ASUSPCE-AC56 Dual-Band 2x2 AC1300 WiFi PCIe adapter

So. I was using a 2 antennae'd pci express network card from another company. My internet would cut out on occasion but it was relatively functional.However, I was invited to start playing videos again after a long break. Namely, Valorant. A fast paced first person shooter that requires solid internet. I did not have that with the old card. Bad experiences with the old card was:-losing connection-high ping-lag-time searching for other internet service providers-buying a 400 dollar hotspot (because I thought it was my internet)-losing discord calls-losing zoom calls-losing skype callsOkay. So it was horrible. And I thought I had to live with it. Various internet services (other wireless, satellite internet, even fiber optic) were not available, so I was stuck with what I had. When, it struck me that it could have been the network card, I downloaded and installed the newest driver. I SUPPOSE it helped, but it did not solve the issue.Enter this thing. I was actually torn between this and another model. There was a bad review on the 4 antennae model that scared me so I went with this one.It arrived quickly. Installation:-I downloaded the driver from the website (quickly found through a google search of "ASUS PCE-AC68" then going under the support tab at the Asus website.)-Shut down and unplugged my computer.-Exchanged the 2 cards (since they fit into the same slot.)-Plugged in and started my computer.-Uninstalled the old network card drivers (should have done this earlier but forgot)-Unzipped and installed the asus driver.-Restarted my computer-Logged into my wifiThat's it.=> I went from not being able to have discord and Valorant on at the same time.=> I went from needing to close every single program that used bandwidth to STILL lag badly from playing Valorant. I'm talking that I have nothing else on. And I will still jump from one spot, to another in the game. My gaming was horribly choppy, and unacceptable. The number of times I would die for pure lag is more then I can count.All this solved! No lag. I can have discord and Valorant and even youtube without any issues. It was never my internet after all! It was like magic. I'm a believer. I'm a fan. AND I'm buying another! I know someone who has had some choppy internet issues and I'm thinking I know why!Now for the bad. Did my internet speed increase? No. It's the same. Speed test was exactly the same (or at least close enough.) But what this thing DOES give is a solid and stable internet connection that you can game with! What this thing does is give a solid and stable internet connect you can STREAM with!You read it right. Streamers on Wifi. If you're having issues. Try this first!Btw. This review has not been paid for, incentivized, requested, or another of the sort. No one gave me free product, or a discount. I just found an answer to my suffering and am sharing it to the world!

The ASUS PCE-AC56 Dual-Band 2x2 AC1300 WiFi PCIe adapter was quick and easy to install, the directions were clear and easy to follow, and the speed of this adapter is phenomenal!

I don't usually take the time to do reviews for things unless they are horrific or terrific. This is obviously a terrific device. Long story short, we bought a new house and changed over to Fios. At my old house I had my "office" (adult playroom) in the basement and had Ethernet. I'm on the top floor now and the WiFi router is in the basement in the utility room. I had to buy a wireless card for my main PC so I opted for this as it sounded pretty good. Installed it and about 20 minutes later I was ordering one for my son. I had no idea that WiFi was this fast. I had plans to get extenders or repeaters and stuff like that because of the distance and low signal, but the antennas do a good job allowing you to tweak it in (I think that the Windows store has a strength meter) so I saved the hassle and cost of doing that. Plus I don't want my WiFi bleeding over to the entire neighborhood. Anyway the wife's computer just took a dirt nap and we put together a new box for her and installed an old WiFi card.....it works....technically, but it is not even close to the same level of performance (due to being only 802.11n capable). I'm paying for gigabit Ethernet and Verizon delivers the full speed; why would I not want to have as much of that available as possible?There are cheaper alternatives out there....they may work fine, but this is one of those items that I researched that I half expected to deliver about 50-70% of what it advertised and it delivered about 90-95%. I hit over 400Mb/s down and about 350-400Mb.s up over 5G (using Ookla) and I'm far enough away that other 5G devices that I own can barely connect. I love these things.As far as installation and drivers are concerned I opened the box, slapped it in, rebooted and connected. Now I don't know about specific MB configurations creating issues, but I didn't install any of the official drivers or utilities because it did everything I needed with the Win10 stock stuff. I believe that my son checked out the Asus ones and their utilities, but said that there was no difference. I can't guarantee that everyone will have the same experience, but I've got a new card coming in a few hours and will be installing it into a third computer and expect to have the same hassle-free, extremely gratifying experience. If not I'll update my review.There's just not a lot of stuff out there that really lives up to the sales hype or even the full level of the basic standards. This is one of those devices that does in my opinion and it's worth the cost. Couldn't be happier with the performance and ease of installation. It just works. No screwing around, no digging into special settings or menus or such....plug it in and connect to your WiFi. Its how stuff is supposed to work.