Looking for best wireless Network Adapter for my PowerMac G5

Dual 2.3 GHz PowerMac G5 (PowerMac11,2)
5.5GBs DDR2 SDRAM
Leopard 10.5
Before the local Mac Store upgraded me from Tiger To Leopard I was using a Hawking Technology HWUG1A Wireless Adapter. It was clunky and the software crashed me now and then. Now that I'm on 10.5 the Hawking Tech. software  crashed me every time it tried to connect to the router. I uninstalled it using AppCleaner, then reinstalled the Hawking 'Leopard version' of the software/firmware, still crashing me.
There support says "it should work" which I could still pursue getting it to work correctly, but I want to move on since I've never been happy with the product and don't want to risk wasting to much time incase it is simply not going to work.
It seems I have some PCI(e) slots (whatever is in the PowerMac) available on this mac, can it take a wireless network card? That would be much better than a USB doogle. Anyway, I'm looking for a reliable solution for connecting my PowerMac G5 to my router without using cables. Can you please recommend a product if you know of one?
Thanks for your time!
-Monty

Hi Monty,
These USB Wifi adapters work great...
http://eshop.macsales.com/search/usb+wifi
I don't see any PCIe Wifi cards, just PCI.

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