Quality of LAN on Asus P5K vs. P5K-E

[marsh1]

I’m considering buying an Asus mobo and have a questions about LAN:

The plain ASUS P5K has

”PCIe Gb LAN controller featuring AI NET2”

whereas the P5K-E version has

”Gigabit LAN controllers, featuring AI NET2 Marvell88E8056® PCI-E Gigabit LAN controllers."

I was just wondering how big a difference this makes in everyday use. Is the LAN on the P5K-E faster, more reliable, etc.? (E.g. will I get my ^ss kicked in online gaming with the vanilla P5K?)

 

[zenmaster]

You would not possibly be able to notice a difference between any on-board NIC or any $300 Gaming NIC you could buy.

Even if your PC was a server handling 100s or 1000s of different sessions, it would be tough to tell. For a stand-along box, it is definitely not something to worry about.

 

[marsh1]

Thanks guys.

Supremelaw, what difference have you detected? (In favour of what NIC, what exactly was the difference?)

 

[marsh1]

Thanks, Paul.