[003]

My motherboard has two Marvell 88E8056 NICs built in on the PCI-e bus. I just found an Intel Pro/1000 GT PCI NIC laying around, and I'm wondering if it would be better than the onboard that I have now. Any insight?

 

[Lord Xeb]

What are your onboard rated at?

 

[003]

10/100/1000, same as the Intel NIC.

 

[sailerboy]

No difference, unless you want to team your internet connection with another device.

 

[Lige]

There are some major differences, mainly in the more advanced settings though. Such as Driver Level tweaking. Otherwise, not really any that you would see on a normal basis.

 

[DuckieHo]

The PRO/1000 GT does offer some offloading capabilities.... it will be better.