P150EM Wireless Card

Hello all,

I own a 15" DS laptop with win7 bought around 3 years ago, with a Killer N-1103 Wireless card in it. Great laptop all around, still keeping up with current games, but I've always had a problem with the wireless card.

I've never posted about my problem but have read in various other problems that people have had with the Killer cards (specifically the N-1103). It doesn't give me too much of an issue in Windows 7, but after upgrading to Windows 8 every time, with a fresh install, the Killer card would not cooperate with my system. Intermittent connection drops lasting anywhere from 5 seconds to requiring me to turn off and on the antenna to allow the device to reconnect was extremely common and made online gaming impossible.

Now, I would like to upgrade to Windows 8 again, but am completely sure that The N-1103 can no longer act effectively as my wireless card, so I've come here for advice on what sort of wireless card I should get that will be extremely reliable for gaming and compatible with Windows 8? The 1103 has 3 antennas, so my P150EM is already wired for 3 antennas though the card does not specifically need to utilize all three.

I have tried a different network card already, an Intel 6300, but the problems were actually worse with that card, so I returned it.



TL;DR: I'd like a new wireless card for my laptop, that is reliable, fast and compatible with Windows 8, any suggestions?