Comment on Is Intel gatekeeping WiFi 7? A very quick look at the Intel BE200.
SteveTech@programming.dev 9 months agoI’ve looked into getting one for my AMD laptop but I haven’t actually got one yet. Some models are locked, some are not, here’s my research:
- The common
BE200.NGWGis a CNVi module and everything except the radio itself was moved into Intel’s CPUs, for cost savings. - The
BE200.NGWG.NVis a normal NIC and should support AMD. - The
BE200.NGWG.NVX- same as above but with an X? - Anything starting with
BE202sucks, avoid it.
SamB@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I checked the official Intel page (www.intel.com/content/www/…/specifications.html) and there was no mention of CNVi. If you search for the visual difference between cards that use CNVio2 and those that use PCie, there is an actual difference at the connector level. I still don’t think that the BE200 works in the same manner as the AX211.
SteveTech@programming.dev 9 months ago
Yeah, sorry I wrote the comment before I watched the video.