Are there any issues with Intel NICs not working in motherboards with AMD cpus?
Sevatio >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 12/5/01, 4:34:00 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Intel or Realtek?: > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:24:43 -0500, "Eric Caron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I need to replace one of my network cards and I was wondering which model > > would be better between one that has the very popular Realtek 8139 or one > > that has the Intel 21143 (is that the one called 'Tulip'?). Both are by > > Intellinet and they are in the cheap and affordable category of product > > (because I'm on a tight budget right now). > > > > Any advice would be appreciated on which would work best under Mandrake > > and/or Red Hat. > > > > Thank you! > Both chipsets should work well. The Realtek is cheap and abundant, but can drive > your CPU usage through the roof if the network load is not low. Intel chipsets > traditionally handle high network loads far better. > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > I strongly believe that trying to be > clever is detrimental to your health. > -- Linus Torvalds
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