Thread: Would a NIC be better than onboard ethernet ?
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Old 02-05-2009, 22:37   #2
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Re: Would a NIC be better than onboard ethernet ?
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Originally Posted by AmAtoL View Post
As the title says really, is there any benefit at all to having a card rather than using the onboard ethernet ?
I am only interested in gaming performance, all the other stuff I can live with, would it process better or wouldn't I notice any difference ?
At the momoent the onboard is Marvell on an ASUS motherboard.
It seems the NICs have more componenets on the board, compared to what you find on the mobo, just a rule of thumb comparison to try and see why there might be a difference in performance

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Most onboard ethernet are only 10/100 where you can purchase a a Gigabit card from any good PC vendor for a reasonable price and may give you a slight edge when gaming.
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