Dual Gigabit NIC worth installing?

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I am torn between selling or using!

i have here an Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port PCIe X4 NIC, it was supplied with a server but was not needed, is it worth installing into my PC.

Would it improve any online gaming or Xfer speeds to my NAS <- I dont think it will, but hey ho.
 
What transfer speeds are you currently getting? and what is the NAS?
Also, if your onboard NIC is pants, then the card would be a step up.

I have a dual port PCI-X card and could never sell it! Your PCI-E one would fare better however.
 
its only going to be faster if you currently only have a 100mb card...

online gaming would be no faster weather you have a 100mb or gb card..

dont forget you also need a gb hub/router between oyu and the nas to benefit from the gb card.. (also a gb nas)
 
Assuming the switch/router is Gigabit, then its either PC or the NAS thats bottlenecking.

You can try sticking the NIC in and seeing if it makes a difference. My previous MB would go above 34mb/s, so I stuck in a PRO/1000 card myself. That got it up to the 90's.
My current X58A has an excellent NIC and I get a sustained 90-100mb/s. Which is about as good as anyone will get.

My server is a WHS with 5 drives, so it has the drive throughput, I would assume that NAS is the same, as it has its own onboard OS.
 
online gaming would be no faster weather you have a 100mb or gb card..
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Not entirely true as that card being a server level card almost certainly has TCP Offloading (TOE) which reduces CPU usage quite a lot when the cards are maxed out.

That basically means your network card handles all TCP/IP operations instead of your PC's CPU and it's a good example of the features a server level card has over your run of the mill desktop chipset.
 
Stonedofmoo said:
Not entirely true as that card being a server level card almost certainly has TCP Offloading (TOE) which reduces CPU usage quite a lot when the cards are maxed out.

That basically means your network card handles all TCP/IP operations instead of your PC's CPU and it's a good example of the features a server level card has over your run of the mill desktop chipset.
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its not going to make any difference unless you have vista on a P4D Celleron 1.8 or are actually running a server
 
I have a Decent GIGAbit Switch yes, my NAS has a decent Marvel NIC with an intel atom onboard.

I will install this card and see how it goes!, thanks to all of you.
 
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