Personal computing discussed
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Contingency wrote:Crabs have been the cause of many a ruined evening. You are probably thinking, "well, a card is a card and I'm broke so what's the worst that can happen." Realtek is the gift that keeps on giving.
titan wrote:Okay, so the gf wants to know specifically what's either so great about the Intel or what's so terrible about the one I linked earlier. (Actually, I know what's so great about the Intel, but I need help justifying the extra expense.)
titan wrote:Okay, so the gf wants to know specifically what's either so great about the Intel or what's so terrible about the one I linked earlier. (Actually, I know what's so great about the Intel, but I need help justifying the extra expense.)
bdwilcox wrote:Intel cards since the 3C509
Flying Fox wrote:bdwilcox wrote:Intel cards since the 3C509
Isn't that a 3Com card?
titan wrote:Flying Fox wrote:bdwilcox wrote:Intel cards since the 3C509
Isn't that a 3Com card?
I think that's his point. The Intel cards have stepped up their quality to fill the gap 3Com left.
axeman wrote:I used a Marvell NIC to replace a flaky NVidia "active armor" NIC. I had to tape over the NVidia jack to prevent family members from using it. Back when motherboards didn't come with built-in NICs, I used Intel cards.I've had really good success with Marvell-based gigabit cards, I've replaced a few flakey realtek (PCI) nics with Marvell.... Mind you, anything but realtek is probably better.
titan wrote:Fantastic!
I finally have a gigabit connection to my gigabit switch! Now I need to get another one for the server. Maybe two.
titan wrote:... My only restriction is that it be compatible with Linux.