Onboard RAID vs PCI card RAID

[sweatofthebud]

Does anyone have any info/specs regarding the performance/bandwidth available to a RAID controller chip from an onboard or PCI card arrangement to the North Bridge?

 

[Nothinman]

Since onboard chips are also attached to the PCI bus the difference, if any, would be minimal.

 

[hinderson]

only time there is a real differance is if your pci card suports raid 3 or 5
if it does contact me and ill explaine further
if not no worries just use the built in raid

 

[Shalmanese]

Cost mainly for your home brew garden variety, there are some "professional" RAID controllers but you would want to go SCSI if you went pro.

 

[ndee]

not highly technical

 

[TheWart]

not really a technical opinion but my PCI Promise Card works great!