Acer Collaborates with Qualcomm to Launch Two New Routers, Including the World's First 5G Wi-Fi 7 Gaming CPE

[TheLostSwede]

Acer today announced two new gaming routers, leveraging the power of the Qualcomm Immersive Home Platform and tri-band Wi-Fi 7 for stable connections and enhanced wireless gameplay. The Predator Connect X7 5G CPE unleashes blazing-fast internet speeds through 5G and Wi-Fi 7, along with dual WAN connectivity to minimize disruptions. Fast, reliable, and vast network coverage is provided by the Predator Connect T7 Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Router with the expandability of its multi-link Wi-Fi mesh system, making wired-level latency possible in a mesh setup.

Powered by Qualcomm Technologies' advanced quad-core processor, the X7 and T7 provide gamers and streamers with accelerated online experiences, improved Spectrum Utilization with Wi-Fi 7, as well as enhanced MU-MIMO and OFDMA across connected devices.




"We are excited to announce the latest Predator routers with 5G and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity options, empowering gamers to take their gameplay to new heights," said Wayne Ma, General Manager, Connectivity, Acer Inc. "Thanks to Qualcomm's Immersive Home Platform and quad-core processors, the new Predator routers bring next-level performance and speed output to a wider range of players and gaming environments."

"Qualcomm Technologies is pleased to collaborate with Acer, bringing a full suite of advanced connectivity technologies to bear spanning 5G, Wi-Fi 7 and Mesh Networking," said Rahul Patel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Connectivity Broadband and Networking, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "Together, these are essential technologies for next-gen gaming and will thrill users with their immersive and responsive gaming experiences."
Predator Connect Routers: Unleashing Next-Gen Internet Speeds with Wi-Fi 7

Acer's gaming routers take a giant leap forward with the introduction of the new Wi-Fi 7 Predator routers. Thanks to Qualcomm Technologies' wireless technology innovations, these routers can double the speed output compared to Wi-Fi 6 while adding flexibility for Wi-Fi gamers and enhancing performance through Wi-Fi 7's significantly reduced latency, better interference management, high bandwidth, and consistent performance for connected devices.

The Predator Connect X7 5G CPE stands out as the first to combine 5G and Wi-Fi 7 tri-band BE11000 throughput, offering 3.5 Gbps over 5G and an extremely low latency of 1 ms. Users benefit from dual connectivity through 5G and ethernet, incorporating load balancing and failover mechanisms among devices in the mesh network to safeguard operations against potential disruptions. The Predator Connect T7 Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Router, with support for Wi-Fi 7 tri-band throughput, keeps up with the combined throughput of BE11000 and can be effortlessly integrated with multi-unit mesh systems, enhanced with High-Band Multi-Link Simultaneous for reliable backhaul and better whole home coverage.

Intelligent Software Compatibility for Best-in-class Experiences
Predator's newest gaming routers include network acceleration and are compatible with the Intel Killer Prioritization Engine, providing advanced network data detection and optimal prioritization for thousands of different games, apps, and websites. Wi-Fi 7's features such as 320 MHz channel support, 4K QAM, and Multi-Link Operations improve the routers' performance by enabling devices to simultaneously send and receive data across different frequency bands and channels, increasing throughput, reducing latency, and minimizing network interferences. With Multi-Link Mesh, gamers can employ multiple access points that work together to form a unified network, offering smart, efficient Wi-Fi throughout homes and large spaces.

Gamers stay in full control of the routers through the Acer Predator Connect utility app and can monitor network signal strength through the Predator logo's multi-color lighting indicator located at the top of the enclosure. For an added layer of security, the devices are integrated with Trend Micro Home Network Security engine built-in to keep networked devices protected against potential attacks and help examine network traffic.

Exact specifications, prices, and availability will vary by region.

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They should have note on the box that the 5G gaming functionality is for single player offline games only.

 

[kiakk]

They should have note on the box that the 5G gaming functionality is for single player offline games only.

My experience is:
The problem is not with WIFI, the problem is the ISP and other providers.
My PC currently on a 5G 802.11ac 20MHz bridge with my main router. This is a dedicated wifi only to my PC. PHY perf.: 173Mbps, main router shows 4 signals out of 5 for the signal strength. No any other 5Ghz WLAN nearby, so it is a very low interfered area of the city. That gives a perfect connection between my PC and the router. Stable speed and +/-1ms jitter. Tested many times in many ways and I also compared with wiring my PC to the router. A simple WLAN is just perfect and enough for gaming, if you have good signal, settings, and the WLAN is dedicated for 1 user only (it is important, because of wifi is a half-duplex communication).

Online gaming issues coming from the route, so outside of the household (gateways, ISP, ISP-international connections, server park, server, other players connected to serrver who has bad connection, etc..) No any fckN expensive router will solve this problem, while a cheap router could serve a gamer needs.

 

[phanbuey]

My experience is:
The problem is not with WIFI, the problem is the ISP and other providers.
My PC currently on a 5G 802.11ac 20MHz bridge with my main router. This is a dedicated wifi only to my PC. PHY perf.: 173Mbps, main router shows 4 signals out of 5 for the signal strength. No any other 5Ghz WLAN nearby, so it is a very low interfered area of the city. That gives a perfect connection between my PC and the router. Stable speed and +/-1ms jitter. Tested many times in many ways and I also compared with wiring my PC to the router. A simple WLAN is just perfect and enough for gaming, if you have good signal, settings, and the WLAN is dedicated for 1 user only (it is important, because of wifi is a half-duplex communication).

Online gaming issues coming from the route, so outside of the household (gateways, ISP, ISP-international connections, server park, server, other players connected to serrver who has bad connection, etc..) No any fckN expensive router will solve this problem, while a cheap router could serve a gamer needs.

It depends on your uplink... if you're paying for a gigabit fiber connection and you can only use 200 mbps of that on Wifi due to the router, and you have a household with a bunch of users/devices then you're kind of gimping the whole setup, and it does become a bottleneck.

 

[Random_User]

Seems like sibling to the X-box. lol

That thumbnail looks like Spearhead map from Buttfail 2042

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It depends on your uplink... if you're paying for a gigabit fiber connection and you can only use 200 mbps of that on Wifi due to the router, and you have a household with a bunch of users/devices then you're kind of gimping the whole setup, and it does become a bottleneck.

Don't beat me hard. But, to be honest. If someone pays for gigabit fiber, and then... uses a wi-fi. That's some utter waste, and travesty. Either get an SFP to the router, or get some fiber ready switch/router. Wireless, no matter how god it is, it's a speed loss any way. If each bit is is valuable, it's better to use shilded cat6/7 paved inside the house/appartaments.

I know, that many ppl, especially in US, cannot imagine the life without mobility. But I think it's better to get some space dedicated to desk/work for PC. It is not much worse, than sitting on the sofa with gamepad in front of TV.

And in case if there's already a workspace with desk set up, than there's no reason to use a wi-fi anyway. Just IMHO.

 

[kiakk]

It depends on your uplink... if you're paying for a gigabit fiber connection and you can only use 200 mbps of that on Wifi due to the router, and you have a household with a bunch of users/devices then you're kind of gimping the whole setup, and it does become a bottleneck.

Depends on many things, Yes. We are not fun of IoT, so the maximum connected client in the same time is max. 3-4. We have constant 250/20Mbps but I allow only the 66% (166/13Mbps) of the speed to avoid overloading my connection and I manage each client with QoS with an ASUS AC65P (2C/4T CPU, 256MB RAM). For my Gaming PC I dedicated 68/4Mbps and the rest of the users all together uses: 98/9Mbps.
Gameplay experience is typically inconsistent/not perfect during the the day of 17:00 - 21:00. This time period is the highest load of my ISP. I can monitor it trough the BIG internet exchnage provider (backbone provide in the cpountry with internal and international connection).
So I can say, nothing changes inside our Home, but changing gameplay quality during the daytime.

So that is why I shared my experience. A gaming router is Fine. But locally a well setup much cheaper setup also can provide fine connections. In the most problem cases ISP "is bleeding". And that is my experience from my team mates as well also who have different ISP provider in different Cities than me.

And I ust want to say again, a dedicated WLAN radio for gaming (1AP-1Client, no more) is perfect, even if that is an old school 802.11ac with 2 antenna and 20MHz channel. But moreover: a dedicated 802.11n 2 antenna, 20Mhz is also enough. I am just testing right now. Even Quake champions is OKAY, while the servers send me 60packets/sec but my client sends 240packets/sec (framerate/sec=packetrate, 1:1) Of course, I am living in suburb, so no radio interference with my neighbours.