Do onboard gigabit lan equal a pcix 64bit cards?

[pettybone]

like this card 3com 3C996B-T 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter 1x RJ-45 - Retail!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833105130

 

[Dew]

Depends on the board. A lot of newer chipsets use HT(I think, either way, they don't use the PCI bus) for component interconnect.

The nforce3/4 is an example of this.

See:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/04/20/new_and_improved/page4.html