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Old 02-05-2009, 22:28   #4
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Re: Would a NIC be better than onboard ethernet ?

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Originally Posted by Jon T View Post
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.
I am not a gamer so thanks for the information, I was probably aiming at XP machines.
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