10G PCI-E Network Card with 10Gbps Dual RJ45 Ports, Intel AQC113 Controller, VIMIN 10Gb Ethernet Adapter Card Compatible with PCI Express X8, X16, Supports Windows 10/11/Windows Server/Linux

Works spot on

This card works a treat for Windows 10 and truenas well worth the money

Works as it should right out of the box

I love how easy it was to install this item, it took me about 30 seconds to get it positioned once my computer case was off. No messing around required.I figured this would be useful for transferring files from my Mac to my WIndows PC (I have about 80GB worth that I wanted to backup). My Macbook and Windows drives are SSD's, and I used a USBC to CAT6 ethernet adapter to hook my Macbook up. I saw speeds of up to a half a gigabyte a second, however the transfer speed was on average where lower than that.The speeds aren't quite as advertised in my own testing, around 500MB/s. However, this could very well have been impacted by a number of things - ethernet cable, USBC to ethernet adapter or my Windows motherboard.Would I personally spend the money to buy this, outside of getting a review unit? Absolutely. 500MB/s even from my own testing, is more than enough for any internet savvy user, and this speed exceeds almost all customer grade broadband speeds that are readily available.

Providing you've got a spare PCIe slot available, even a 4-channel one, this VIMIN 2.5G PCIe Network Card is a simple plug-and-ply solution that brings your PC up to the 2.5Gbps standard. Windows should find and load a driver for it on the first boot after fitting, it's using standard Realtek chips that are well recognised. The card is reasonably well made, and feels decently put together with a good quality ethernet port on the rear.I've only recently upgraded to a 2.5G router with WiFi 6E which connects to my PC via a 2.5G switch and I can't yet verify the speeds from one full 2.5G device to another, but the speeds between my PC and 6E smartphone are excellent. Also my NAS server which uses port-bonded dual 1GB ethernet connections has never been better when using multiple transfers (it still just tops out at 1GB which is expected) and I do notice the difference.This is one of those devices that you can pretty much fit-and-forget and it just upgrades your networking to the next level. That's assuming you remember to tell Windows to use it in preference to any inbuilt card you've got, in fact I'd suggest disabling any other card to stop Windows defaulting back to it without telling you, which is a thing Windows does...

Finally got round to installing this recently and it was easy enough to do (just a pain to remove the rack components etc, not a normal PC tower). Simply drop the network card into an empty 1x PCI-E slot (You can put it into a 4x PCI-E or 16x PCI-E (GPU) if you're not using those), turn on the computer and Windows automatically found the driver and it works. My local router is still only 1g, so i'm unable to comment on the 2.5g. Until all my PC's & routers are upgraded, then I won't see any difference. For most people, these cards are unnecessary. You'll only need these if you internet provider is WELL OVER the 1gigabit speed (1000M) or/and you'll be frequently transfering very large files from one PC to another (each PC will need these cards AND a router of same speed). I've got these as i'll be getting a pair of 2.5g routers in the near future, hopefully to speed transfers up and the price is pretty good.

This is a robust; reliable and "just works" card. It has a low profile bracket; so is great for those low profile server builds that you want to add a 2.5Gbps link to.I use it with the regular bracket; and connect it to a 10gbps switch; and have found that I get the full 2.5gbps without any problems or outages.I would highly recommend this.

PROS-very easy to install, no internal cables needed (gets all its power from the PCI slot)-both Windows 10 and my 2.5G switch report my PC is running at 2.5Gbps ethernet speeds-only needs a PCI x1 slot-very good valueCONS-noneNOTES-I would have expected to need to use cat5e cables at the least, but I only had an old cat5 cable available, and my switch is indicating that I’m connected at 2.5Gbps speeds.-I only have 1 gigabit internet speeds (and a broadband speed test maxed that connection out, as you’d expect), but now my LAN is fully 2.5G, so nice.-I didn’t need to install a driver, it was just up and running once I turned my PC on. I’ll check later to see if the driver from the manufacturer’s site offers any advantages (but: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”).MY STAR RATINGS:1* substandard, mostly cons2** barely acceptable, cons outweigh the pros3*** meets the basic requirements, cons balance the pros4**** good product, pros outweigh the cons5***** exceptional, all (or almost all) pros

Overall works great with VMWare 6.7U3 on consumer ASUS motherboards. Working great with Dell R710 VMWare 6.0.Did not need to install drivers. Worked out of the box on 4 hosts.

Upgraded to 3gig internet and needed a Network Card since my motherboard only supports speeds up to 2.5gig. At first, it didn't work BUT once I got the drivers for it I was able to get it working with the right speeds. No issues at all.MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE DRIVERS

Allora su windows 10 64bit funziona se lo attachi con la Ethernet dalla scheda Madre a 100mb/s. Dopo che installi il driver da Intel a me che ho il modem da 1gb lo vede dopo a 1000mb/s cioe 1gb e fin qua e ok.Ho instalalato Ubuntu 24.04.1lts lo ha visto subito a 1000mb/s senza problemi su Fedora40 lo utilisa a 100mb/s podarsi che con Fedora41 andra di piu .Io uso Linux che sia Fedora,Ubuntu Debian quello che e importante e che va .Sono contento ho presso questa scheda perche appena posso cambio il modem da1 gb e voglio passare a quello da 10gb, appena posso e non volevo avere la banda limitata.E quasi plug&play.Dovete fare passare UN po di aria nell case perche il dissipatore scalda una ventolina non li farebbe malle sopra.Del resto e super ok.I driver di Linux ci Sono e anche da windows pero dovete sapere come instalarle.Pero con Ubuntu 24.04.1lts 6.8 kernel avete la papa pronta.con Windows 10 64bit dovete instalare il driver dopo che avete fatto tutti gli aggiornamenti se no passa da 100 a1000 e vice versa e vi tocca reinstallare il driver,perche a me e capitato percio abbiate pazienza.Con Fedora 41 appena uscito all Inizio va a100mb/s dopo gli aggiornamenti va a 1000mb/s cioe 1gb/s.E ho tenuto il cavo Ethernet nella scheda per fare tutto ciao e non in quella Ethernet della scheda Madre.Spero che vi aiuta

Pour le moment, elle est ultra-stable, contrairement à mon ancienne carte réseau PCIe 10 Gigabit TP-Link TX401 que j'ai dû retourner, car elle se déconnectait toutes les cinq minutes. Le contrôleur Intel semble être de meilleure qualité que celui de Marvell. Avec ma Livebox 7 à 5 Gb, elle fonctionne parfaitement ! Je ne peux que la recommander à quiconque cherche une carte 10 Gb fiable. Il faudra juste mettre à jour les drivers, windows 11 ne les a pas reconnus de suite, une fois sur le site. Tout fonctionne parfaitement.

Also ... mal der Reihe nach.Der Netzwerkchip ist alt. Man kann aktuell von Intel ein völlig übertrieben großes Treiberpaket von fast 1 GB Größe herunterladen, der passende Treiber ist dann aber darin enthalten und kann über die automatische Treibersuche gefunden und installiert werden (eine Warnung muss dazu ignoriert werden, was m.M.n. okay ist, stammt dieser Treiber ja von einer Vertrauenswürdigen Quelle).Ich verwende die PCIe-Karte mit einem *einzelnen* RJ45-Port, dabei handelt es sich lt. Beschreibung des Produkts um den Treiber X540-T1. Aber, im Gerätemanager steht diese(r) als "Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540-AT2". Mir recht, hauptsache es funktioniert.Zu Hause verwende ich einen 10 GbE-Glasfaseranschluss, mein Zyxel-Modem hat auch einen 10 GbE-LAN-Port, sonst würde die ganze Chose wohl kaum einen Sinn ergeben. So und seit ich die Karte eben eingebaut und den Treiber installiert habe, läuft bei mir die Verbindung auch entsprechend als 10 GbE-LAN-Verbindung, s. Screenshot.Auch als Screenshot füge ich einen Speedtest nach neuester Messung bei. Wie man sieht, hat sich seit dem letzten Test noch mit 1 GbE die Verbindungsgeschwindigkeit verzehnfacht. Ich behaupte mal, dass das bei umgerechnet <45.- EUR recht verschmerzbar ist.Zusätzlicher Vorteil ist, dass das Kopieren von Daten über die Netzwerkschnittstelle nun deutlich flotter vonstatten geht. Alles in allem kann man nichts sagen, es ist eine solide Karte mit passivem Kühlkörper und funktioniert wie beschrieben.Zwei Wermutstropfen:• Das Treiberdatum ist vom 25.11.2020 und somit bald vier Jahre alt, die Version des Treibers (heute geladen von der Intel-Webseite) ist 4.1.229.0.• Das Einführungsdatum des Chips ist Q3'12 lt. Intel ARK. Es ist wohl der Umstand, dass diese 10 GbE-Technik, die früher ein Vermögen gekostet hat, nun erschwinglich ist, daher gibt's alte Chips in aktuellen Karten. Ich hätte mir hier von Beidem etwas Neueres gewünscht.Wie gesagt, es ist verkraftbar, denn erstens war diese Karte nicht teuer und zweitens funktioniert sie einfach, also ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ...