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Dedicated Ethernet cards

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Joseph F

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Why do some people still recommend these over integrated Ethernet adapters?
I've never had an issue with all the integrated adapters I've used, unless they were completely broken, which is a rare occurrence for me.
 
Intel dedicated NICs are usually better than the integrated stuff which is usually Broadcom or Realtek. Better speeds, higher reliability.
 
For gaming the diffierence will never be night and day. You will get slightly better throughput and latency but it's not a game changer. I usually only use add-on NICs when the PC is real old and the onboard has failed or if the onboard is 100 and I need gig. That's about it.
 
What 450 said and also what OFaceSIG said. Not really beneficial on a gaming rig, but something like a high volume file server on a Gigabit network will benefit from a better NIC.
 
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