Best Wireless PCI Network Card???

Gudziel

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Ok, let me pick everyone's brain here. Can you guys tell me what the best wireless network card is vista 64 compatible? I play a lot of FPS'es online and want to try to find the best one for me. I just moved and right now I am running a 50ft wire from the living to the second room of the house (so I'm basically 40ft away).

Also, how bad will my lag be for games like COD5 with a wireless card? I've only ever hardwired my rig to the router and never gone wireless before. So I'm leary of this move in fear of completely destroying my online playing. Any advice?

Thanks guys for any help in advance! :D

oh, and p.s. I'm willing to spend $100 bucks or so, just don't want to go overboard here. ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 4x2GB PC6400 DDR2800 4-4-4-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG - 23" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HD Monitor - Black
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
    PSU
    OCZ GameXStream 600W
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler, 6x120mm, 2x140mm
    Other Info
    Logitech G51 155 watts RMS 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
My recommendation is to try to keep with the same manufacturer as your wireless-router/access-point. This will result in the best level of compatibility between the two, as wireless is often far "gimpier" than wired connections.

Following that advice should drastically narrow down your list of candidates. :)

Perhaps if you did that, and came back with questions regarding specific models, some of us here could reply with our experiences on those models.
 

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Well right now I have a Linksys router.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 4x2GB PC6400 DDR2800 4-4-4-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG - 23" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HD Monitor - Black
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
    PSU
    OCZ GameXStream 600W
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler, 6x120mm, 2x140mm
    Other Info
    Logitech G51 155 watts RMS 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
o,b,g,y,n? :)

Just playin, it is a WAP54G.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 4x2GB PC6400 DDR2800 4-4-4-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG - 23" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HD Monitor - Black
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
    PSU
    OCZ GameXStream 600W
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler, 6x120mm, 2x140mm
    Other Info
    Logitech G51 155 watts RMS 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
Grrrr. I'm afraid the only Linksys NIC's I have experience with were USB. And they were less than impressive.

Anyone else around here have any experience with Linksys PCI WiFi adapters?
 

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Darn, That's news I did not want to hear. :(

I won't know what to do if the wireless won't work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 4x2GB PC6400 DDR2800 4-4-4-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG - 23" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HD Monitor - Black
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
    PSU
    OCZ GameXStream 600W
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler, 6x120mm, 2x140mm
    Other Info
    Logitech G51 155 watts RMS 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
I'm not saying that it won't work - I'm just saying that I'm the wrong person to ask about Linksys PCI WiFi cards.
 

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