
Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 84 reviews
4.6- USB 3.0 (37)
- Ease of use (14)
- Speed (11)
- Installation (7)
- Compatibility (6)
- Power (3)
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- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This works for my Oculus Rift with some caveat
I bought this hoping to be able to increase the number of my USB 3.0 ports in my computer to be able to use a 3 sensor setup. My Rift works fine with a 3 sensor setup using only 1 USB 3.0 port and 2 USB 2.0 ports. But this is only true if the VR content is not graphics bandwidth extensive. However when you start playing content that requires a lot of movement and small moving objects, the sensors cant seem to keep up and I lose tracking which is characterized by my hands floating stuck on air. You can control the direction where you point but it does not offer an accurate location of your hands in the geo vr space. so it messes up the game play. When I installed the unit, my PC detects this peripheral as a USB3.0 hub which is great. But when I plug in my rift and start the config wizard, it only detects a USB 2.0 port. I was worried a bit because i though I was back to square one and thought that it wont work. After getting through the set-up, the touch controllers seemed to work without any hitches. And the good news is, it solved my other problem of tracking being lost whenever the scene requires a lot of quick movements. It simply offloaded the USB traffic from my integrated board and till now, i have not experienced any of those weird of tracking situations. Oculus software may have limitations in identifying the chipset of this USB 3.0 controller (which uses ASMedia) but somehow, it works for my VR titles (Robo Recall, Dead and Buried, Brass Tactics) without anymore of those tracking issues. It works so far and it extended the life of my 7 year old PC.
Posted by Kontakme
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works Well, Effortless Installation
Added this card to an older Dell Optiplex which only had USB 2.0 ports. Worked well and did not require any driver installation under Windows 10. Also, the Apricorn Data Transfer Cable sold by Best Buy will recognize this card with its bootable CD and transfer data much faster to the destination drive on a disk clone. Currently using it with a 7-port USB 3.0 hub plugged into one of its jacks.
Posted by TweakerMI
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Works fine.
Purchased to add extra USB 3.0 ports to my PC for use with the Oculus Rift. Uses AsMedia host controller. Rift sensor works just fine with it, though it does keep recommending updating drivers even though it has the most current drivers available.
Posted by JLaFavers
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy setup and it works
I bought this because I have an older desktop system with Windows 10 that didn't have any USB 3 ports but I have an external hard drive that is USB 3 capable. It was easy to install and my computer detected it right away. No issues at all and the speed increase was worth the money paid for it.
Posted by mikens84
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Work Great for Rift
I use this for my headset instead of sensors, both sensors are plugged into USB 2.0 on my pc and work perfectly fine. Unfortunately my USB 3.0 is borked on my pc. No matter what I do for driver replacement and testing it fails. Issue was when I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 - RiP. Can't even plug a mouse or keyboard into the 2 USB 3.0 slots on my motherboard without it buggering out. Popped this into my PCI-e 4x slot and connected floppy power plug into it - which for me thankfully is included on my powersupply otherwise a converter would work, but not included with the card. Windows 10 auto installed and it works perfect with my Oculus Rift Headset. I believe some of the others stated it registered as a USB 2.0 in the Oculus software during setup with the sensors, but for my headset it registers as USB 3.0 in Windows device manager AND the Oculus software. Didn't test with sensors since everything is working good. Highly recommend if you need a USB 3.0. Far as I know its just a single controller configuring both USB ports given the low price, but no impact since I only use one USB at any given time. Solid product :) Unrelated to performance info: Also it comes with a backup mounting plate in case the other bends/warps/breaks and easy replace with screws. Not major, but thought it was a nice touch if needed. Also means it can be mounted without the plate for an internal USB card if you have an odd case/motherboard configuration where you have an internal pci-e 4x slot and need internet USB ports - rare niche situation but noting it here anyway.
Posted by Meridian