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« on: June 10, 2012, 10:13:12 AM »
hi all. i'm working on building a new PC, and was wondering what an interface card is, and do i need one?

i'm thinking it has something to do with sound interface? i'd like to save $30 if i can. thank you

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« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2012, 11:01:16 AM »
Quote from: Wildcat1 on June 10, 2012, 10:13:12 AM
hi all. i'm working on building a new PC, and was wondering what an interface card is, and do i need one?

i'm thinking it has something to do with sound interface? i'd like to save $30 if i can. thank you

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Sorry, but that term is a bit too generic. 

Hmmm... They're charging $30 for it?  Could be Network Interface Card (NIC)?

My motherboard has a NIC-on-a-chip built in, but I bought a $35 Intel EXPI9301CT just to offload as much work as possible from my main system CPU.  HTC says Aces High needs a smooth flow of packets over the i-net, more than great speed.
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« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2012, 11:31:44 AM »
Yeah that's similar to the stuff I was looking at, for AMD. Just wondering if it is essential to the computer working correctly
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2012, 12:10:03 PM »
Quote from: Wildcat1 on June 10, 2012, 11:31:44 AM
Yeah that's similar to the stuff I was looking at, for AMD. Just wondering if it is essential to the computer working correctly
where are you seeing a system that needs a network interface card?
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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2012, 12:16:12 PM »
No where, just saw it on the drop-down box at tigerdirect.com and wanted to see if I needed one. I don't think I do, with an ASUS sabertooth 990FX TUF motherboard and an AMD FX-4100 quad core AM3+
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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2012, 12:35:47 PM »
no, you don't need one with that mobo...
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« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2012, 12:38:25 PM »
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