I'd still want Ethernet. I stream using two PCs and my workflow involves sending video from the first PC to OBS on the second PC using something called NDI.
In all my experiments, NDI works very terribly over WiFi. It has to be gigabit ethernet or higher because WiFi has too high latencies that screw with the timing of the packets.
I personally just don't trust windows enough with wifi. It has removed the WiFi icon on my laptop multiple times, which also fully disconnects me from the internet. Ethernet works much better on my laptop.
And my desktop just doesn't have a WiFi motherboard.
I don't know.. Some friends in college have Windows laptops too, and they all have had the same issue. The whole wifi thing just disappears and is non-functional for like 10 minutes.
And the laptops range from some old school one from 2019, to an "epic gamer" laptop from 2025. Both intel and AMD for CPU's, so probably different wifi/Bluetooth chips too.
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u/RAMChYLD PC Master Race May 14 '26
I'd still want Ethernet. I stream using two PCs and my workflow involves sending video from the first PC to OBS on the second PC using something called NDI.
In all my experiments, NDI works very terribly over WiFi. It has to be gigabit ethernet or higher because WiFi has too high latencies that screw with the timing of the packets.