No, you don't need that expensive router. All you need for gaming is the $20 Gigafast EE410-R. I have it; it's great. The latencies on traceroutes are excellent, it has a built in firewall, and it supports port fowarding. Another plus, is the fact that my downstream speed is 2-3mb/s faster with the router than without it, and no I'm not kidding on this one. I can't understand why, but hey-- free upgrade.