GIGABYTE WiFi 7 GC-WIFI7 (802.11/ Tri-Band WiFi/Bluetooth 5.3/ 4K-QAM/PCIe Expansion Card)

Does exactly what I expected (almost). I did not realize that wifi 7 was only compatible windows 11 on AMD systems. So I was forced to upgrade. I got this Item speifically for it's high quality and wired antenna so that I could install it in an unorthodox way due to my odd setup. Got this wifi card along with a pcie x1 riser. Install was easy. Upgrading to windows 11 was a pain. But since I knew what drivers it needed for AMD systems based on another person review I got it working great (Qualcomm wi-fi 7; wifi/blutooth drivers on Gigabyte's website). Did a speed test and was getting a whopping 650mb up/550mb down. Very happy with my purchase. The magnectic antenna sits nicely on my case as well.

For anyone on AM4 looking for WIFI 7 PCIE card, I have found successes with the:GIGABYTE WIFI 7 GC-WIFI7I bought the Gigabyte and the MSI Herald-BE WI-FI 7 MAX - at the same time.I wanted to use the MSI because toms’ hardware, said it had faster WIFI speeds.Sadly, the MSi has two windows drivers you have to install (WIFI and Bluetooth)My windows could never find the BT drivers. (For anyone who has tried this, yes, I installed the pcie card correctly, and made sure to connect the "USB Cable (USB 2.0 pin header") - to my motherboard.)Still Windows could not install/detect the BT driver.Long-Story Short - Buy the Gigabyte if you desire WIFI 7.

Mind you I have not upgraded my modem in 10 years. I was very satisfied with my purchase, experiencing 5x better download with a proper hardline.Worth the extra expense for an update to a 6 year old system

Microsoft seems to have a choke-hold on the WiFi manufacturers because the only hardware drivers for this and other WiFi 7 network cards is for Windows 11. No Windows 10 or Linux support; period.Manufacturers who sell WiFi 7 network cards should make the Windows 11 OS requirement prominent in their item postings.Will be returning my card as I am not a Windows 11 guy.

There are 3 Separate versions of this card, Version 1.0 1.1 and 1.2.Version 1.3 is Intel and will straight up Refuse to install on an AMD Based system for some reason. (Keep in mind my surprise because The processor has absolutely nothing to do with network compatibility especially when it's on its own separate card, Its like saying an Intel graphics card won't work on an AMD Ryzen system which is false) Version 1.2 is Mediatek based and Also not compatible with AMD systems for some reason. driver says Intel only.So after trying to install these for 5 minutes and not getting it to work I was like "Well jeez ....Wasted $44 on something that isn't compatible with my system for some unknown reason and Neither Gigabyte Or Amazon list this as a thing when they sell it" and it's really weird because MOST network adapters sold use Intel adapters.....And surprise surprise this card also uses an Intel Chip for wifi. It's why I got it, I see these chips at work all the time and know they're dead reliable.I then tried my luck with the driver for version 1.0....Qualcomm....it installed and windows 11 instantly popped up with a message saying "Your wifi just got better, This network uses wifi 6!"Which my router is a wifi 6 router so it did connect.I don't know how, I don't know why .....But the Qualcomm driver seems to work on my gigabyte card.Anyways TLDR: if you have an AMD based system and you buy this card, Install the Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 WIFI driver from the gigabyte site for this wifi card and it should work.After figuring out the whole driver fiasco and messing around with different versions (Which there's no documentation anywhere about WHICH card version you have so you have to guess)I managed to get it working and I'm pulling 270mbps down on the 5ghz and 170 on the 2.4My modem is now my networks bottleneck being years old, Once I upgrade that, I'll get better speeds. But the connection with this is great. It works.

Speed as expected, but driver for win 10, not working

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Works great, no complaints. Easy to install the hardware and software associated with it