State of 10 Gbe on OSX

[Essence_of_War]

What is the state of 10 Gbe on OSX, either PCIe cards for older mac pros or thunderbolt to 10 Gbe adapters?

I did a quick survey of the usual suspects like OWC and the situation appears grim. Like, ridiculously expensive for no discernible reason. 10 Gbe NIC cards compatible with windows/linux are like fairly inexpensive, but it seems like all of the thunderbolt adapters are close to a factor of 10 more expensive.

 

[manly]

Honestly I don't know but it looks like the multiple is about 3x?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106044

https://www.small-tree.com/categories/10gb-ethernet-cards/

or

https://www.attotech.com/products/ethernet-adapters/10gbe-and-10gbase-t-nics

 

[Childs]

We use the atto nics for older mac pros and xserves. Have also used small tree. I think there is a thing where people use the Intel 10GbE nics and try to use the small tree drivers, but I dont remember if that ended up being viable. The intel nics are only like $250, so its worth looking into if you are looking for the cheapest solution.