Under Win7 64 bit, the card then dive after start-up in the Device Manager bottom Other equipment / Universal Serial Bus controllers, and is characterized by an exclamation point because of the missing driver
I have on the driver CD found no indication that drivers must be installed. Therefore, the following tip: On the included driver CD is in VIA / VL800 folder to start the Setup.exe that the VIA XHCI Host Controller Driver installed (with me in the version 1.41A). Once installed, the card can be used immediately without restarting. You will then be in the device manager under USB controller / VIA 2.0 and 3.0 Hub again.
The transfer speed of the card is no different in the context of the measurement capabilities of the installed on my motherboard Asus P9X79 ports. The write speed on a 64GB Kingston USB3.0 flash drive is anyway at about 100 MB / s. The answer to the question whether the card is the theoretical maximum, I have to leave unanswered for lack of sufficiently fast storage medium.
The SATA power connector on the card I have not yet connected because I had simply no suitable cable extension at hand, what is intended to stimulate not imitate. This can lead sooner or later to malfunction at the ports. The power connector itself is designed impressively stupid, as it points vertically downwards with no apparent technical Notwendikeit and thus blocked the local slot. In other reviews it was recommended to use an angled SATA connector to avoid this problem.
Given the fact that the map of house does not fit and you also should separately purchase an angled power plug still can perhaps rather just switch to another product. But the mechanical shortcomings described should not obscure the fact that the card otherwise provide the desired functionality.
