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Title: Skuzzy P5wd Dh Onboard Lan?
Post by: DAVENRINO on November 05, 2006, 12:35:03 PM

Skuzzy,
Is the onboard LAN ok or do I need to use one of my precious PCI slots for my Intel Pro 100 NIC?

Mahalo,
Dave

Title: Skuzzy P5wd Dh Onboard Lan?
Post by: wrag on November 05, 2006, 12:54:09 PM

Pretty sure Skuzzy is going to tell you.........

Any time you use anything onboard the MotherBoard it uses precious CPU cycles to work!

Title: Re: Skuzzy P5wd Dh Onboard Lan?
Post by: x0847Marine on November 05, 2006, 03:20:36 PM

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Originally posted by DAVENRINO
Skuzzy,
Is the onboard LAN ok or do I need to use one of my precious PCI slots for my Intel Pro 100 NIC?

Mahalo,
Dave

It'll work just fine.

Avoid on board audio, or cheap audio, that lacks a DSP (Digitial Signal Processor)

Title: Skuzzy P5wd Dh Onboard Lan?
Post by: Skuzzy on November 06, 2006, 06:59:07 AM

On-board Ethernet is not bad.  It all depends on which Ethernet chip it is.  Some are better than others.  Intel's are actually pretty good (they bought that technology from DEC).  Realteks suck.  Broadcom's stuff is pretty good as well.

Title: Skuzzy P5wd Dh Onboard Lan?
Post by: DAVENRINO on November 07, 2006, 03:04:27 AM

Thanks for the replies - I will give the onboard a shot.  I think the video card cooling takes up one of my 3 PCI slots.

Mahalo,
Dave