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2 | 13.33% |
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3 | 20.00% |
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04-20-2004, 07:46 PM
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Sibak
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PCI or Onboard Ethernet?
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I'm using this Generic ethernet card I got off eBay. I Just got a new Mobo that has onboard 3Com ethernet. What would be better to use - an add-on card or onboard ethernet connection? Is one FASTER than the other? TIA,
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04-20-2004, 09:18 PM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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Probably won't make any difference. Hey, but you could always switch em out for a test.
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04-20-2004, 09:37 PM
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I would guesse the one already integrated in the motherboard would be faster.
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04-20-2004, 10:10 PM
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Having used both, I can't see any difference.
If both are 10/100, I would think it would take a benchmark program to see if one was faster then anoter. Carl |
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04-20-2004, 10:18 PM
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Integrated usually has good drivers... at least compared to a generic brand.
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04-20-2004, 11:07 PM
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3COM > *
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04-20-2004, 11:21 PM
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I've used both and I can't tell the difference.
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04-20-2004, 11:45 PM
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On-board, performs flawlessly, takes very little resources from the CPU and leaves me a PCI slot free.
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04-21-2004, 12:17 AM
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I saw a difference, especialy in my freinds cable. To me i didnt see a difference realy with my low speed high speed DSL. (it chilled around 70kps) whilst my friend, who happens to use a company thats my foe, couldnt crack 80kps with his onboard, and so i gave him a 3com network card, which imediatly shot his internet beast up to around 300kps. From what I have learned, the CARD has its own little processor, giving it more to like gaming and so forth, while the onboard runs on your processor, making it slow-ness. But thats what I heard, and since Ive never went back to onbaord.
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04-21-2004, 01:45 AM
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Neither of them (onboard vs pci) has better performance.
But 3Com is a very good brand, so use that instead of the generic one. RJ
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04-21-2004, 07:45 AM
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I use onboard, it's no worries for me either way
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04-21-2004, 10:55 AM
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As long as you use 10/100 3COM or Intel NICs, you wouldn't notice a difference.
As Nuke mentioned, a free PCI slot is always a good thing 
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04-21-2004, 06:56 PM
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Depends on the onboard chipset and the card chipset. 3Com and Intel are the top 2 out there for either type.
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