Download and install Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver

Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_36EF17AA&REV_16; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 8.064.0511.2018 dated 2018-05-11 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 662586 bytes (647.06 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 3891 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver using DriverMax

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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