Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I Network Card

I bought a motherboard for a home-brew rig, and was disappointed to find that it didn't have on-board wi-fi. This Gigabyte network card saved the day. After installing, it worked first time and was recognised instantly by Windows 10 without having to install any drivers.The addition of the antenna is also a useful touch, giving more flexibility to boost the signal strength to my Virgin router located in another room. Handles a 300mpbs connection with no sign of dropping or packet slippage, and I consistently get max speeds.Great wi-fi card, at a decent price.If you found this review helpful, please click 'yes' - thanks :-)

Rented a room in a house. WIFI was only available, no Ethernet connection and was building a PC.Router is located one floor down, ven with extenders/repeaters only option for my brand new PC to get internet is either to bridge the connection and use my laptop's network card, get a WIFI USB stick, or to get a network card.As of now, the card is exceptionally the perfect choice for an averaged priced but very good network signal (even better than my laptop's).In addition it has BLUETOOTH!I was thinking of getting an 'ASUS PCE-AC56 Next Generation Dual-Band Wireless-AC130​0 PCIe Adapter, High-Power Design, 2 x Enternal antennas', but the sheer price of just a network card (till I find a new place that allows me to connect ethernet) lead me to choosing this.No regrets whatsoever! Especially the fact that I have a set of Bluetooth speakers, the WIFI signal doesnt get interupted at all while coming from the same card that is sending a Bluetooth stream of music to my speakers.The only weird thing for me is the antenna design. It works fine (full bars with just the router signal one floor down without any extenders/repeaters), and the antenna has a magnetic base, which I practically just stick on to the side of the PC case, no problems whatsoever.Installation was easy, quick and fast. The network card was already working prior to installing the drivers from Gigabyte website (or the CD if you have an optical drive). With the drivers, you'll find yourself getting more from what it initially came with just right after adding it to the PC and auto installing by the PC.

Fast delivery, installed all fine including a quick dust removal from PC case. My Rig is running Win 10 Pro 64bit, driver CD is NOT needed, as windows installs latest Driver for both Wi-fi & Bluetooth (card I received was ver 4.2).Perfect for my use as I have a Logitech Dinovo Mini Bluetooth keypad, I can now do away with USB wireless receiver.Network wise I'm still running an Ethernet connection but wi-fi signal is strong from Antenna (Antenna has powerful magnetic base stays on nice too rear of my case).Bluetooth function is perfect, been running with 3 devices connected at once (Mini keypad & 2 Xbox Controller's). Using 2 Xbox One-S Controller's together works well.All devices paired on 1st time of asking without issue, happy I brought this combined Wi-fi/Bluetooth Pcie card

I got this card to replace my TP Link WDN-4800 as it stopped connecting to 5GHz networks on Windows 10 build 1607.This card is an Intel Dual Band AC 8260 with BT 4.0 and Widi, it is rev 4.2 and was from Amazon direct.The card does not come with a low profile bracket so I was able to remove the bracket and unscrew the antenna connectors, I then drilled some holes into the original PCIe slot cover and and reattached the antenna connectors.The antenna has a magnetic base so I was able attach it to the side of the case and keep it out the way.Windows 10 build 1607 used old drivers by default, after doing a driver search via device manager a recent driver was found via windows update. There was no need to install drivers from Intel, everything works as expected and the connection is strong and stable on the 5GHz band.

I have attached the before and after speed test results for this card. It's fast and the Bluetooth works well. The installation was also super easy and it just works. I had to knock a star off for the aesthetics however.There is a green led that can be seen on the inside of the PC. If you have a clear panel on the side of your PC and you have a lighting color scheme going on like me then having that green led is really annoying. I'm going to cover it with a piece of tape though so it's not a major issue. The other thing is that I wish it came with some sort of black plate to make it look a bit nicer but for the price you can't complain too much!All in all it's a good product and it works well, just not the best looking thing ever.

Having been using a USB dongle and getting disconnects from the router every hour or so, I decided to see if I could do better. Based on the reviews I went with this card. Arrived as promised. Very easy to install although the USB internal connection to get bluetooth was a slight pain (all my internal USB connections are already taken). I haven't bothered. To install it really is a case of locating a spare slot and install. The antenna cable separates into two wires for the connection to the card. It's base is slightly magnetic too. Maybe a longer cable would be better but it sits nicely on the top of my tower. Then it's Power up, insert the CD that came with it and install the drivers. One more reboot and it was up and running.I bought the card for WiFi. For that, it delivers. Seriously. My speed tests have increased by over 5mb/s over the previous offering. From 64mb/s to over 69mb/s. And after 3 days usage, no disconnects to report at all. It's looking to be a very reliable card. I get maximum signal strength all the time. This card rocks. Recommended.