Itronix

Hello. Hopefully this is the correct place to post this. I have a Gateway MT3707 with a Realtek 8185L wireless card in it. It's actually fairly weak compared to a cheap wireless pci card that I use to slip into the side of my old laptop (card is now broken). I can sit within 10 feet of a router and have a 3/5 to 4/5 signal. My friends old Dell could be over twice that distance away and have a 5/5 signal.

Would this make a difference?

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=MS-MP54G5&c=pw

If not, how about this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833168021

I'm not sure if they are both compatible with Vista, though. What do you guys think?

__________________
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.1ghz
4gb ram 800mhz
ECS C51GM-M
Rosewill RP500-2
PNY 8800GT 512MB
320gb WD
Windows Vista Home Premium
Rosewill R6252-BK

CPTMuller

look for one with a good review, when my internals break I just use an external, or call in the warranty, so I dunno much about buying a new internal one.

__________________
Specs of my main PC:Laptop (Thinkpad X61)
C2D e6320, NVIDIA 7950GT (Factory OC) : C2D T7100, Intel GMA 965 Express
2gb ram 533mhz DDR2, 320GB 7200RPM : 1gb ra, 80gb 5400RPM
Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Audio, Linksys 10/100 Ethernet Card : on board Audio, on board Ethernet

cohen

it's not worth it, the hassle you have to go through

__________________
Cohen

Itronix

Thanks, guys. I appreciate your help. This realtek card won't even connect to my own home network. It seems like half the time it won't connect to other networks either. I've tried a new driver. There is an Atheros card that seems to be ok. I think I'll check it out more too. I'm going to change it, even if the next one isn't any more powerful.

__________________
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.1ghz
4gb ram 800mhz
ECS C51GM-M
Rosewill RP500-2
PNY 8800GT 512MB
320gb WD
Windows Vista Home Premium
Rosewill R6252-BK