USB or Ethernet??

agustintorre · Post by **agustintorre** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:41 pm

Ive herd Ethernet is the best, but also that usb is good to??
Can some one tell me any differences, side effects it could coz on both sides??
thanks!

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:42 pm

USB if you ABSOLUTELY CANNOT use ethernet

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:42 pm

if your lookin to hook your modem up.. Ethernet!!!!!!

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:47 pm

USB because I want to mislead you.

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:30 pm

Burke wrote:USB if you ABSOLUTELY CANNOT use ethernet

what he said ^

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:30 pm

agustintorre wrote:Ive herd Ethernet is the best, but also that usb is good to??
Can some one tell me any differences, side effects it could coz on both sides??
thanks!

Best for what?

If you're talking network performance..honestly, quite similar. Yes a good quality PCI or AGP based NIC will have lower CPU utilization and higher throughput across the LAN. But for online use..internet access, you won't notice a difference. I've sat there and watch a USB based NIC go toe to toe with a 3COM 905 PCI NIC (one of the best) on a 6 meg DSL line..both of them banging downloads at near all 6 megs. On the same PC..this was a direct comparison.

For hardcore online gamers..you want good hardware controller based peripherals, so yes a good PCI or AGP based NIC is preferred..frees up CPU for the game. But for the average user..no difference.

agustintorre · Post by **agustintorre** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:28 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Best for what?

If you're talking network performance..honestly, quite similar. Yes a good quality PCI or AGP based NIC will have lower CPU utilization and higher throughput across the LAN. But for online use..internet access, you won't notice a difference. I've sat there and watch a USB based NIC go toe to toe with a 3COM 905 PCI NIC (one of the best) on a 6 meg DSL line..both of them banging downloads at near all 6 megs. On the same PC..this was a direct comparison.

For hardcore online gamers..you want good hardware controller based peripherals, so yes a good PCI or AGP based NIC is preferred..frees up CPU for the game. But for the average user..no difference.

Ok thanks, I was talking about gaming,etc thanks for the info

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:37 pm

agustintorre wrote:Ok thanks, I was talking about gaming,etc thanks for the info

Yeah..that case..I'd go with a good hardware controller based PCI or the onboard NIC. USB is a bit more CPU intensive.

agustintorre · Post by **agustintorre** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:42 pm

Hey YeOldeStonecat can you tell me if this is a good nic??
NVIDIA nForce MCP networking controller
Also I have this other one but I have it disabled becouse I dont know what its for?? 1394 Net Adapter
Thanks!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:47 pm

agustintorre wrote:Hey YeOldeStonecat can you tell me if this is a good nic??
NVIDIA nForce MCP networking controller
Also I have this other one but I have it disabled becouse I dont know what its for?? 1394 Net Adapter
Thanks!

i'm pretty sure that 1394 one is a firewire adapter

caveman · Post by **caveman** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:47 pm

The 1394 one is indeed a Firewire connection

The NVIDIA nForce MCP networking controller is, or rather sounds like it`s an onboard NIC, Dunno where this stands with what has already been said regarding using a PCI NIC.

agustintorre · Post by **agustintorre** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:41 pm

Thanks