GHouse Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 (edited) I've been using a wireless card for a while and it lags quite often and sometimes makes games unplayable. Sometimes my internet doesn't work well enough just to browse the internet, so that brings me to want to buy a network card, the reason I had to change to a wireless was because my motherboards Ethernet port just died and won't work to any extent. So that brings me to my next question what Ethernet card would be right for me? My specs: Windows media center 2003 Amd 4600+ 3gigs 557mhz 520watt power supply Evga 8800GS and my 2 open slots 1x PCI-E 1 1x PCI Thanks for the help Edited July 18, 2008 by GHouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I would think a PCI card would be sufficient, and a PCI-E card would probably cost significantly more with a minimal increase in performance. Unless you have a super fast line (25Mbps+), I doubt you'd notice. I'm not familiar with network cards myself, but I'm assuming they all work quite similarly and they're all relatively cheap. After quick browse at Newegg.com just now, I don't think I'd spend more than $50 for one. Probably $25 or so would get a good enough card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHouse Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Yeah I was looking at newegg and I just wasn't sure on what was considered good because a lot of the higher rated cards were intel cards which is kind of weird so I just wasn't sure if was safe to to pick up an intel card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoZero Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Get a really cheap card, if it's a Sweex branded one then it has a decent reliable Realtek chipset (reliable for that price that is), they are only about 5 euros around here. Only get the expensive Intel ones if you want to take load off your CPU at high speeds so you can have more than 80mbit throughput without slowing down the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHouse Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Linksys is found ALL OVER locally, which basically aids anyone going on Hotspots. NetGear ain't bad either. Linksys with a good antenna will work great however, I've yet to upgrade to the fastest speed ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHouse Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 Yeah thanks slamman but I already use a Linksys because my brother said its probably the best solution for a router but we use a WRT54GS it works wonders and worked a lot better than our WRT54G but since I moved to WIFI from ground performance fell like a ship from heaven so that's why I wanted to switch back to ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Linksys uses Ethernet, if that's what you mean, I played with USB Wifi as well as PC Card, which I use, and now MiniPCI on my new Dell D series laptop, it's built in, basically! I downloaded the driver and it's loaded with features for Networking! Anyway, if Wifi is not working, the PCI ethernet cards are some of the cheapest cards you can find because it's typically integrated on the mobos these days, and has been back in 1998 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHouse Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 Well the reason I made this thread was to see what people would say about companies that make Ethernet cards, like if I should head towards intel or stay away(used Intel as a demonstration) well since I really didn't get a true answer on that I just went ahead and bought a TRENDnet card people on Newegg have reviewed it as a generally positive card so I said what the heck and bought it I just hope it wasn't a mistake... Link to card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16833156139 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 TrendNet is CHEAP but it is not performing on par with Linksys, so I advise against them... although I bought a USB model, I don't really use it. I think 3Com is widely used as a chip maker on PCI cards, as well as the other varieties. Broadcom is a company in the news out in California because their CEO had a high living lifestyle of drugs and whores, the works, he was living recklessly, but his company's branding is on my Dell Wifi LAN miniPCI card! So I am using their tech now as well. I can't think of all the brands I've come across but I did use my Dell C on Ethernet at my sisters and it was fast enough for me.... I'd say that was likely a 3Com Ethernet card in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHouse Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) Well that kinda sucks that I'm getting the info now, but I did buy a warranty for ten bucks for a year, so that wasn't too bad, but thanks for telling me anyways, also I wasn't sure if I should go Roswell because I read that some people had their power supplies burn out but the company was just saying it was a bad PCI slot so I chose what I thought was safer... :\ Edited July 19, 2008 by GHouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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