Networking marketing is notorious for slapping gaming branding and RGB lights on products to justify a 50% price markup. Let’s say you just bought a flashy multi-antenna gaming router which is wrapped in aggressive red plastic. It looks absolutely stunning, and you can’t wait to get it set up. You log into the dashboard, flip the toggle for gaming mode or game accelerator (or whatever other alternative comes with your specific router). You then boot up Valorant, Apex Legends, or Call of Duty, and your ping is exactly the same as it always was. The issue is that routers cannot actually bend the laws of physics or change the physical routing path your internet service provider uses to reach the game server.