NICGIGA 10G Base-T PCI-e Network Card, Marvell AQtion AQC113C Controller, 10Gb Ethernet Adapter, 10Gbe RJ45 Port NIC Card, Windows10/11/Windows Server

Fitted to replace a failed network card, this card is ultra fast, great bit of kit.

The 10g ethernet card is exactly as shown in the picture for the NICGIGA 10G Base-T PCI-e Network Card. Tests conducted on my network between two Windows 11/10 machines showed it was functional and able to transmit at over 950MBytes per second when placed into a suitable and non bandwidth limited PCIe slot.Note however, that the card is detected by Windows on first physically installing it, but will not have a driver installed for them automatically, you will need to complete the installation yourself to get it working; the provided drivers for these (on a mini-disc and a USB drive) are from 2021 (version 3.1.3) and are also named Marvell FastlinQ in device manager, rather than AQtion as in the title listing for this device but will provide it full functionality. Using the more recent public drivers from Marvell from 2022, 3.1.7, will correct this naming difference and change the (readable) name to Marvell AQtion AQC113C in your device manager. Settings by and large did not feature any changes between the driver editions.Be aware that if you are using this card in a very old motherboard (circa 2011/2012/2013), it is possible that a PCIe Gen 2 x4 Slot may not provide enough bandwidth in total to get full 10gbps speeds from this card if the motherboard routed the PCI Express lane through the chipset with DMI 2.0 or lower. A direct example of this would be a Gigabyte Z77 D3H; where the x16 (gen 3) slot will permit full 10gbps speed (as it is connected directly to the CPU), whilst the x4 slot (which is also gen 2, even with an Ivy Bridge CPU installed) will only max out at 6-7gbps depending on other configurations of devices you have enabled (due to needing to go through a PCI Express switch, then the PCI Express lanes through the Chipset and then through DMI 2.0 to the CPU). Motherboards manufactured more recently than 2013 should yield the full speed when placed into a (Gen 3/4) x4 Slot.An excellent card, small profile, and cheaper than some other competitors when available with a voucher for a discount.

Works flawlessly on QNAP TS-673A. Gives a stabil 600MB/s-ish read and write to an SSD based RAID5 array, on latest QuTS Hero.

This card will deliver full 10gbe speeds, however mine fails when the ambient temp gets too high.