Would this NIC be good to for high use?

[aUt0eXebat]

http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro100s_adapter.htm
I dont want a NIC that will use alot of my CPU, will this NIC eat alot of my CPU? I have a Netgear 311 right now

 

[fargus]

These are great nics. I doubt they'd have more impact on your CPU, probably the opposite if anything. I use these in most of my machines.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

ok, i have a server also, would this be a good enough NIC for the server? (win2k server)

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro100s_adapter.htm
I dont want a NIC that will use alot of my CPU, will this NIC eat alot of my CPU? I have a Netgear 311 right now >>



Intel makes quality network cards. Many companies use them in their servers for this reason.

 

[spidey07]

sorry mate..

until AMD comes up with a NIC, intel is still the top performer. remember the software (aka driver) is still a big difference.

I've seen some of the home-networking tests of NICs and frankly don't agree with the testing methodology (i mean c'mon...you move a single file with FTP and base the entire performance on that!!!???). I've used 3com et al (for 10+ years mind you) and nothing compares to intel NICs in servers in terms of performance, reliability and features.

anything that has netgear in the name is not meant for serious use, this is a fact. This entire division of Bay Networks was created specifically to meet home networking needs at the lowest cost possible.

I don't want to get into a &quot;well my netgear works great&quot; argument. Throw 1000 transactions per second at your netgear nic and tell me what the proc is at.

BUT! after looking at your model I have to disagree with intel logic here. encryption/deenryption in hardware is all good but what exactly are you asking from a network interface card in this particular application? When you start looking at a server NIC there is a lot more you are asking of it, check out the server line.

bottom line...the network is the computer, why scrimp on that crucial link? You wouldn't buy a winmodem would you? then why buy a 10 dollar nic for a 50K server? doesn't make sense does it?

 

[aUt0eXebat]

well i want a good NIC that dosnt use alot of my CPU, this is for a workstation right now, i do network stuff and use the NIC for cable/DSL. would the nic i provided a link with be good enough?

 

[a Bill]

That is an excellent NIC, you will have no problems with it.

 

[gogeeta13]

i HAVE an amd nic, lol.

 

[Russ]

The two big names (duh) are 3Com and Intel. When it came to a heavy use situation I always USED to go with 3Com. Not any more. Now, if it's the type of system that will be getting heavy action, it's Intel.

The reason is not that I think the 3Com is of lower quality (frankly, I don't know if it is or not). It's that I've found that with the current generation of motherboard chipsets, I run in to far fewer compatibility problems with Intel.

Russ, NCNE

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< i HAVE an amd nic, lol. >>



I thought they existed, I just didnt feel like grep'ing through my kernel config for the info

 

[macssuck]

I use Intel nic's in all of my new systems(those are the exact cards) including my servers since they have never given me any problems.

 

[gogeeta13]

my amd nics are actually linksys phoneline network cards with built in 10meg ethernet. they are using the amd chip for it all!

 

[Tallgeese]

Another vote for Intel. We use Intel for all our servers and desktops.

A while back, there was a known problem with multiple 3Com cards in certain server motherboard/chipset combos. Intel's great performance and their Unified drivers caused us to switch to Intel cards on the desktop too.

We use Xircom on our laptops mainly for their Realport form factor--no more broken dongles, hoo-RAY!--but since Intel just acquired them, I guess we're using Intel for our mobiles now too.