Thread: Ethernet Cards
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Old 01-04-2014, 03:22   #7
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Re: Ethernet Cards

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Originally Posted by Matth View Post
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.
Yep, back in the old days there were differences but nowadays all are much the same. Pretty much any chip from any vendor will have no trouble hitting wire speeds.
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