NIC card suggestions please!

[H2]

I transfer large .AVI files back and forth from my two Quad video editing machines, and the fastest transfer that I get is normally about 265Mbps using the built in Gigabyte NIC interface on the motherboards.

Does anyone know for sure if I put one of these PCI-E cards in each of my computers if my speed might increase like this guy below says his did.

When I transfer from Hard drive to Hard drive within the same computer my transfer speeds are triple, so the CPUs and hard drives are capable of high speeds.

I have a a SMC 8508T 10/100/1000 switch with cat6 cables connecting my network.

This is the card I'm thinking of trying. Any suggestions are super welcome.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106006

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Reviewed By: Greg on 8/18/2008 Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: I tried several PCI cards before settling on this PCIe card. This card is 2x faster (as measured using iperf). The PCI cards were pulling/pushing around 280Mbps tops, while this card gets very close to 1Gbps (I've been seeing around 850Mbps).

Even though it is a x1 card, it works just fine in the x16 PCIe slot on my MB - which is great because that's the only PCIe slot on the MB.

Works very well on my x64 Debian Etch server.

[UBERCOOL]

From my understanding of the buses you should see an increase. My guess is that your onboard NICs are on the PCI bus just like every other motherboard. The problem here is that the PCI bus only has so much bandwidth (133 MB/s) total and it is being shared by all your PCI devices. By switching to a PCI Express 1x slot, you are going to get a dedicated bandwidth of 500 MB/s (250 MB/s up 250 MB/s down) for that card. Since the maximum for gigabit ethernet is 125 MB/s that will give you more than enough bandwidth to run at max speeds.

P.S. This thread should probably be moved also.

[H2]

Thanks for the information Ubercool,

Based on what you have told me, I think I'll order two of these cards and give it a try. At least they aren't crazy expensive, and if it works, it will save tons of time.

I thought Networking was the right area for this thread, but if it's not, would Moderator please move this to a better area? Thanks for help.

[Mr.Guvernment]

alot of new mobo's have the giga lan on the pcie lanes i had thought..

[smokie mcpott]

i have several of those nics in my setups...i love em

i have one in this rig, my sons rig, my webserver, and my nas

[repo man11]

Pet peeve: please, it's a Network Interface Card, not a Network Interface Card Card. If us computer nerds can't get it right, what hope is there of anyone else doing so?

"She used her VIN number as her PIN number at the ATM machine machine."

[LandShark]

moved to the correct forum. :cool:

[gangaskan]

Pet peeve: please, it's a Network Interface Card, not a Network Interface Card Card. If us computer nerds can't get it right, what hope is there of anyone else doing so?


haha, i had a feeling this discussion would come up :)


thats the first thing i noticed! then again, my teacher had a pet peeve with this also.

[madhatter256]

Those cards are great for entry level file servers as they have low CPU overheard. I'm sure that when you transfer the large videos over the network and no one else is using the network you will see a noticeable increase in transfer speed.

[H2]

I just ordered two of those cards, so in about a week I'll let you know. I'm excited to think I might double my transfer speeds. I'm the only user on the network, so traffic isn't a problem, just transfering 50 to 150 gig files is common and slow.

[H2]

I installed the new Intel Pro Nic 10/100/1000 PCI-E cards and it did make a noticable difference.
Transferring large files used to go at a rate of 25% to 36% of the 1 Gbps bandwidth.

Now the same files transfer from 49% to 80%. This is a huge difference for me.

You need fast hard drives to see this much difference.

When I transfer with old say 250 gig Maxtor to 250 gig Maxtors the difference is much less.

It was worth the money of $40.00 per card for me.