intel adapters just suck there for some reason
Where does AMD fit? They do make WiFi chips and early AM5 boards had them
Intel have had lots of WIFI6 driver issues tho. Hopefully they get better code quality on newer cards.
their 6E cards have pretty much patched up the problems. My laptop has a normal 6 adapter and has connectivity issues out the ass. I tried upgrading to a 6E module, but unfortunately the slot doesn’t support a 6E adapter