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Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver


Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_9CEA1019&REV_16; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver


  1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.126.0510.2019 dated 2019-05-10.
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  3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to 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 should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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  7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Size of this driver: 764200 bytes (746.29 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 68784 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

  • This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
  • 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver


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

  1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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  3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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  5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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