I have an almost certainly unfixable situation with my graphics/internet that is something you would imagine could be possible scientifically, but not in reality.
It's actually simple to explain though. My graphics card under load outputs so much EM interference, it causes my wireless connection to fail. I actually proved that's what it was by slipping a crumpled up sheet of aluminium foil, in a plastic bag, inbetween the graphics and network card to act as a partial faraday cage. Which did indeed help.
Though obviously, I kinda don't want to have a big sheet of metal and plastic wedged inside my PC, so that's not a solution. The actual answer is that I have to use the 5GHz band on the wireless which avoids the interference. Unfortunately, my 5GHz connection is for some reason way slower than the 2.4GHz. So when I want to download a game off Steam, I have to just switch back and forth.
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