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hellrazor   04-01-2004 at 01:35:38 AM

I'm using onboard lan right now. If I use a nic card, would it help my processor out at all? You know, kinda like a graphics card would instead of onboard video?

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jihiggs   04-01-2004 at 03:20:56 AM
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.5% increase maybe.

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pIII_Man   04-03-2004 at 12:44:02 AM
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how? Most onboard solutions are connected via the pci bus anyhow.

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jihiggs   04-03-2004 at 01:10:20 AM
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most onboard nics use system resources. a non onboard nic uses less if not none.

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hellrazor   04-03-2004 at 07:59:33 AM
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So I guess it would be better just to put the nic card in. Not like its gonna hurt anything anyways.

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jihiggs   04-03-2004 at 08:20:28 AM
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no reason to at all. its such a minor component

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pIII_Man   04-04-2004 at 02:03:00 AM
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i dont think there will be any performance diffrence...but even if there is it will be incredibly small, i would use an onboard solution if you have it.


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