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ksool
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 Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: On-board vs. PCI |
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| I just "aquired" another computer to add to my arsenal, and it has two 10 Mbps network jacks, one in a pci slot, and one directly on the motherboard. Any advice on which would be faster? |
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jmbsvicetto
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Hi.
I don't expect it will make a measurable difference being a PCI card or an on-board connector. I would assume the nics chipset to make a bigger difference. Anyway, if you're concerned with speed, you have more to gain from getting an 100Mbps or 1Gbps card.
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Doogman
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps one driver might be better than the other with CPU overhead, if they use different network chipsets.
If this is a older computer, be aware of the PCI bus bandwidth limitations if you upgrade to the faster ethernet protocols. |
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ksool
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| Doogman wrote: | Perhaps one driver might be better than the other with CPU overhead, if they use different network chipsets.
If this is a older computer, be aware of the PCI bus bandwidth limitations if you upgrade to the faster ethernet protocols. |
This is what the kind of thing I was thinking of.
How old is old enough for this all to apply?
Its a dell optiplex gx2 (p2). |
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Headrush
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What is this computer going to be used for?
Most home users don't come close to saturating a 10Mbps ethernet connection anyways, so they probably wouldn't be a discernable difference between the two. |
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jmbsvicetto
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| Headrush wrote: | | Most home users don't come close to saturating a 10Mbps ethernet connection anyways, so they probably wouldn't be a discernable difference between the two. |
Headrush,
it does depend on what one does. If you do any file-sharing, 10Mbps will quickly upset you!  Also, with modern high-bandwidth Internet connections. 10Mbps can be a bottleneck.
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Headrush
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| jmbsvicetto wrote: | | Headrush wrote: | | Most home users don't come close to saturating a 10Mbps ethernet connection anyways, so they probably wouldn't be a discernable difference between the two. |
Headrush,
it does depend on what one does. If you do any file-sharing, 10Mbps will quickly upset you! Also, with modern high-bandwidth Internet connections. 10Mbps can be a bottleneck. |
Didn't I say that? Most users in my country don't come close to getting a 10Mbps connection into the home, so having your LAN at 10Mbps isn't the bottleneck.
(Of course there are exceptions, why does everyone always think statements are absolutes? )
Anyways the question was about the speed differences between 2 x 10Mbps cards, 1 on a PCI card and 1 onboard, not a 100Mbps against a 10Mbps. |
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jmbsvicetto
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| Headrush wrote: | Didn't I say that? Most users in my country don't come close to getting a 10Mbps connection into the home, so having your LAN at 10Mbps isn't the bottleneck.
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Anyways the question was about the speed differences between 2 x 10Mbps cards, 1 on a PCI card and 1 onboard, not a 100Mbps against a 10Mbps. |
True on both counts.
| Headrush wrote: | (Of course there are exceptions, why does everyone always think statements are absolutes? )
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I didn't. I was just agreeing with you that it depends on what the user does.
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