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| Thread ID: 68161 | 2006-04-19 23:02:00 | Which network cards are best? | technicianxp (6463) | Press F1 |
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| 447762 | 2006-04-19 23:02:00 | Just in general, which brand of network card chipsets is usually good and which ones are not? I've heard many times before that not all network cards are made equal but I've never really been able to find out which ones are better or worse than others. Also are 3Com PCI network cards any good (10/100 ones). I can't remember the exact model of the ones I'm using as they are at work but they are a few years old now and they have PXE boot ROMs built in (which is why I prefer them). |
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| 447763 | 2006-04-19 23:07:00 | Intel NIC's are good. | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 447764 | 2006-04-20 02:18:00 | Yes I have heard of some people saying Intel cards are good. I have a whole bunch of realtek cards available too (mostly 8139Ds but there is one 8139B I'm using too). Are those really much worse than others? Considering their price I'd suspect they are. | technicianxp (6463) | ||
| 447765 | 2006-04-20 03:11:00 | Some 3Com cards are excellent . A few (mostly very early) 3Com cards have been appalling . 3Com have made a lot of models . I liked some of the WD/SMC 10Base2 cards . The 8139 chip is farly common these days . . . many card manufacturers use it . If a card works, how much "better" do you want? A BMW and a Honda will both get you from A to B . So will a Rolls Royce . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 447766 | 2006-04-20 03:52:00 | As long as you're sticking to Windows, and 10/100 Mb/sec card, I don't think you have much to worry about. 3Com tends to be the most expensive, and is definitely well-supported. If money's not a concern, it usually what I'd buy, in particular for servers. Intel and Realtek would tie for a close second. Both chip sets are frequently embedded on motherboards, so in sheer numbers hard to beat. Then comes "everything else." |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 447767 | 2006-04-20 09:15:00 | I have a Genica ethernet card. Being useing it for over a year no problems. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 447768 | 2006-04-20 11:07:00 | Yes I've got a Nvidia MCP network adaptor built into my motherboard and it performs pretty good. However I have read that certain, typically cheaper NICs can have higher CPU utilization. Seems my one gives me an option of either higher throughput or lower CPU usage. Any ideas on how most major cards fare on this? For example would the 3Com cards I mentioned earlier (still now sure of the exact model, sorry but they are 10/100 ones) be any better in this case than a standard RTL8139 card? |
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