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Review on πŸ”Œ Ziyituod AC 1200Mbps PCIe WiFi Bluetooth Card: High-Speed Intel Wireless ac-7265 with Bluetooth 4.2, Up to 867Mbps, 5GHz PCI Wireless Network Card for Desktop PC, Windows 10/8/7 32/64-bit Compatible by Dylan Goins

Revainrating 3 out of 5

UPDATE: Worked fine (past tense) but speed is not as advertised. died 4 months later.

I decided to take a risk and install this card in my desktop (Asus, i7 4770, 16 GB RAM, Geforce GTX 1060, Samsung 850 1 TB SSD) in order to use it in my new Smart Working from home has no Ethernet jacks and is completely wireless, mesh Wi-Fi, with the Ruckus system. I have a Comcast/Xfinity gigabit internet plan but have never connected directly to the gateway to measure the speed input and 42 on his Acer laptop. All of our other wireless devices like the Alexa Show and Roku are rock solid. The installation is quite simple and easy, but there was a small problem. Connecting the Bluetooth cable to the card is delicate. It's a tiny connector and the slot for it on the card is quite fragile. My wife has sturdier hands so I asked her to make this part. (Also, you should have an available USB port on the motherboard. Indian board.) Nothing showed up on startup so Windows 10 didn't recognize it on my computer, but it comes with a software CD and drivers. I opted for the 64-bit install, but still installed the 32-bit version. I decided to go with him and in fact the card was recognized immediately. Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth showed up in Device Manager and I checked the Properties tab to make sure everything was fine. It says it's in the 5GHz band and I ran an xfinity speed test and got 60Mbps. It was enough to play WoW normally, loading times were a bit slower, but everyday internet stuff was fine. So far it has been completely stable with no crashes or service interruptions. I've never messed around with Bluetooth because I don't need it, but it showed up in Device Manager so I have no reason to doubt that everything is fine. Just for testing, I switched to the 2.4GHz band and checked my WiFi speed again and got 52Mbps and then switched back to 5GHz. I would love to get higher speeds but it definitely helps until I can do some Cat 6A and give up the hard line. I really regret getting this card because it died and the speed is not as advertised. UPDATE: The card only lasted 4 months and died. It can barely reach 4Mbps on 2.4 and fails to connect at all on 5GHz. The 5 GHz bandwidth is 250 Mbps at the computer's location, but 50-60 is the highest bandwidth ever achieved. I have tried very hard to isolate the problem. The wrong card, no doubt. If you decide to do it anyway, make sure you set your preferred band to 5GHz in settings/preferences if you need decent speeds for as long as it takes. By the way - Intel 9260 chipset.

Pros
  • Excellent overall performance
Cons
  • I have doubts