On Wednesday 05 December 2001 03:37 pm, Sevatio wrote: > 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
Realtek is real cheap, but surprisingly turns in the best performance. Intel EEPro based cards are sensitive to sharing interrupts, especially with some AGP cards, and Tulip drivers seem to cause a large share of the problems I have encountered or seen in multiple-card installations where firewalling or masquerading is being carried out. I have also had more defective NICs with the DEC chips than any other single brand. Civileme
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