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Answer» What would the differences be between a network interfacee CARD such as Compaq/Intel NC3121 from 1996 and any random network interface card from 2005? What technologies have been added? I have a NC3121 which is not in use, and I am thinking of using it in my game system. However, I am worried that I will be using a far too OUTDATED card compared to the Network card onboard. Which is most likely post-2001. Why......whats is your point.....No new technologies really. Your older one is probably a 10/100, and the newer one might be a 10/100/1000, but when are you ever going to get internet that fast? Quote Why......whats is your point..... Quote However, I am worried that I will be using a far too outdated card compared to the Network card onboard. Which is most likely post-2001. Quote No new technologies really. Your older one is probably a 10/100, and the newer one might be a 10/100/1000, but when are you ever going to get internet that fast? A man can dream. So, there absolutely no new technologies introduced since 1996 that are important to gamers or high speed Internet?I'm sure there's new acronyms and whatnot and new whatevers, but they don't really matter. I haven't noticed any difference between 10/100 and 10/100/1000 while playing games (I have 6mbps cable). Quote I'm sure there's new acronyms and whatnot and new whatevers, but they don't really matter. I haven't noticed any difference between 10/100 and 10/100/1000 while playing games (I have 6mbps cable). Makes sense to me. The 10 in 10/100 is 10mbps well above the 6mbps cable. The History of Ethernet IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD (ETHERNET)The conclusion would be that a network from 1996 is as effective as a network card from 2005? Have absolutely no new technologies been added? You would think that with the massive amount of cable users, there would be certain improvements made?If you're on ethernet, a 10/100/1000 is better. You have to have a cable to SUPPORT it as well, a standard CAT5 PATCH isn't capable of supporting up to 1000, you need a CAT5e or a CAT6. 10/100/1000 is mostly important for data intensive LAN - i.e. gaming (LAN parties) and business networking.That is not quite what I use the computer for. I use it to play games via the Internet. I guess I could even do with an old 10Mbps card if I had to. So, is it adviceable to switch from Onboard network card to Compaq NC3121 from 1996? I read that onboard cards take up more system resources than expansion cardsI don't know whether they do or not. I'd just as soon use an onboard card than deal with an extra decvice.I think I have to find a reasonable compensation. If an onboard card requires more resources to be ran than an expansion card, I would definitely switch. But if the network card from 1996 is severly outdated and will not deliver as good a performance as the onboard, I wouldn't switch for anything in the world...

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What would the differences be between a network interfacee CARD such as Compaq/Intel NC3121 from 1996 and any random network interface card from 2005?

What technologies have been added?

I have a NC3121 which is not in use, and I am thinking of using it in my game system. However, I am worried that I will be using a far too OUTDATED card compared to the Network card onboard. Which is most likely post-2001.

Why......whats is your point.....No new technologies really. Your older one is probably a 10/100, and the newer one might be a 10/100/1000, but when are you ever going to get internet that fast? Quote

Why......whats is your point.....

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However, I am worried that I will be using a far too outdated card compared to the Network card onboard. Which is most likely post-2001.

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No new technologies really. Your older one is probably a 10/100, and the newer one might be a 10/100/1000, but when are you ever going to get internet that fast?

A man can dream.

So, there absolutely no new technologies introduced since 1996 that are important to gamers or high speed Internet?I'm sure there's new acronyms and whatnot and new whatevers, but they don't really matter. I haven't noticed any difference between 10/100 and 10/100/1000 while playing games (I have 6mbps cable). Quote

I'm sure there's new acronyms and whatnot and new whatevers, but they don't really matter. I haven't noticed any difference between 10/100 and 10/100/1000 while playing games (I have 6mbps cable).

Makes sense to me. The 10 in 10/100 is 10mbps well above the 6mbps cable.

The History of Ethernet

IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD (ETHERNET)The conclusion would be that a network from 1996 is as effective as a network card from 2005?

Have absolutely no new technologies been added? You would think that with the massive amount of cable users, there would be certain improvements made?If you're on ethernet, a 10/100/1000 is better. You have to have a cable to SUPPORT it as well, a standard CAT5 PATCH isn't capable of supporting up to 1000, you need a CAT5e or a CAT6.

10/100/1000 is mostly important for data intensive LAN - i.e. gaming (LAN parties) and business networking.That is not quite what I use the computer for. I use it to play games via the Internet. I guess I could even do with an old 10Mbps card if I had to.

So, is it adviceable to switch from Onboard network card to Compaq NC3121 from 1996? I read that onboard cards take up more system resources than expansion cardsI don't know whether they do or not. I'd just as soon use an onboard card than deal with an extra decvice.I think I have to find a reasonable compensation. If an onboard card requires more resources to be ran than an expansion card, I would definitely switch. But if the network card from 1996 is severly outdated and will not deliver as good a performance as the onboard, I wouldn't switch for anything in the world...

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