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Im building a Gigabyte P34G and have seen from reviews that the stock wireless adapter isnt great and for $50 or so Im thinking it it might be worth it to upgrade the wireless adapter. But im very unsure as to the differences here in the options at my disposal.

In general, is the quality of the adapter increasing with price here? I'm sure there's more to it than just price, though. It looks like the difference is:

Intel Dual Band N
Intel Dual Band Advanced N
Intel Dual Band Advanced AC
Intel Dual Band Ultimate N

Is each successive one better then the former?
Thanks for your help!


Built-in Intel® Dual Band Wireless-N 7260 802.11 A/B/G/N 2.4/5.0GHz + Bluetooth 4.0 | Up to 300Mbps (2x2) (SKU - WIFI30) ****STOCK****

Intel® Dual Band Advanced-N 6235 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module + Bluetooth 4.0 + vHS Combo Card | Up to 300Mbps (2x2) (SKU - WIFI02) ( + 30 )

Intel® Dual Band Advanced-N 6205 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module | Up to 300Mbps (2x2) [NO BLUETOOTH] (SKU - WIFI03) ( + 35 )

Intel® Dual Band AC 7260 802.11 A/AC/B/G/N 2.4/5.0GHz + Bluetooth 4.0 / WiDi | Up to 300/867Mbps (2x2) (SKU - WIFI04) ( + 36 )

Intel® Dual Band Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module | Up to 450Mbps (3x3) [NO BLUETOOTH] (SKU - WIFI05) ( + 49 )

Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Dual Band Wireless-N 1202 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module + Bluetooth 4.0 | Up to 300Mbps (2x2) (SKU - WIFI07) ( + 59 )

Intel® Dual Band Ultimate-N 6300 (w/ 3rd Antenna) - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module | Up to 450Mbps (3x3) [NO BLUETOOTH] (SKU - WIFI08) ( + 69 )

Intel® Dual Band Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 - 802.11A/G/N Wireless LAN Module | Up to 300Mbps (2x2) [NO BLUETOOTH] (SKU - WIFI12) ( + 75 )
 
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First it depends what you plan to do with it. There really is no advantage if all you are going to do is surf the internet all the cards are much faster than most internet connections.

Next it does no good to buy features your router does not support. If you do not have a 802.11ac router or one that support say 3x3 mino then it will slow down to whatever speed the router can support.

With a laptop does the device actually contain a third antenna if you choose one of the cards that need 3

Intel in general makes some pretty good wireless cards, they are one of the very few that actually make their own chipset rather than buy broadcom or atheros. Reviews on wireless equipment are all over the place. You get people saying complete...
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First it depends what you plan to do with it. There really is no advantage if all you are going to do is surf the internet all the cards are much faster than most internet connections.

Next it does no good to buy features your router does not support. If you do not have a 802.11ac router or one that support say 3x3 mino then it will slow down to whatever speed the router can support.

With a laptop does the device actually contain a third antenna if you choose one of the cards that need 3

Intel in general makes some pretty good wireless cards, they are one of the very few that actually make their own chipset rather than buy broadcom or atheros. Reviews on wireless equipment are all over the place. You get people saying complete opposite opinions on the same device. I suspect this is more because everyones house is different and wireless is greatly affected by the environment it runs in.

With the intel at least they have very good documentation on their site. If you were to look up each card and see which chips they use you can then look up their marketing stuff to see why they think it is better. I suspect in a real world there is not going to be any huge differences.
 
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Yeah, I highly doubt there's going to be much of a difference.

I'd go for the stock one, or the AC 7260 if I expected to get a new router sometime soon.

The other thing is that the antenna probably affects performance more than the card - the 7260 and the Bigfoot 1202 would probably perform pretty much the same. There's a lot of FUD in the networking world.
 
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