wireless PCI vs PCIe

Dambuster · 05-08-2008, 12:25 PM

I'm considering the D-Link dwa-552 and dwa-556, their difference is that one is PCI, the other PCIe... I have both possibilities on my motherboard, so which one would be faster?

edijs · 05-08-2008, 02:13 PM

I think that there's no difference. You won't be able to use 100% of the available bandwidth anyway ... I'd choose by three factors: reviews, price and wether putting a card in the PCIe slot won't be too close to your VGA adapter (if you have one) ,ie, consider case airflow

athomas · 05-08-2008, 02:20 PM

It's a gimmick, anything other than a video card is pointless to have in PCIe. You will NEVER use all of the speed that the slot offers.

Dambuster · 05-08-2008, 03:20 PM

Yeah, the thing is, they only have the PCIe version, so I'll probably get that one... Anyone have any bad experience with D-Link? Also, the drivers are for the 32-bit version of Vista only, would there be a problem if I installed it on the 64-bit version?

athomas · 05-08-2008, 03:21 PM

You won't be able to install it on a 64 bit OS if there's only 32 bit drivers...

Dambuster · 05-08-2008, 10:31 PM

Actually it works with Vista-64, so problem solved...

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Dambuster Magic Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 18 Male Posts: 195 My Mood: In Love Status: Offline My Computer	Yeah, the thing is, they only have the PCIe version, so I'll probably get that one... Anyone have any bad experience with D-Link? Also, the drivers are for the 32-bit version of Vista only, would there be a problem if I installed it on the 64-bit version? __________________

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Dambuster Magic Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 18 Male Posts: 195 My Mood: In Love Status: Offline My Computer	Actually it works with Vista-64, so problem solved... D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme N PCI Express Desktop Adapter __________________ Last edited by Dambuster; 06-08-2008 at 01:22 PM.

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athomas Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 70 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	It's a gimmick, anything other than a video card is pointless to have in PCIe. You will NEVER use all of the speed that the slot offers.

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athomas Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 70 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	You won't be able to install it on a 64 bit OS if there's only 32 bit drivers...

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