I'm operating on Windows 8.1 and, despite other reviews, I haven't encountered any issues. I encountered issues with streaming my lossless Blu Ray rips over my local network wirelessly (latency, video quality), but with this product I have finally overcome this rather annoying enigma. I purchased an Airport Extreme about 3 or 4 months ago but have never had the unit integrate with a proper AC wireless receiver.
(Side note, also had to buy an appropriate AC router to take full advantage of this card, obviously.)
A while ago I upgraded my router and switch to 10/100/1000 speed, and I finally figured it was time to get the wifi up to the same speeds.
I've noticed that movie streaming is much improved and have no problem watching 1080p movies over the wifi. Overall Review: I do a fair amount of streaming movies over my home network, and occasionally moving around big files.
I think it definitely helps to have the antennas away from the back of the PC in terms of reception.Ĭons: None so far obviously this card is a bit more expensive than other options out there, but it's also one of the fastest cards available right now. I really like the magnetic triangle base for the antennas I have it stuck to the side of my PC tower. Got 1Gbps connection speed right away, and it seems to bounce between 1Gbps and 867Mbps. I have a fairly busy home network (2 overlapping SSIDs in my house plus several from the neighbors, probably 10-15 wifi devices on my networks) and I get an excellent signal in the room adjacent to the one the router sits in.
Pros: Install was easy and smooth no issues at all, software worked fine right from the start on my Windows 7 machine. The selling feature for me was the robust 3 piece antenna and magnetic base for ease of placement Overall Review: - I recommend it, there are several, similar, cheaper units available that have been tested to perform the same as this one, but this one, to me feels better and of higher quality - the results i'm getting are satisfactory for my home network. You can definitely achieve 2x2 WiFi AC speeds, but higher than that is unlikely The inflated numbers that Asus and most of these companies boast about are nonsense and practically unachievable in most real world applications This may be true, I just didn't have any of those issues on my unit Using Asus AC3200 Tri-Band Router and PC is 25+ feet away on a lower floor and no angle of the WiFi antennas was needed, just stuck all 3 straight upĬons: - Some people say the antenna are flimsy or poor quality and don't stand up. Consistent WiFi Speed of 702.0Mbps but will spike to 877.5 Mbps regularly (Have never experienced higher than 877.5 Mbps) Pros: - Quality piece, antenna was good on mine *see below* I didn't call so I can't tell you what to expect other then standard call center stuff. There's also a small slip of paper with a phone number to a support hotline if you're not technically inclined. So long as you have 10 or 20 minutes worth of patience you'll have the card working. I wouldn't recommend this for someone who just wants to slot a card into their board and have it just work.
Many of the bells and whistles and sophisticated configuration options such as beamforming and interference mitigation don't seem to have any appreciable impact on performance.
Overall Review: Disabling WMM, which as far as I can tell is some sort of power saving option, in the network adapter's configuration menu is what allowed me to use it without my connection dropping within a minute. I manage symmetrical 1-2 MB/s down/up speeds from a wireless router approximately 80 feet away through several walls.Ĭons: Does require fishing through networking menus and restarting the card a few times. Storage Humidity: 10 % to 90 % (Non-condensing)Īdditional Information Date First Available Operating Humidity: 10 % to 90 % (Non-condensing) Storage Temperature: -20 ☌ to 65 ☌ (☏ to ☏) Operating Temperature: 0 ☌ to 40 ☌ (☏ to ☏) The PCE-AC68 uses Broadcom's new 5th generation Wi-Fi 802.11ac chipset to reach speeds of up to 1.3Gbit/s through the 5GHz band, which is three times faster than 802.11n Wi-Fi.Īt the same time, it maintains full backward compatibility with all previous Wi-Fi protocols, providing high performance two-way transmission while ensuring a smooth transition to 802.11ac and seamless interconnection with existing devices.īroadcom TurboQAM hardware integrated on the PCE-AC68 brings the speed benefits of next-generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi to both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.Īt 600Mbit/s and 1.3Gbit/s respectively, they turn the PCE-AC68 into a formidable AC1900 wireless adapter, providing speeds that cannot be bettered by generic wireless adapters.Ĭonnect the PCE-AC68 to ASUS networks to attain the very highest possible Wi-Fi speeds. Learn more about the ASUS PCE-AC68 Model BrandĪC1900 ultimate AC performance: 600+1300MbpsĦ4-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK