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Originally Posted by ryanfx
PCI has the throughput of either 133 MB/s, 266 MB/s, or 533 MB/s depending on what bus you have on your motherboard (64 vs 32 bit, and what hertz your bus is currently compatible with).
PCIe 1x is either 250 MB/s or 500 MB/s depending on whether or not you are running PCIe 1.x or 2.0
Wireless N (the fastest wireless currently available) operates at (about) between 6 and 16 MB/s
Wireless G (which you most likely own ) operates at 3 MB/s
What I'm trying to say is that the speed of the bus is exponentially ahead of today's wireless technology - go get yourself a good antenna 
note: the wireless speeds I listed are speeds you'll actually see, not their claimed maximum throughput (which is STILL factors under the bus speed) |
and, above all else, remember that the ACTUAL speed is the speed of the slowest link in the chain. you can have a wireless N router, solid cable speed of 12 Mb/s and your PCIe is 500 Mb/s, your actual speed will be dictated, in this case, by your cable which is 12 Mb/s.
and if you are getting 3 MB/s, please tell us where so we can sign up, too.
