This wireless card any good?

[endrien]

Looking for a cheap card to replace an old one,is this any good(I do like to play online games ect)PCI 54Mbps Wireless Lan Card 802.11 b/g WiFi Vista - (eBay.ca item 150290803634 end time 08-Sep-08 04:00:00 EDT)

Edit:Would this be better? HI-SPEED WIRELESS-G PCI CARD ADAPTER for VISTA DESKTOP - (eBay.ca item 200252353017 end time 12-Sep-08 15:12:46 EDT)

[Atomic Rooster]

They are virtually the very same wireless adapter. They are both Realtek RTL8185L cards with the same specs.

Get which ever will cost you less including shipping costs. I think the second one from the US may be the better deal as it looks to be only a tiny bit more and the shipping time should be quicker than from Hong Kong.

[GroundZero3]

make sure any card you get says that it is wifi certified. That will help lessen the headaches down the road

[endrien]

Also will these cards work with any router?

[GroundZero3]

technically it will, however general when you buy wireless equipment you will want both your router and wireless card to be wifi certified as mentioned above. You might run into some abnormal connection issues if you veer off the path and go cheap.

A lot of people will tell you they have had no problems with non wifi certified devices which is fine, i just like to have less headaches

[Atomic Rooster]

Yea, they should work fine. I's always nice to have matching brand equipment, but it's not necessary. We have a nice mix of a Linksys router with D-Link, NETGEAR, and Linksys wireless adapters that works perfectly.

[endrien]

Yeah thanks.The reason I need a new card is cause my current one(used to be on my old pc with winxp)won't seem to work on my new rig.Wireless card stops vista from booting up?

[Atomic Rooster]

Well, there's another kink. Can you find drivers for those cards that work with Vista?

[endrien]

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

Well, there's another kink. Can you find drivers for those cards that work with Vista?

I found the drivers,but their .sys files with .inf files included but they don't install via right click.Also if you didn't read all of it,My computer can't boot with the card in.