ASUS, a brand that is well-known all over the world, is well known by many users. ASUS's diversification strategy has been very successful, and its product line now covers almost all 3C fields such as laptops, boards, servers, wired/wireless network communication products, etc.
Compared with the three pillars of board and PC business, ASUS's network products are much more low-key, but as a key node of intelligent terminal devices and networks, network cards and routers are also an important part of ASUS's diversification strategy. With a high-quality, high-tech image, ASUS quickly gained a firm foothold in the mid-to-high-end network hardware market, with the highest sales volume of ASUS network cards in the price range of more than 200 yuan. Among the 6 best AC wireless NICs selected by Top ten reviews, ASUS has nearly half of them.
ASUS is a technology-driven company with deep technology accumulation and industry-leading hardware equipment. ASUS headquarters has a dedicated QTR laboratory to test the quality of products in harsh environments, and the R&D center has a high-precision wireless measurement laboratory, which can measure the signal coverage of wireless products with an accuracy of 1 square meter, which is the endorsement of "ASUS quality, rock solid".
As a brand focusing on the mid-to-high-end market, ASUS wireless network cards, or ASUS's full line of products, are characterized by performance first, which is the foundation and core of ASUS. For example, the north is drier and the south is more humid, ASUS has made ESD electrostatic protection for wireless products, which is 4 times stronger than ordinary products, in addition, ASUS is one of the few manufacturers that have passed the SRRC national authoritative safety certification for all wireless products. Although SSRC is one of the certifications that wireless products need to pass, there are not many products on the market that support SRRC certification, and even some big brands do not indicate whether they have passed SRRC.
Although the routing network card is not separated, but each manufacturer attaches different importance to these two product lines, and the network gear and leadership with the same outstanding technical strength are mainly routers, and there are not many network card products. It can be said that among router manufacturers, ASUS has the largest number of mid-to-high-end network cards, from entry-level 1200 megabyte network cards to high-end 3200 megabyte network cards, and even 10 megabit products.
Compared with the rest of ASUS's product lines, although the network card also focuses on the performance and gaming market, it is not classified as the ROG series like routers and boards, but still uses the ASUS trademark. Its wired/wireless network cards have, at present, wireless network cards account for the absolute majority, the price is more than 200 yuan, named after the "prefix AC number", the prefix indicates the interface type, such as PCE represents the PCI-E interface, USB represents the USB interface, AC is the wireless standard, the larger the number behind, the more high-end, very regular; Although there is only one XG-C100C for wired network cards, it is ASUS's current flagship, with a price of nearly 1,000 yuan.
Desktop users can choose the PCE-AC51, which is the entry-level product in ASUS's network card lineup. Unlike the XG-C100C, the PCE-AC51 is a wireless network card, and the interface is also a PCI-E x1 with a smaller interface. In general, the internal network card will transmit more power than the external network card, and the signal gain of the external dual antenna is usually higher than that of the USB network card with the internal antenna. Its price of 229 yuan is also not low, but it is significantly more affordable than the price of nearly 1,000 yuan compared to XG-C100C.
Users who want to combine performance and portability can consider the USB-AC68 wireless card. Unlike the general USB network card, which mostly uses built-in antennas, USB-AC68 is equipped with two foldable butterfly antennas, which avoids the problem of weak signal of the USB network card to a certain extent. Judging from the test results, its performance is significantly better than the wireless network card that comes with the laptop, and it can even be close to the speed of wired connection in the 5G frequency band, which is remarkable. However, the price of USB-AC68 is as high as 400 yuan, which is not cost-effective, and the high heat generated by high performance cannot be ignored.
