Upgrading Laptop Wireless Mini-Pci

Itronix

Itronix

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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/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168021

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