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| 737145 | 2009-01-10 23:09:00 | Would there be any advantage in upgrading my home server from fast ethernet (integrated in the motherboard) to gigabit via a pci card or would the pci slot make it slower? :thanks |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 737146 | 2009-01-10 23:13:00 | Unless everything else is gigabit, it wont make a diff. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 737147 | 2009-01-10 23:27:00 | All other computers are gigabit capable, so if there would be an advantage I'd go and buy a gigabit card and switch. | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 737148 | 2009-01-10 23:41:00 | Oh well, in that case, it should be at gigabit speed. If all and the switch are gigabit. So, should be faster, for transferring files | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 737149 | 2009-01-10 23:48:00 | So you're saying that the pci bus wouldn't make to much of a difference? | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 737150 | 2009-01-10 23:53:00 | So you're saying that the pci bus wouldn't make to much of a difference? Well it'll make a diff in speed. Since the onboard NIC isnt GB is it. The card is. It shouldnt be slower. If it says its a GB card, it should give you GB speeds |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 737151 | 2009-01-11 00:59:00 | The pci bus is indeed slower, try pci-e...x1 or x4 | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 737152 | 2009-01-11 01:14:00 | Thanks Sol that's what I expected sadly the board only has pci-e x16 and pci slots. | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 737153 | 2009-01-11 01:27:00 | Maximum speed is 1000Mbit, converted equals a maximum theoretical throughput of 125MB per second. the PCI Bus can transfer 133MB/s so this is within the limits. Of course, other factors will probably take your networks maximum speed lower than this, to about 80% of maximum or less You can put a slower speed card (PCI-E 1x) into a PCI-E 16x slot |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 737154 | 2009-01-11 01:35:00 | Maximum speed is 1000Mbit, converted equals a maximum theoretical throughput of 125MB per second. the PCI Bus can transfer 133MB/s so this is within the limits. Of course, other factors will probably take your networks maximum speed lower than this, to about 80% of maximum or less You can put a slower speed card (PCI-E 1x) into a PCI-E 16x slot How are you calculating 1/4 speed?, you are correct in that hard` disc will also use the pci bus bandwidth but i dont follow your 25% step down?? |
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