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

Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_609517AA&REV_0C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.068.0828.2018 released on 2018-08-28.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept 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 scan 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.
The file size of this driver is 679934 bytes (664.00 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 13791 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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