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01-16-2008, 08:53 AM
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| Lucky Amateur  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia
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| Recommendations for a PCIx 1X NIC????? Am about to totally redo my home network to gigabit..... And----low and behold----one of my computers has only a 10/100 NIC....(I thought they all had Gigabit.....) And unfortunately this machine has the Nvidia TV Card I want to tap the potential of with Media Center built in to Vista..... And it's in a small Qpack case on a Biostar Mobo (Tforce 6100-939) where the ONLY slot open is a PCIx 1x..... But from what I read----PCIx network adapters are faster than PCI anyway----so I may be fine..... Anybody have experience with these new PCIx Nics??? I'm used to old PCI cards..... I've looked at three---which do you think is best----or can recommend?? Bytecc D-Link Intel I really want to thank everyone for helping me and giving me advice for this project The Regiment is Proud of you..... John
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01-16-2008, 09:01 AM
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| Remembering TQ   Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden
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| Re: Recommendations for a PCIx 1X NIC????? If you're willing to spend the extra $20 I'd probably go for the Intel. Though I'm fairly sure that unless you're going to haul massive amounts of data the cheapo one is probably fine too. Though I think Intel's drivers will be best among the three.
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01-16-2008, 09:54 AM
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| Grab Life By The Balls   Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan
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| Re: Recommendations for a PCIx 1X NIC????? Ive been using D-Link network cards for years and never had a problem with them. |
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01-16-2008, 09:54 AM
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| Re: Recommendations for a PCIx 1X NIC????? Intel PCIe without a doubt. They are worth every penny, and actually are not that expensive considering. With Vista or Linux they support all the latest TCP/IP enhancements, such as RSS (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...NDIS_RSS.mspx). Driver support is exemplar. An Intel PRO/1000 PT desktop adapter will go far. |
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01-16-2008, 10:15 AM
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| Lucky Amateur Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia
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| Re: Recommendations for a PCIx 1X NIC????? Since this is the one PC where I might be actually trying to stream video from----and may get heavy use out of----Think I'll go with the Intel. Thanks to all for helping!!!! John
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01-16-2008, 11:54 AM
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| Re: Recommendations for a PCIx 1X NIC????? My top three choices for network card are Intel, Intel and Intel. Failing that 3Com is decent. |
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