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After running a series of benchmark tests, I am still bamboolzed (to say the least) about what color CAT-5 cable will give me maximum performance. After several hours of searching, i have narrowed down my final competitors to Red and Grey.

Red-..obviously a bit more flashy, perhaps this could attract women at LAN parties. After extensive review, i noticed a 02.43% descrease in latency times, yet a higher rate of packetloss. Now- <I>should</I> i go with the devil-may-care attitude that is this three feet of fiery red cable, risk it all in a high stakes game of low pings and high packetloss,or should i go with...

Grey-..the old regime, the old way. As i said before, my pings were substantially higher, but I'm playing it safe, going the beaten path. Although the James Dean factor of this particular cable is substantially lower, I will most likely get respect from the older, wiser techs, for i am using a tried and true formula for success....i am using grey!

There was a purple option, but i fear ridicule about my sexual orientation if i were to purchase such.

Any comments, benchmarks or advice would be appreciated.
 
I've always been partial to blue... Did you test blue cable?

If not, you really should.

BTW... remember that yellow is typically reserved for cross-over cables.

Ryan
 
Originally posted by: pg19
After running a series of benchmark tests, I am still bamboolzed (to say the least) about what color CAT-5 cable will give me maximum performance. After several hours of searching, i have narrowed down my final competitors to Red and Grey.

Red-..obviously a bit more flashy, perhaps this could attract women at LAN parties. After extensive review, i noticed a 02.43% descrease in latency times, yet a higher rate of packetloss. Now- <I>should</I> i go with the devil-may-care attitude that is this three feet of fiery red cable, risk it all in a high stakes game of low pings and high packetloss,or should i go with...

Grey-..the old regime, the old way. As i said before, my pings were substantially higher, but I'm playing it safe, going the beaten path. Although the James Dean factor of this particular cable is substantially lower, I will most likely get respect from the older, wiser techs, for i am using a tried and true formula for success....i am using grey!

There was a purple option, but i fear ridicule about my sexual orientation if i were to purchase such.

Any comments, benchmarks or advice would be appreciated.
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Are all the Cat5 cables you tested made by the same company pg19?
 
All the CAT5 I've ever bought came from a good deal with Belkin and they were all gray so i'm going to go with that. It looks good to me. My router came with a red crossover cable and that looks pretty good too.

 
nanni?!?!...color makes a difference?..shiet...i never knew that...aha..

i use white btw......stuff u get from a huge roll..buy like a 1000 feet....put it all over apt..make a few for LAN parties...etc etc..
 
Well in order to be an accurate test ou should at least make 3 of each color to test for the average 😉
 
jesus, some people are amazingly gullible
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i have some grey and some light grey. dull and boring for me 😎
 
One would think that theoretically speaking, a transparent cable (if available) would offer the least photonic resistance. However, such a configuration would likely be susceptible to gravometric radiation and would therefore necessitate the use of alternating polaron and anion emissions to contain and minimize untoward effects. Further engagement of Star Trek (TM) technobabble can be undertaken at one's own risk, as needed.
 
I've got a CAT9 cable with red racing stripes and titanium heatsinks to keep it cool. It gives me an extra 15fps in 3DMark!!!
 
well I went and did it. I painted all my cat5 wire blue. The benchmarks soared! Will it work the same for IDE/usb/firewired?
 
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
One would think that theoretically speaking, a transparent cable (if available) would offer the least photonic resistance. However, such a configuration would likely be susceptible to gravometric radiation and would therefore necessitate the use of alternating polaron and anion emissions to contain and minimize untoward effects. Further engagement of Star Trek (TM) technobabble can be undertaken at one's own risk, as needed.
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Ethernet cables use electrons. Nobody in his right mind would use FC for simple networking.

Now, you may want to change "transparent" to bismuth-shielded/vacuum-insulated and remove "photonic" altogether.
 
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