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Driver for Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller - downloading and installing it


Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_000A1170; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver manually


  1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 8.002.0612.2012 released on 2012-06-12.
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  3. Start 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. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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  7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 397602 bytes (388.28 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 51312 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

  • This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
  • This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
  • This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
  • This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
  • 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way


The 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

  1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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  3. Take a look at the list of available 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. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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