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Old 01-04-2014, 00:38   #6
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Re: Ethernet Cards
In the old days, there was a lot of difference, the older Realtek 10/100 were somewhat primitive, and an Intel Pro/100 was far superior.

Now, it looks like they all do similar kind of offload processing - my Realtek 8111 has an impressive list of offloads.

Of course, Killer is still around - under the auspices of Atheros these days - though just how much difference the embedded CPU of killer makes these days, when multiple core CPUs have taken over.

In fact, the basic criticism of the "Killer NIC" was that it showed the most difference on the weakest systems, where you would be least likely to pay the price of it!
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