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slick8   03-27-2007 at 06:46:13 PM

Im using a standard 10/100 linksys nic card, if I upgrade to a 10/100/1000 card would I notice any improvement playing online games

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CompTIA_Rep   03-27-2007 at 07:19:52 PM
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Does your router support gigabit? (100/1000).

If you have a bunch of computers on your network then you may notice an increase in performance, however, you would not realistically see any difference while playing online.


Your connection to a game server should only be a few kb anyway, possibly 100 up/down.

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fredgiblet   03-27-2007 at 07:30:26 PM
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Im using a standard 10/100 linksys nic card, if I upgrade to a 10/100/1000 card would I notice any improvement playing online games



Short answer: No.
Long answer: No because no game takes even a Mb, the only thing you could expect is a fraction of a millisecond lower ping and that wouldn't even be guaranteed. So unless you have a huge amount if traffic going in and out of your computer while you are gaming it isn't worth the money.

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Zorg   03-27-2007 at 07:50:39 PM
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Your bandwidth to the internet with cable is about max 6Mb/sec. So that is your top speed. The only reason for a gigabit NIC is to move large files on a gigabit LAN. Other than that it's a bunch of hype.

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CompTIA_Rep   03-27-2007 at 08:00:00 PM
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Not so. I want to get a 10tb network to transfer movies from one machine to the other in less time then it takes to wink at the RIAA.

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Zorg   03-28-2007 at 06:04:20 AM
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Not so. I want to get a 10tb network to transfer movies from one machine to the other in less time then it takes to wink at the RIAA.



It's coming, but I don't think it will speed up your online gaming.

This Link is better:
10 Terabit Ethernet: from 10 Gigabit Ethernet, to 100 Gigabit Ethernet, to 1 Terabit Ethernet
http://www.directionsmag.com/artic [...] =372&trv=1

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shamoo   03-28-2007 at 06:58:34 AM
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Your bandwidth to the internet with cable is about max 6Mb/sec. So that is your top speed. The only reason for a gigabit NIC is to move large files on a gigabit LAN. Other than that it's a bunch of hype.



Just to do some justice and save a tech support call to the isp
Zorg is right about only being around 6Mb/sec but thats down stream bandwidth upstream you should expect to see 300 to 600 Kb/sec

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Zorg   03-28-2007 at 07:37:21 AM
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Your bandwidth to the internet with cable is about max 6Mb/sec. So that is your top speed. The only reason for a gigabit NIC is to move large files on a gigabit LAN. Other than that it's a bunch of hype.



Just to do some justice and save a tech support call to the isp
Zorg is right about only being around 6Mb/sec but thats down stream bandwidth upstream you should expect to see 300 to 600 Kb/sec

True, makes the whole gigabit ethernet even more useless. Everyone wants the hot setup, of course gigabit NICs are pretty ubiquitous these days.

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