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    Tri stream mini pcie AC cards? Anyone found any?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Rayleyne, Jul 5, 2014.

  1. Rayleyne

    Rayleyne Notebook Consultant

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    Ive found various bits and peices i know theres a Broadcom chipset for tri-stream mini PCIE but i havn't so much as found anything else only this UNEX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION-DAXA-92: 802.11ac/na single band 3x3 PCIe mini card, QCA9890

    And that certainly isn't mini...

    anyone know of any? I'm already maxing out my dual stream 7260 at an almost constant 50 megabytes /second


    http://www.taiwantrade.com.tw/EP/un.../n/a single band 3x3 PCIe mini card, BCM4360/

    Might be able to fit in alienware machines but again dont know if it's 5G
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    This is in fact a mini PCI Express connection but these sort of cards are meant to be used on wireless routers not in consumer machines. I have the same exact factor although an AR8980 in my Tp-link router.

    There is also a good reason why this card is wider - antennas should be spaced out otherwise you will have interference issues. I looked up an exact calculation a while ago but I'm to lazy to do it again.

    Back to your original question - there are no consumer three stream AC cards that I know of.
     
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