What is faster: Built-in or dedicated Networkd card?

[AirForceElite]

If my mobo comes with built in network card,but i also happen to have Lynksys ethernet card, is there any point in using Lynksys card other than wasting 1 PCI slot?

 

[SuperNaruto]

Depending on the chipset used.. some onboard chip sucks, sucking your cpu cycles... which board ?

 

[n0cmonkey]

For most people there won't be a difference. What are you doing with them? What chipsets?

 

[rudder]

Killer NIC FTW!

 

[Aikouka]

On-board NICs are typically built into a PCI-E lane, so technically they have more throughput, but you most likely won't see a tangible benefit from that. You probably won't see too much benefit from a standard card vs on-board, as they both use chips that rely on the CPU for their network processing.

 

[biostud]

unless you have some heavy traffic going on, just use the onboard.

 

[Tarrant64]

I never notice any difference.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: rudder
Killer NIC FTW!

Ugh, that card is crap IMO, issues with it all over the place.

 

[AirForceElite]

alright, i will use onboard
the board is Gigabyte DS-3 btw