Wireless PCI card for W7 64-bit

[Truckerlb]

Hi all,

I'm looking to buy a wireless PCI card for my new rig. I've recently moved house, and using my 30m LAN cable is no longer an option I've read that some people have had compatibility issues with their cards and W7, and was just wondering if you have any recommendations on which one I should buy?

My Spec:

•Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66Ghz overclocked to 4Ghz
•Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
•Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel
•Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)
•Samsung SM2494HM 24" TFT LCD Monitor
•Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
•Windows 7 RC Operating System
•Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
•Coolermaster ATCS 840 Classic Case – Black
•Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM
•Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache – OEM
•Formac 320GB Portable USB Hard Drive
•Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM

 

[blueacid]

I'm using a Belkin f5d7000 card with Windows 7 64bit. The belkin drivers don't work, HOWEVER a previous meddle with Linux let me know that there was a RT2500 chip in the card.

Their drivers, including windows 7 64bit ones, are here:
http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Windows.html

Windows won't auto-detect the driver works for the card, I had to manually tell it to use this driver. Working fine now; this post brought to you by that solution!

 

[blueacid]

Oh, I think SOME revisions of that belkin card used different chipsets. http://ralink.rapla.net/ has a fairly handy list!

 

[Berserker]

I concur - I've found Ralink to be very good with their drivers. Edimax seem to use them a lot and indeed all three of the Edimax PCI cards OcUK sell appear to be based on Ralink chipset, so while I have no experience with 64-bit Windows, I'd recommend those.