USRobotics USR5610B 56 Kbps

Hardware-Based FaxModem. Works well with faxes containing extensive graphics.

This is a hardware-based faxmodem, meaning all of the fax and modem functions are performed by the hardware on the PCI card, as opposed to a softmodem or Winmodem, which relies on a PC's hardware and software to perform some or most of the faxmodem communication functions. This can often improve faxing because the PCI card is solely dedicated to sending the fax, and not dependent on PC processing power and system memory being dedicated to the task. This is usually not a problem with late-model PC systems, but I've noticed that this faxmodem seems to handle faxes containing extensive graphics better than soft/winmodems, which can often disconnect the fax call when trying to send pages with complex graphics. This is the latest model PCI Fax Modem offered by USR. It's 2004 technology, but it's still current as to modem/fax industry standards specifications.Read full review

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Works with Window$ 8.1

Worked in a Windows 8.1 machine when other modems do not. Windows picked it right up and loaded the drivers automatically. It's hard to still find PCI slot modems these days.