I've been using a TP-Link AX1500 for almost a year, and I think it cost me around ~60ish Canadian rupees. My setup is pretty close to your intended one, and the experience has been superb.
I perceive no meaningful latency in the games I play, although I don't really play any games where latency would become very apparent. The image is crisp and clear, barring the odd hiccup where some stream artifacts appear for a moment or two. Overall, it's a very good device and if I had to rate it, i'd give it a 9/10.
It is worth noting though, that my experience with this device comes from Virtual Desktop rather than Airlink. I can't say if the experience would translate or not.
As for general recommendations that you should follow regardless of what router you end up going with, I have a few.
- 2.5Ghz isn't fast enough for high fidelity wireless VR. You want a router with a 5Ghz band, and then you only want to use that band for VR.
- If you don't need it for anything else, disable the 2.5Ghz band altogether to free up a bit of performance headroom, as well as the annoyance of accidentally connecting to the wrong band.
- Plug your PC directly into the router. WiFi has poor consistency, comparatively high latency, and can be easily interfered with by other wireless devices. You want to cut it out as much as possible for the best experience.
- Set up an automatic daily reboot on your router. These devices tend to collect a lot of junk data over time, which degrades their performance. Rebooting will clear the junk, and will usually resolve any errors that you may be unaware of, but are impacting performance and reliability.
- If you intend to have extended wireless sessions, I highly, highly recommend getting an external battery bank, as the Quest 2's normal battery life is.. well, not great. I average an hour, maybe an hour and a half of use on a good day, without an external battery.
- You don't need a WiFi 6 router, although for futureproofing sake I do recommend getting one.
Hope this proves helpful!
Q2 is great with PCVR and it looks good. I use it with my 2080 Ti.
Yes, you can use a regular USB 3.1 port, don't need USB-C. I recommend going the wireless route. I know you said in a comment you don't have wifi 6 yet I'd recommend getting a router for where you plan to play [given you are open to using a cable, I gather it's where your PC is] and just have that as your Quest streaming access point. The latency will be very low and wireless is so much better than being tethered. I use this guy:
//www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-AX1500-Wifi-Router/dp/B07ZSDR49S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tp+link+archer+ax10&qid=1603648443&sr=8-1
and it works amazingly well so you don't have to buy a multi hundred dollar router to do this. For me, playing via Virtual Desktop with the AX10 10-15 feet away feels like I'm playing natively so you get the best of both worlds: PC quality graphics and wireless play which is a VR game changer and how VR is meant to be played.
The negative with the Q2 is that it has a shitty black level and low contrast ratio so it will look 'blah' with dark games, like the Vader episodes. For games that aren't dark, the black level and contrast ratio aren't too big an issue.
> I was looking at the TP-LINK Archer A7, but then I realised it doesn't have MU-MIMO.
Mimo does not do much for you:
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MU-MIMO In A Nutshell
MU-MIMO uses a special form of beamforming that is part of the 802.11ac standard. It works in 5 GHz only.
MU-MIMO theoretically enables up to four devices to share the same Wi-Fi airtime. Many 4x4 based designs support only up to three simultaneous devices, 3x3 designs support up to two, 2x2 designs can't support any.
You need both MU-MIMO enabled routers and devices to benefit from MU-MIMO
You need at least two MU-MIMO devices to get any benefit from MU-MIMO
MU-MIMO works only for downlink data [moving from router to device]. It provides no benefit for uplink
MU-MIMO works best with strong to medium strength signals
MU-MIMO does not increase range
No tenda please.
Just got one of these a week ago as a gift for someone, so far is working great they say:
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It got a good review here:
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>The TP-Link Archer AX10 is one of the most affordable routers on the market. Period. It brings the cost of Wi-Fi 6 to below that of many Wi-Fi 5 routers. But its not a cheap router. Instead, among those Ive worked with, its one of the most dependable.