Purchased a TP-Link T9E because it works out of the box for macOS. There are driver packages for Linux and official drivers for Windows. First, this wifi card works. I recently reconfigure my disks and moved lots of data around. All three OS installs are a week old.
With this new card I noticed something odd. Micro stutter. What I mean by that is every so often the frames stop for milliseconds, then resume. This is really annoying while gaming. My first reaction was driver issues. I went through and patched every driver version of Nvidia all the way back to .105. Didn't make a difference. The stutter is present in Windows where TP-Link offers support. I've tried just about everything I could think of. Changing wifi channels, adjusting antennas, checking area signals, resetting wifi/network settings, and a few others. Today I ran a diagnostics and 50% through the test, macOS suddenly reboots. I found a guide detailing all the logging locations.
From that screenshot, you can see this wifi card is having issues consistently. I removed it and the stutters stopped. Gameplay was smooth again. At this moment, I'm not sure how I can solve this. I changed PCI slots as a final test and I'm going to monitor it and see if it crashes again. Any input you have is welcome.
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