Thread: Would a NIC be better than onboard ethernet ?
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Old 02-05-2009, 22:26   #3
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Re: Would a NIC be better than onboard ethernet ?
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Originally Posted by Moldova View Post
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.
Most motherboards that are no more than two years old have onboard gigabit ethernet. Also a gigabit ethernet card will only work at the speed of whatever it's connected to is capable of. It'll not give you any "edge" at all. The NIC will negotiate down to a lower speed if it needs to and totally forget that it's capable faster speeds.

You'll be fine sticking with your onboard NIC, your m'board will have all the dedicated NIC circuitry it needs.
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