Intel AX201

Anyone know if this card will work in a Ryzen laptop? Specifically the ROG Strix Scar 15 with 5900HX? Thank you

 

I don't see why not, ASUS doesn't use whitelists.

 

Thank you. I had read this card works with Intel CPUs only. Wanted to double check before purchasing one.

 

There's 2 versions of the AX2--- cards. One works with ANY PC and the other requires an Intel CPU because it runs more as an extension than full spec card.

Either way I recommend going AX210 as it's more stable and performs better.

CNVio2 - the interface that requires Intel
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/130293/intel-wi-fi-6-ax201-gig.html

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=189347,130293,204836

 

Got it. Thank you!

 

@ mario64

You're welcome!

It gets confusing with the gen 1 cards they released with 2 different interfaces. Gen 1 cards also perform worse than the AX210 and the 210 also includes 6GHZ when you decide to upgrade your router to a 6E device.

 

@ mario64


This is internal speed between my server / laptop over 802.11AX . The fastest I've clocked it is 1.3gbps though on longer transfers but, smaller files typically hit 900-950mbps.

 

Nice!

 

Follow-up question. What is the proper sequence for replacing the existing MediaTek wifi card with the AX210? Should you remove via Apps/Programs first or just remove from Device Manager? I assume you have to uninstall both wifi and BT software/devices?

 

You don't actually need to do anything more than pull the physical card and put the new one in and make sure the latest Intel drivers are installed for it. If you want to clean things up then post reboot just remove the old drivers.

 

Ok great. Thank you

 

@ mario64

You're welcome. To get the best performance out of it though you'll want to tweak some of the settings on the card to optimize the speeds. Just google some of the settings to get it running better than the out of the box state. Of course your WIFI setup makes a big difference too in the speeds you'll get and you might want to download wifi analyzer on your phone to see the channels / interference to pick the right ones.