Just pulled the trigger on a Killer 1202 card

[DDuB420]

I gave in to my compulsive buying side and bought a Bigfoot Killer Wireless N 1202 2x2 half mini-card With Bluetooth 4.0

Should be shipped to me within the next week or so.

Does anyone here have this card installed in your alienware?
What are your thoughts on it?

Does the Bluetooth work well?

I'm planning on making an install video for M17xR3's so look for that in the coming weeks

 

[Maelstrom]

I have the 1103 and It's never failed me!

 

[AeonSoul]

I have the 1103 and It's never failed me!

Same here, stable as a mountain.

 

[DDuB420]

Got the card today, going to install it in a few. Hopefully there isnt any issues with the drivers....

 

[VagrantXeth]

Nice, good luck and post success and issues that you run across!

 

[DDuB420]

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Some pics of the install, driver install went sucessfully with Windows 7 x64.
Ive been connected to my home network for the last 30mins and havent had any issues with connectivity.
Just running some transfer and bluetooth tests now

 

[MattyB]

What was your old card? What kind of gains would you expect from the new one?

 

[DDuB420]

Bluetooth seems to be working, my phone and other mouse connects.
Im going to try to connect to both my bluetooth radios. See how that works out.
Wireless is great (just transfered 500GB without issues), big improvement from the Piece of shit Dell dw1501 card I had in there.

When I collect more info Ill post it.

Im going to run some file transfer tests with the bluetooth 4.0 and see if I get any drops.

 

[DDuB420]

What was your old card? What kind of gains would you expect from the new one?

My old card (Dell DW1501)
802.11b/g/n
2.4GHz
No bluetooth
Up to 72MB/s transfer rates


My new card (Killer 1202)
802.11a/b/g/n
Dual band 2.4GHz and 5GHz
Bluetooth 4.0
QOS application
Up to 300MB/s transfer rates

 

[sway]

My old card (Dell DW1501)
802.11b/g/n
2.4GHz
No bluetooth
Up to 72MB/s transfer rates


My new card (Killer 1202)
802.11a/b/g/n
Dual band 2.4GHz and 5GHz
Bluetooth 4.0
QOS application
Up to 300MB/s transfer rates

Wait it's got Bluetooth built in? I didn't know that I may be in for one or two now.

tappin from the Note II

 

[DDuB420]

I ran some bluetooth tests today.
Took a call using my M17xR3's Bluetooth 4.0 from my Killer 1202 card and my iPhone 5's BT 4.0. I was on the call for 1hr and a bit and it didnt drop once
The Killer driver is pretty stable on Windows 7 x64, overall im happy with it.

Next thing to try is some BT4.0 file transfers

You can get all the 1102,1103 and 1202 Killer drivers here:
http://www.killergaming.com/support/Downloads?category=5&model=121&download_type=1&os=7

 

[MattyB]

I'm sorry, forgive my ignorance here but...you can make a bluetooth call from your computer?? Where have I been??

 

[sway]

I'm sorry, forgive my ignorance here but...you can make a bluetooth call from your computer?? Where have I been??

Don't feel bad I didn't even know it had bt built in, I thought it was just a Wi-Fi card.

tappin from the Note II

 

[DDuB420]

I'm sorry, forgive my ignorance here but...you can make a bluetooth call from your computer?? Where have I been??

[video=youtube;7wP9O0tp9As]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wP9O0tp9As[/video]​

 

[yikes81]

How do you know if your card has bluetooth?
My M17xR3 is being pulled apart again today. (i cried a little lastnight)
Anyway, the wireless card will be taken out again, as the mobo needs to be replaced.

Are there any markings on the card that I should look out for to see if bluetooth is included?

 

[DDuB420]

You have Bluetooth built in already. It's attached to the mobo under the palmrest.

It's an older version tho, not BT 4.0

 

[yikes81]

yeh ... i would have known that if i didn't lose my bluetooth headset. upset.

 

[DDuB420]

Your just having a bad luck week I guess

 

[yikes81]

yeh ... hopefully the dell tech can get my whole laptop up and running today. i miss it sooo much.

 

[MattyB]

What do you use to open that call? Do you need the Killer card for that? I have tried to do it on my M11x which doesn't have Killer but I can't seem to do it.