will game performance be affected ?

[kipliq]

I use the onboad nic and sound, will my performance improve while gaming if i install a soundcard and a nic and shut off the onboard items? If so by much of a improvement? I run a asus m3a78-em board PII x3 BE with 4 gb HD 4870 1gb.

 

[aka1nas]

Not noticeably with a modern CPU.

 

[AstroGuardian]

Exactly! However depending on the quality of the expansion cards, you could lose performance. Onboard sound and nics are quite good now days

 

[Rifter]

just buy one of those killer NIC's everyone knows they add at least 10FPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! J/K

 

[kipliq]

never heard of a killer NIC.... Just wanted to know if the onboard sound and nic would take away from my cpu and if it would be better if i use pci card for that and shutdown the onboard items.

 

[TC91]

Not really a big deal, nothing to worry about.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: kipliq
never heard of a killer NIC.... Just wanted to know if the onboard sound and nic would take away from my cpu and if it would be better if i use pci card for that and shutdown the onboard items.

Killer NIC is marketed as a high-end NIC for online gamers. It can supposedly make your online gaming experience better. Costs around $200.

 

[kipliq]

$200 for 10 more fps forget that.... $200 could get me cross fire with another 4870 lol. If it was 70 for 20 fps many be, but a big maybe still.