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Pros

The card is compact for most rigs, easy to plug in. Chipset is realtek so drivers aren't an issue. It supports linux and windows operating systems.

It's ideal for handling large file transfers and demanding network tasks. Performance wise, a quick test shows that it's at least capable of roughly 937 mb/s and that's good enough for me. Nice 2. G nic. Very goot value.

It is compact and comes with a full-size and low profile bracket, which worked with my lenovo m92 small desktop. The heatsink works well to dissipate any heat from the chipset, and a half height bracket is included. One of the best things about this i...  Read More

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Quality


So far no drop outs or issues with the card.


With the large heatsink i imagine that i will never have a problem with it.


Make sure you have the right modem, with the port with red stripe on it, install it into a pcie port, inside your computer, and...  Read More

Price


This nic is both cheap, and offers a low cost way to get 2.

Competitiveness


While it offers solid performance, there are a few considerations that lead me to give it a 4-star review.


It is compact and comes with a full-size and low profile bracket, which worked with my lenovo m92 small desktop that only suppo...  Read More


Nic can also failback to 1gbps or 100mbps.

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  • This product had a total of 170 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 31 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It adds a 4 seconds 34boot34 screen before the bios when you turn on your computer and theres no way to switch it off you can supposedly turn it off the boot settings for this card but it doesnt work


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This device is set to 1 gig by default and you need to change it to its full 2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is a plug play device for a windowsbased machine but not so for a linux computer


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It doesnt appear that you can disable this 34option34 so at a minimum it adds 1 second to your boot time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Unless youre doing mass downloads from the internet you wouldnt notice a huge difference over a standard gigabit card but thats more about the weakest link in the transfer chain than the card were taking about

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