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Review on 50Ft High Speed 40Gbps Cat 8 Ethernet Cable - 2000Mhz Internet Patch Cord For Router, Modem, Gaming & More! by Steve Chomos

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great cable, incredible boost to download speeds.

I replaced an older Cat 6 cable that had a broken connector tab with this Cat 8 cable. My download speeds in Steam changed from between 9-13 MB/S to 43-53 MB/s. Speedtest by Ookla and other speed tests were netting me about 465 Mbps download from Tampa to Chicago. Needless to say, this was a dramatic change in the time needed to download files.The motherboard this is connected to is a bit older at this point (3-3 1/2 years old), which had 1 Gigabit LAN. I imagine that if you have a newer board with 2+ Gigabit LAN you would see a further increase in speeds. That's all assuming your ISP has the speed to support this.

Pros
  • A good long cord nailed it around the house running on the ceiling.
Cons
  • Not resistant to cold damage