Hey guys.
So I recently bought a new laptop, really pleased with everything about it except the internet is horribly slow compared to my last laptop. So I decided to run various internet speed tests online on both my laptops, while they were sitting next to each other. They both came up with exactly the same ping each time. However on download speeds, my old laptop got in the region of 8-12Mbps compared to the 1-2Mpbs on my new laptop. So obviously I don't need to go looking for a better ISP - the problem is clearly my new laptop.
What could be causing this? I've got any firewalls/anti-virus/Windows Defender turned off on both laptops. Could it be the wireless card in the new laptop? Or perhaps some setting I need to change? (Using Win 8.1 on new laptop, Win 7 on old)
My wireless card driver is up to date on the new laptop, and it's a "Realtek RTL8723BE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC" if that means anything to anyone.
Any ideas what the problem is? Any help appreciated.