Netgear NightHawk Pro Gaming XR700

Netgear's NightHawk Pro Gaming XR700 is a powerful, feature-packed, and expensive tri-band router designed for gamers.

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Product details

  • Minimize ping and maximize performance with six 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports for lag free, wired connectivity and 1.7 GHz quad core processor network efficiency
  • Amp up your WiFi with cutting edge AD7200 Quad stream router that delivers speeds up to 7.2 Gbps. 60 GHz WiFi- Features the fastest WiFi technology for near-instant downloads and backup
  • Put your gaming traffic in a designated express lane with advanced Quality of Service, bypassing network congestion and reducing lag spikes, jumps and jitters
  • Make every millisecond count by using geo filtering to connect to the closest servers and players so you can respond and dominate
  • Monitor your network and game ping in real time so you can see who’s hogging the bandwidth by device and application
  • Protect your network identity by connecting to a secure gaming VPN server
  • Optimized to give you the lowest ping on Fortnight, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, OverWatch, PubG, CS:Go, and more

PROS

+ Easy to install.
+ Solid throughput performance.
+ Numerous I/O ports.
+ Supports 60GHz and 10Gb Ethernet connectivity.
+ Gamer-friendly management console.

CONS

- Expensive.
- Large footprint.
- Middling MU-MIMO performance.

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on December 20, 2018
Netgear's NightHawk Pro Gaming XR700 is a powerful, feature-packed, and expensive tri-band router designed for gamers.
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