Johan Kullstam put forth on 2/23/2010 7:26 AM: > After having trouble with the Realtek motherboard built-in ethernet, I > just sprung for a PCI Intel ethernet. They are only like $30.
Goto Newegg and look at all the cards. You can get a PCI GigE Realtek card for $7. Seven f--king USD. That's 1/4 the price of the cheapest Intel PCI GigE card. Look at ICs in volume, and the pricing on the RTL 816x chips is less than $1, the Intel chips a few dollars. Considering how important network connectivity is today, why would someone spend $7 for an el crapo ethernet device when they can spend $30 and know they'll probably never have a problem with it? > I hate Realtek ethernet, but it is very hard to find a motherboard with > anything else on it. Thanks for the information. They're integrated on so darn many motherboards because they're so $deity damn cheap. This is exactly the reason you see so few mobos with Intel ethernet on board-- it's not cheap. Most boards with Intel ethernet onboard are server and workstation boards, and some high end enthusiast desktop mobos. The old adage is still true: "You get what you pay for." -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b83f923.7080...@hardwarefreak.com
