Chipset Vs dedicated adapter Gigabit LAN?

[Novexx]

I am upgrading at the moment, and the motherboards which I am using (Supermicro PDSLA) have the Intel 945 chipset. The boards offer integrated Gigabit LAN (Intel 82573V).

It generally seems to be the case that most m/board integrated feature offer poorer performance or less features than those found on the equivalent dedicated solutions.

Is this the case with network adapters?



Thanks.

 

[Grenage]

It can be but the Intel onboard ethernet adapters are generally very good. I use the adapter built into mine!


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[tuco7]

Novexx

I use both the integrated and the plugin I have found NO difference in performance.