First off, your switch must support it, and of course both ends of the connection must support it. Overall Review: Soap box time! A lot of people seem to think that jumbo frames are the be all, end all of gigabit networking. Compared to their bargain bin competitors though, I just can't bring myself to save $20 in exchange for my sanity. A lot of cards that claim to support this don't actually work in practice, so I felt it was worth stating.Ĭons: Looking at that tiny fleck of silicon that makes up the 82574L, I can't help but think Intel's profit margins must be incredible on this product. It also supports - and most importantly works well with - jumbo frames (tested in Linux 2.6.32.x with an MTU of 9,000 there's no RFC on this, so 'jumbo' is a loose standard). Still, it does have reasonable feature set for a desktop NIC, such as two Tx/Rx queues, MSI-X (reduces interrupts, spreads work over multiple CPU cores), and interrupt modulation (easy on your CPU and PCIE buss). Marketing hype aside, it doesn't do any of the fancy stuff you'd expect from higher end hardware like the 82576. This is a fast, low-latency, desktop-grade PCIE NIC from a trusted name in networking. Pros: So your motherboard's stock NIC sucks? Enter the Intel® Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter. For a fraction of that price I've gotten a card that noticeably improves network performance under load. I was suckered into buying one of those Killer NIC cards back when I built this rig, and the awful experience I had with it only confirmed to me that they were useless for my needs. Overall Review: Until now I always thought onboard networking was "good enough" for my needs, but now I think differently. I expected the former from the reviews here, but not the last part. Not a great fix, but it does work.Īlso, despite it not saying this anywhere I can see on the Newegg page, mine was an OEM version (No packaging, manual, drivers, etc) and also shipped from the RMA department. Good thing this card comes with an interchangeable bracket. I almost gave up on it until I found a way to make it fit I loosened the bracket screws until they were just barely holding the bracket onto the card and then it just managed to fit in its slot. If I fastened it into the case it would pull almost all the way out of the PCIe slot. This card doesn't fit my case! I've read other reviews with this problem so it's not just my case that's the culprit. Network related activities and transfers seem smoother all around.Ĭons: Now for the bad. They load faster and don't run out of buffer when watching videos anymore. General net use is a bit improved, especially on media heavy sites such as Youtube or Hulu. In crowded areas such as capitol cities or PVP with many players my average FPS went up by roughly 10-15 in addition to the smooth connection, which is certainly more than I expected.
My ping in World of Warcraft went down slightly, but more importantly it is stable with no more lag spikes under high activity. My machine is more responsive under heavy net load as opposed to my onboard Realtek.
INTEL GIGABIT LAN DRIVERS WINDOWS 7
Pros: Windows 7 64-bit detected this card and automatically installed drivers, so it worked right out of the box.
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