Intel BE200 BE200NGW Wi-Fi 7 Tri-band Wifi Card Bluetooth 5.4 for PC Win10/11
Notes：This BE200 wifi card does not support use on laptops with AMD motherboards
The BE200 supports the 320MHz channel width to deliver up to 5Gbps connection speed;
Various motherboards, like the upcoming Gigabyte Aorus Z790 Master X, are already planning to integrate this technology, showing that the industry is getting ready for a Wi-Fi 7 world.
The BE200 adapters support 2x2 TX/RX streams, use 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands, and the BE200 has a maximum speed of 5 Gbit/s, which is significantly below the maximum transfer rate supported by the standard. Intel's BE200 also support PCIe and USB interfaces and can be used for desktop motherboards and laptops.
Known as 802.11be, Wi-Fi 7 promises up to 46Gbps theoretical throughput, making it 4.8x faster than Wi-Fi 6 and 13x faster than Wi-Fi 5, while maintaining compatibility with older Wi-Fi versions at lower speeds. Wi-Fi 7 also introduces 320MHz wide bands – double that of Wi-Fi 6 thanks to channel banding – alongside 4096 QAM, an amplitude modulation scheme meant to increase link capacity to 575Mbps over a channel bandwidth of 56MHz.
One of Wi-Fi 7’s key promises is higher range and reliability thanks to Multi-Link Operation (MLO) which, unlike older Wi-Fi versions that rely on only one channel (2.4GHz or 5GHz) to connect a host with its client, allows the router/access point to send data through multiple channels and bands simultaneously. This means the client device can receive data at greater speeds when near the source using the faster 6GHz band before switching to a 5GHz or 2.4GHz when range becomes an obstacle without dropping connection.
What makes Wi-Fi 7 especially interesting is its raw speed and underlying technology designed to improve efficiency and capacity. Features like Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) and Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), which were introduced in Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, are mandatory in Wi-Fi 7. These technologies aim to optimize the overall performance of wireless networks, making them more suitable for bandwidth-intensive tasks like AR and VR.
Wi-Fi 7 is set to deliver remarkable speeds, with a potential peak aggregated bitrate of 40 Gbit/s, which suggests that it might replace wired Ethernet for most users.
Wi-Fi 7 will use three frequency bands to reach these lofty speeds: 2.40 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz. Additionally, it will increase the channel width to 320 MHz and adopt 4096-QAM. Despite these capabilities, several devices, like Intel's BE200, might still operate at reduced speeds.
Specification:
Model:BE200
Interface:NGFF M.2 2230
Antenn：2x2
TX/RX Streams：2x2, 320 MHz, 4K QAM
Bands：2.4, 5, 6 GHz
Max Speed：5.8 Gbps
Bluetooth Version：5.4
Antenn：2x2
TX/RX Streams：2x2, 320 MHz, 4K QAM
Bands：2.4, 5, 6 GHz
Max Speed：5.8 Gbps
Bluetooth Version：5.4
Operating Systems:
Supported Operating Systems：Windows 11*, Windows 10*
