I can download at approximately 2.5 Gbps from Steam on my PC.

I think not having a 2.5 gigabit port at least is a poor choice.

there is almost no one who has multigigabit internet and even for people that do, you spend significantly less than 1 percent of your time on that device downloading. its a complete non issue. this device is a midrange at best pc, so having a gigabit connection is exactly where it should be. if you want to have the best of the best build a pc.

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fractalcounty 6 hours ago | parent [-]

That's an exaggeration. Affordable multi-gigabit fiber is widely available in plenty of metropolitan areas in the US and Europe and mid-range motherboards have included 2.5 GbE for years now and the NICs themselves are dirt cheap. I don't think it's irrational to be disappointed.

	▲	shadowpho 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		>Affordable multi-gigabit fiber is widely available in plenty of metropolitan areas in the US Press X to doubt, isn’t a large part of country under Comcast (aka crappy monopolistic cable)?

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pseudosavant 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A USB 2.5Gb adapter costs $15 on Amazon.

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viraptor 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So you can theoretically download an AAA title like the new kingdom come at 84GB in just under 5 minutes instead of 11 min. That's cool and all, but does it actually matter? I mean, with games of those sizes you're going to spend hundreds of hours in the game most likely. It's an extremely first world problem that takes minutes, maybe once a month.

	▲	fractalcounty 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's more so the fact that 2.5 GbE NICs are really cheap and already fairly common in consumer devices. And game downloads aren't the only use case, file transfers could benefit from the extra headroom