ROG Strix G16 (MediaTek MT7922) Wi-Fi is much weaker than my other devices — normal?
I recently bought a ROG Strix G16 with the MediaTek MT7922 / RZ616 Wi-Fi card and the Wi-Fi performance still feels strangely inconsistent.
At first it was extremely bad — even simple Google searches would barely load while my phone/tablet worked perfectly on the same network. I updated the WLAN driver from the ASUS website noting changed but after resetting the Windows network stack using winsock/IP reset commands, which improved things noticeably but still so slow.
However, the laptop still feels slower and weaker than my previous HP laptop on the same Wi-Fi networks, especially in terms of range and download speed. Upload speed is strangely much higher than download speed sometimes.
Things I tried:
- Updated ASUS MediaTek WLAN driver
- Winsock + TCP/IP reset
- DNS flush
- Disabled Wi-Fi power saving
- Preferred 5GHz band
- Tested phone hotspot (seems better than my home Wi-Fi)
Is this just how the MT7922 behaves, or could there still be a driver/antenna issue? Has anyone improved the Wi-Fi performance on this model without replacing the card?