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Works flawlessly thus far
By Virgin Overlord on Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2022
After my first PC build I bought a USB wifi stick on impulse because I realized that I wouldn't be hardwired. Man, I wish I knew how bad those were at the time. For browsing the web it was fine, but it made gaming unmanageable. I would lag and skip every 15 seconds it seemed, and lose up to 400 packets in a game of valorant. After a bit of research, I found out about PCIe wifi adapters and better yet intel's wifi adapters- this one being the AX200. While there is an AX210 and up with wifi 6E and whatnot, this one is by no means outdated. I bought this one in used-good condition. Installation was simple: I plugged it in and it was recognized instantly. The antenna itself is magnetic, so I stuck it onto the back of my pc case- it's not too large and stays out of the way which is nice. I opened the CMD prompt to run a ping test to see how it fluctuated and it was a bit inconsistent off the rip. I then went to intel's website to download their drivers for this device (AX200) and ran the ping test again, and it was almost as if I was on an ethernet connection- no spikes for over a minute poggy woggies. I then went to google and ran an internet speed test and was able to reach up to 500mbs down and 17mbs up speeds when no one else was on their devices (my wifi download speeds are up to 600mbs or 800mbs). When there's a lot of people online, I'm still able to obtain decent downloads speeds, but more importantly a stable connection while playing. Note: i believe gigabyte provides drivers for this device specifically on their site, but i got drivers from intel based on this chipset, pretty sure either works. From the day that I got this wifi adapter, I would no longer experience lag like before. This wifi adapter is amazing. I can play games smoothly, and my shots actually connect. I would highly recommend this adapter to anyone looking for a good wireless gaming experience.
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Disappointing Bluetooth performance
By Mako on Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2023
I purchased this because I needed both wifi and Bluetooth for my pc and the fact that this uses the Intel AX adapter, which I also have in my laptop and works great there. I should have read the reviews more carefully because I experienced the same thing many others did: the wifi connection works flawlessly but Bluetooth performance is very poor to the point of being unusable. With Bluetooth audio I experience constant dropouts. When connecting to my phone in order to use Windows phone link, it either won't stay connected for more than a few seconds or, if it does stay connected, I get extremely choppy and unusable audio during calls. I've tried installing it in a different PCI port, plugging the usb cable to a different usb header, different antennas -- nothing helps. My cheap USB Bluetooth dongle works flawlessly compared to this card. Unfortunately I have no choice but to disable Bluetooth on this card and use the dongle instead. Very disappointing since the only reason I bought this card was for the fact that it did both wifi and Bluetooth using an Intel adapter, which has an excellent reputation for Bluetooth in laptops.
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