I received an IC7 from someone, but I really wanted an IC7-G. When the person found out, they got my a Gbit ethernet card and a IDE to SATA adapter since I said those were 2 difference I really wanted. Can someone tell me, besides the 2 things I mentioned, are the 2 boards exactly alike? Im talking even the smallest difference.
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IC7 vs. IC7-G - besides Gbit ethernet & IDE to SATA adapter
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The primary difference that I would find objectionable is the method of connecting the gigabit card. The onboard solution on the IC7-G is connected directly to the southbridge and does not share PCI bus bandwidth limitations. The PCI card will be limited to a shared 133MB/s with the other PCI cards on the board. I have an IC7 and they're not bad boards, but if you paid for an IC7-G then that's what you should be recieving.
On another note, please post similar threads to the Intel motherboards section, as it should be located there. Thanks.
On another note, please post similar threads to the Intel motherboards section, as it should be located there. Thanks.
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I didnt pay for anything, I said someone gave it to me. As far as the pci bandwidth, I dont really care about that. Im not gonna be using the Gbit part of the lan anyway. Im not sure if your saying that by using a PCI slot the card itself could transfer no faster than 133 Mbps, but thats not the case. I inquired about the same thing myself. I mean think about it, why would someone pay $50 for a Gbit ethernet card that only does 133 Mbps?
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That's the normal confusion. The Gbit card is in bits not bytes, a factor of 8 difference. The PCI bus transfer rate maximum is in bytes and applies only to 32bit/33MHz PCI slots. Most of the boards that I use range between 64bit/66Mhz(532MB/s maximum) and 64bit/133Mhz PCI-X(1064MB/s maximum) and have multiple peer PCI buses, which is why I tend to jealously protect PCI bandwidth on non workstation and server boards. Most Gbit NICs are also not intended solely for 32/33 PCI use and are usually either higher speed or width compatible. If you add a disk controller or other high bandwidth device, you may very well care about bandwidth issues on the single PCI bus.
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