Rosewill RNX-AC1900PCEv2, Dual Band Wireless AC1900 Wi-Fi Adapter for Desktop, Up to 1300 Mbps (5.0 GHz) + 600 Mbps (2.4 GHz) Wireless Data Rates, PCI-Express Interface, 3 x External Antennas

First off I gave this card 4 stars out of 5 as it lacks in software, but works well in windows 7 x64 built in wifi network, installation was not difficult and windows booted with no issues on my install and the card was seen in device manager but windows didn't prompt to install any drivers on new hardware found (plug n pray), so I proceeded to use the included driver disc to install the drivers manually and all went well with driver install, the installer will notify you that it wont install any software because its not compatible with x64 windows plus you will get a message about the drivers not being whql certified, as per instructions you just click install driver anyways.Does this card trump anything usb? Well i guess that depends on what you have and what your needs are, I currently have a usb wifi adapter that trumps this card on reception, currently on this card (Roswill) i get 3 bars out of 5 for my router which is a netgear 802.11n, my usb wifi adapter gets a solid 5 out 5 bars, this Roswill card picks up my router and one neighbors router that is close by, on the other hand my usb wifi card practically picks up the whole neighborhood. Speed is well not really known as you cant really go any faster than your slowest link but currently it states 145 Mbps on my connection, i can imagine it really shines on an intranet or an internet connection that gives you near matching specs as the adapters offers, but in reality unless your transferring files from computer to computer its not going to make your internet speed any faster than what your isp allows you.If your looking for a solution that wont take up a usb port then this might work for you given if your router is not placed too far away, I haven't been able to try the 5ghz option yet but I'm sure that would improve things, also keep in mind that as for software included with this card is not win7 x64 compatible just the drivers which really is all you need if you want to plug and go.

Easy to install, went right in with no problem. But when I started it I ran into lots of problems. It would not link to my home's wifi system no matter how much I tried. And yes, I know all about how to do it. I'm not a beginner at PCs - I've been using them since 1984.So I didn't know what the problems was, and I didn't want to fool with it - so I just left it in there. I had a USB wireless dongle that I was then using to connect to my home's wifi, so I had to be happy with that - though every few months, I would still try.Finally my dongle USB wireless went bad. It just died (right after the one year warranty date passed). And since this wasn't linking in, I went out to buy a new adapter. I ended up buying an expensive one - an $80 NETGEAR one that had all the bells and whistles - and again, this was a USB Adaptor for wireless. Well I connected that one, set it all up. and that one gave me problems now and then - it wouldn't keep its connections no matter what I would do.Now all this time, this Rosewell Adaptor would also appear in my wifi settings (even though I had disabled it). So one day I turned it on once again. The next time my PC booted, Instead of going to the new Netgear device, I was able to connect through the Rosewill adaptor. Got a really good connection too.I thought it was a fluke, but it kept happening. So I disconnected the new Netgear one and left the Rosewill one on. And guess what - it now worked perfectly!So I don't know why I had problems in the beginning. My System's settings were correct, it was connected properly, but it still would not work. Now it does. I'm happy.But next week I have to take out that card - I have a PCI-e USB 3.0 adaptor card I need to install - and unfortunately, I may have to unlink this adaptor. If that happens, I'll have to go back to the other adaptor and let you all know that happens.

Good little card - But make sure you Seat it well!I discovered what my problem was. Had a frustrating install - it would not be recognized by my Win 7 machine, even after installing drivers, even after several restarts. (Yet the green light came on in the back; just not the activity light.)I popped the case again, and crawled under my desk to re-do it.I tried a re-seat. What that is, is taking your screwdriver, removing the screw that affixes it to your case, pulling the card, (blowing on it, of course :) ) and then placing it back in the slot.This method actually fixes many problems - and it fixed mine. What you want to see is the card's gold-plated slot area (called the "pins") buried so deep in the slot that the gold area does not show anymore. It should not be visible. I noticed that, when mine was fully-seated like that, it sort of lifted the "screw hole" bracket up off of the area where the bracket sits, by a few millimeters. Because I had screwed it down tight at that bracket - the card was slightly lifted out of the slot. (Unseated.)The fix was holding the card down firmly in the slot with one hand, and screwing down the bracket only to the point where it would "stay" without wobbling - but not *all* the way down. Viola. Now it's firmly seated, and works fine.Motherboards vary - and cases vary. So - not all cards will fit *perfectly* in the bracket slots of your case. You have to be somewhat flexible. Prioritize proper seating, over "screwing it down all the way." Card makers have no control over this, so don't blame the card maker.I imagine half the issues reported (especially the sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't!) reports - could be solved by re-seating.

La coloque e instale sus drivers muy fácilmente y funciona perfectole quite una estrella por que la recepción es un poco mas débil de lo que esperaba por lo demás es muy recomendable.

Fue fácil instalarlo, sin ningún contratiempo. Lo único que si me gustaría ver sería una versión con Bluetooth, porque en esta versión no la tiene.

My son has been using this for quite awhile now and I haven't had any issues at all. It connects well and does its job. Purchased the larger AC1900 for my other son recently and it installed easy as well. No issues. Rosewill seems a fairly solid brand in my experience. Pretty sure it is Newegg's house brand, which is where I purchased the second one due to lower sale pricing at the time.Connectivity itself will depend on your situation and all cases will be different. In mine the lesser AC600 pulls a slightly better connection closer to the router with one less wall than the better and more expensive AC1900 does further away, all on a 5G network. Neither is perfect connection speeds but good none the less (online gaming) and work as expected and thankfully easy to deal with. In the case of the AC1900 turning the router sideways boosted the speed even - your case will be different obviously. The Wifi adapters should be fairly simple as in they work (as intended) or not. Worth mentioning if you read this far that these are both Win7 systems. Little doubt that they would work fine on Win10 but have yet to try it.For the price these are great alternatives to the more expensive name brand ones they are built after.

Saw this when i was looking for Pcie wifi card for my first built, and while installing windows it promptly ask me to use the wifi network. It uses realtek wifi drivers upon windows installation. I haven’t tried it on gaming yet since i just finished building my PC. I’ll update my review on that part.Update 1: GAMING- no lagUpdate 2: downloading and installing new games on my new PC built, I noticed that the wifi card is capped in 4-5mbps whereas my phone’s speed test says otherwise. I will post more update about this download times.

The card itself is fine, but it was annoying to learn that I needed to install a third party driver. Imagine finding a computer with a DVD drive, copying the driver to a USB stick, and sneaking back to your computer to finish the install - a bit of a bummer.I wish it used a mainstream supported chipset.