question about gigabit lan

[xerocool]

hey guys, just a quickie. i'm currently looking into getting an abit is7 mobo, and i'm looking at basically either the is7 or is7-g. the only difference between the two that i can tell is the "g" model has gigabit lan. so i was wondering where/when would a person ever use a gigabit interface? cable and dsl only goes to like 3Mbps right now (for services under $50/mo), so if this is true, would i ever need to use a gigabit interface?

also, if any of you guys know this too- apparently people have said there are different versions of the is7, i've read some people refer to the northbridge cooler on the new ones is better. does anyone know how many versions of the is7 there are and what the difference is between them? (also if most places sell the new/old ones- whichever is better)

 

[ghaynes]

The advantage of having gigabit is for your LAN. You will be able to copy and move files from one to computer to another faster. Also it will help with any lan games that you play. The problem is that gigabit is still developing and is nowhere near reached its quoted specs of 1000Mps. It's more around 200-300Mps which is still faster than standard 100Mps.

If you get this mobo and you have more than 1 computer you will need to make sure all your other computers have gigabit nic's and that you buy a gigabit switch.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Look for other threads on gigabit here, my results were very pedestrian with mine. I'd say unless you have a fast server in your network, you'll be wasting your money on gigabit.

 

[JackMDS]

Link to: The Giga, Giga Thread.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

i wouldnt call it a waste, its gonna be there when it will be usefull, eventually.

JB

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

By the time we get it sorted out, gigabit NIC's will be standard on every motherboard, free!

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
By the time we get it sorted out, gigabit NIC's will be standard on every motherboard, free!

However, we will need the New version of Windows (Longhorn), since the Network related code in XP is not optimized for such ?Speed?.

 

[xerocool]

ok, so i got dsl to a router to two computers and both have gigabit lan, then i'll be getting alot more than 100Mbps transfer?

 

[JackMDS]

Ok it seems that the Giga thread is not clear to Entry Level Users.

From the Internet you will get NOTHING More.

Between the two computers if it is on a Regular Cable/DSL Router, you will get NOTHING More.

Buy a Giga Switch and connect it to the Router, then plug the computers (with the Giga NICs) into the Giga Router.

You probably will get a Whooping 20% improvement between WinXP LAN computers.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Kinda' makes me wonder why I bothered. :brokenheart:

 

[xerocool]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Ok it seems that the Giga thread is not clear to Entry Level Users.

From the Internet you will get NOTHING More.

Between the two computers if it is on a Regular Cable/DSL Router, you will get NOTHING More.

Buy a Giga Switch and connect it to the Router, then plug the computers (with the Giga NICs) into the Giga Router.

You probably will get a Whooping 20% improvement between WinXP LAN computers.

ELU's???? haha, someone's a programmer.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
Kinda' makes me wonder why I bothered. :brokenheart:

WinXP is an excellent end user OS but it was designed in the previous Century and not yet optemized for Giga.

Win2003 server does much better with Giga (as you notice).

Some people use Win2003 server for regular computing.

Link to: How to convert your Windows Server 2003... to a Workstation!

It is a costly ordeal, Win2003 is not cheap.

But hey any thing for more Bandwitdh.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Hmm... I have an MSDN subscription, I wonder if this would be worthwhile, I may have to try it.