I have an on board Enet and 2 network adapter cards, each 1 running a 20mb cable modem (x3 total) using wingate to link them up. I havnt noticed any speed differences between onboard and an adapter, they just take more room...
I have an on board Enet and 2 network adapter cards, each 1 running a 20mb cable modem (x3 total) using wingate to link them up. I havnt noticed any speed differences between onboard and an adapter, they just take more room...
I thought the speed might be near or exactly the same (download). The only thing I thought might be better with the card is that it takes some strain off the motherboard resources?
I think it would only strain the system if it was a 1.6ghz celeron or such and even then i dont think it'd be a lot, maybe im wrong but on a dual core id suspect theres no difference, unless you spend about £70 for them 'low latency gaming lan cards' which i think are a complete waste of money.
I replaced my OnBoard NIC with an Intel PRO/1000 PCI-E card and its much faster at gigabit speeds. I also replaced the one in my WHS server system with the same card too. When they connect I get around 60-65mb/s between them instead of the 12-18mb/s i was getting. Which card it was I don't know, I just know I will be keeping the network cards when I eventually upgrade from my E6600 system.
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