Nic diffrences?

[Nevakonaza]

Hey guys,

Just wondering which is the best to use as i had a nic card lying around ?..Ive tested both in my system and i get very good results with both the intergrated nic and dedicated nic.

Reason i thought about using the dedicated card because i heard it takes some load off the Cpu...even if it is a little amount.

Intergrated (On mobo)
Realtek RTL8168D/8111D PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Dedicated Nic card (Pci)
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

I have a Killer K1 card,But unable to use it because using it i cant join BC2 servers no matter what settigns i try for the killer K1 and bigfoot networks support is non existant.

 

[PistolPete]

I personally think both those cards are going to perform about the same (setting aside the fact one is GigE and the other is FE)

I think that whole CPU offloading thing wont really make much of a difference over the internet as how many people have Gigabit ethernet? I think upto 50Mb on a GigE port is barely going to tax it. Not only that, but with todays multi core, multi GHz CPU loading the CPU is harding a significant amount.

As for the K1 not joining BC2 servers - not heard of that one. Sounds especially odd considering it was marketed as a gaming card.

 

[Sin_Chase]

The K1 cards etc are snake oil to be quite frank. If you are worried about the tiny CPU load of an embedded card then use the dedicated PCI jobby.

Giggabit will make zero odds except when transferring large files between GBit connected devices.

 

[Nevakonaza]

As for the K1 not joining BC2 servers - not heard of that one. Sounds especially odd considering it was marketed as a gaming card.

Yeah apparently im not the only one with this issue with people trying to play BC2 online with a Killer card,It just gives you this error.

Works fine without the Killer nic and i can join online fine.

The K1 cards etc are snake oil to be quite frank. If you are worried about the tiny CPU load of an embedded card then use the dedicated PCI jobby.

Giggabit will make zero odds except when transferring large files between GBit connected devices.

I think i will just stick with Onboard nic then.

 

[Nevakonaza]

Well just an update i got my Killer nic working properly now