Customer Reviews

Intel PWLA8391GTLBLK PRO/1000 GT Desktop Network Adapter

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There are several different network interface cards that can be described as Intel Pro/1000 GT Desktop Adapters. The Intel PWLA8391GT, PWLA8391GTBLK, and PWLA8391GTLBLK NICs all have the same electronic specifications. The "BLK" cards come in packs of 20, though they may be sold individually.

The card advertised here is the GTLBLK. The "L" after "GT" stands for "Low Profile," meaning that this card has a smaller form factor than a regular PCI card. Unless you are sure that your PC has a low-profile Micro-ATX or Flex-ATX or 2U case that requires low-profile cards, don't buy this low profile NIC, buy a standard sized PWLA8391GT or PWLA8391GTBLK.

This card is not a server adapter, as another reviewer asserts. The Pro/1000 cards were designed as desktop adapters, as their product description indicates. The other reviewer also says that these cards do not run in PCs, but of course they do: they run in small PCs designed for small PCI cards.

The Intel Pro/1000 GT cards are great NICs, well supported and documented, very fast, extremely reliable, and amazingly inexpensive. They will communicate perfectly well with your 100Mbps NICs, until you upgrade everything to gigabit.

This card works wonderfully, and the performance is great.

However, I accidentally ordered the low-profile version of the card, rather than the full-height version of the card -- so my installation was a little hackneyed. Make sure you order the correct size for your case.

Short of some exhaustive performance test I don't know how much there is to say about a NIC. This is the low profile model, so make sure you order the right thing. I ordered the regular ones initially before noticing that my Dell desktops took the low profile cards. Linux has no problem with these.

We transfer large graphic files (and collections, sometimes) from one machine to another. At 100Mb on a LAN network, hit enter and take a nap.

At 1GB our transfer speed is 2 to 2.5 as fast.
This is not 1Gb -- Speed is limited by the harddrive, CPU, etc. Not the cards fault.

Put one in each connected machine, connect the high speed cables, and forget it. No problems at all.

Intel ethernet adapters are top sellers for good reason. They work!
Be aware - this particular model is for servers!!! it has a very short mounting plate and is not designed for pc's. Of course does make the Pro 1000 GT for PC's but this is not the one. I made it work for my pc because i am handy with sheet metal tools but be aware.
Once the bracket was handled and the card was installed, it is flawless in performance and the network management tools that are downloadable from intel are fantastic.

As the title says there are no official win 7 drivers although the ones it comes with work fine. When you run auto update it thinks you have a card for win 2000 pro when I have win 7 home premium? Also it is very small so it would not fit in my desktop because the out metal was very small almost laptop width and so i had to bend it out of the way to plug it in to the slot!!! Works great just the hardware issue and drivers are what took a star away!