Are laptops bad for online games?

I have a brand new laptop (a pretty good one at that) and cable internet. I'm using wireless internet to play an online game that worked very well on a desktop computer that isn't half as good as this laptop, yet the game plays very slowly when I join a game with others. Is it just that laptops with wireless internet do not work well with online games, or is there some adjustment I can make to increase the performance?

Are laptops bad for online games?
Never play a game on wireless. It sucks! They are much slower in responding and receiving. Hard wire your laptop to your modem and see it your speed and experience are better. If not, it may be your computer.
Reply:If it over-excedes the requirements for the game and has a good Internet connection and graphics card a laptop is just as good as a desktop.





The problem is that very few laptops have the power to play games like that, even expensive ones. The most you usually see for a processor on a laptop is like 2.2-2.5ghz, which isn't as good as the 3.0-3.4 you see on desktops. and laptops usually only have a 512mb of ram instead of a 1gb.





Wireless does have a bit of a speed issue, but more then that you might have not have an ethernet card in your Laptop. I also hear Wireless disconnects alot.
Reply:It's almost impossible to tell, since you did not give specifications of your laptop.





Generally, laptops are significantly worse at games.