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Intel PRO/1000 GT Gigabit Ethernet PCI Network Adapter Card NIC

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Subject: any better than on-board?

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eric_b
Rating: 188 | Rated by 25 Visitors

Jan 16, 2007 07:55 AM

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i have an a8n-e motherboard and i was wondering if this card would give any improvements over my on-board gigalan nic. i already have a good internet connection and sometimes under 10 of ping in bf2/2142. can it get better with this card and will it really take off some load of my cpu? do i absolutely need to have a router or an SMC EZswitch series or the NetGear GS series which can deal with jumbo frames to use this card properly?

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Forsa

Rating: 2436 | Rated by 155 Visitors

Jan 16, 2007 08:13 AM

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Ask dale how much of an improvement this is. It should remove some remove the overhead from the CPU but only a few %. I am not sure which gigabit lan you have on your machine but my marvel chipset works well on my dfi ultra-d. Still to get that extra 2-5% (might be more but not much) from your CPU would increase performance a bit. You might also see some more ping stability. But what do I know I just build the machine not the network.

Denis_A
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Jan 16, 2007 08:15 AM

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just an internet connection would never max out the bandwidth of the onboard LAN. But if networked to computers and you're doing file transfers, this card would be a better choice. As far as CPU utilization, i'm not too sure but I can't see it making a noticeable difference.

potatobreath
Rating: 249 | Rated by 17 Visitors

Jan 16, 2007 08:24 AM

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The onboard Marvell Yukon ethernet on the A8N-E already offers hardware checksum offload. For large file transfers on a network, the onboard ethernet should perform better since it is on a PCIe bus and not on a PCI bus, where it may compete with another card (e.g. Sound Blaster) for bandwidth.

Stick with onboard.

Forsa

Rating: 2436 | Rated by 155 Visitors

Jan 16, 2007 08:56 AM

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for bandwidth I agree PCIe is much better but PCI offers lower latency which decreases ping. I can see that ping is not an issue for you if you are getting 10 ping to a server so just stick with onboard.

DaleF ♥ NCIX

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Jan 16, 2007 11:37 AM

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Dedicated NIC > Onboard.
As for the onboard having hardware checksum offloading, that only works if you install the NV drivers, and we know how well those work.

Beowulf2b
Rating: 356 | Rated by 21 Visitors

Dec 02, 2007 12:15 AM

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After reading Dales review on the Killer NIC, he convinced me to look into this card. I have a ULI Network Controller. CPU is a AMD X2 6400 so I don't think offloading CPU will make a huge diff. Do you think this will improve latency in games? I know this $36 card was basically on par with the Killer nic.

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