> Someone said that the realtek 8029 and 8139 ethernet cards are the worst > cards ever made. My boss is planning to make a great buy of this cards for a > communication project ( the reasons is obius, the cost of this cards ) I'm > trying to persuade him to by 3com ethernet cards, but I need technical > information to demostrate him that it's not a good inversion to buy those > kind of cards. > > Can someone give a good explanation of that or at least where can I find > information about it?
What, exactly, will you be doing on these systems? On high end servers, where every last ounce of cpu is needed I've made use of various Intel network cards. However, on workstations, web servers (except at the very high end), and a few other things, losing a percent or two of CPU power isn't an issue. With the majority of web servers out there, every CPU made in the last 3 or 4 years can drive a realtek at full speed without an issue. Almost always your internet connection is the only limiting factor. With slower systems (<400MHZ) you'd likely see a benefit from running the 3com. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.. I've never regretted using them. (I've got a webserver with a 10Mbit link to the net -- The performance hit hasn't ever been noticable on that--As for workstations, 1 or 2% CPU is NOT an issue.. They might average 2-4k/sec over the course of a workday.. ). To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
