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Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver


Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_045CA0A0 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver manually


  1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 8.045.0311.2016 released on 2016-03-11 of the driver.
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  3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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  5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 520768 bytes (508.56 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 32136 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

  • This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
  • This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
  • This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
  • This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits



2. How to install Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver using DriverMax


The 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

  1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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  5. Finished installing the driver!
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