Is there a major difference between MOBO NIC and a separate NIC?

YES! for the reason of dedicated NIC has dedicated resources. then it turns to better processing. Another thing is it is very easy to replace, not like the built in.
 
YES! for the reason of dedicated NIC has dedicated resources. then it turns to better processing. Another thing is it is very easy to replace, not like the built in.
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Ehrrg... what do you mean by dedicated resources? An onboard NIC is as good as a dedicated one for your average user, and if it needs to be "replaced", just disable the onboard in BIOS and throw in a new one. I've no clue what those "dedicated resources" you're talking about are.

Usually separate NICs are bought by those
-who need more than one RJ45 connector for some reason
-who need to replace a fried onboard NIC
-whose computers are too old to have an onboard NIC.
-who really need high transfer rates (1000Mbps) for a LAN setup, and the onboard is only 10/100
-who buy into fads like Gaming Network Card

If you have a working onboard NIC, don't bother buying a dedicated one. Your internet performance is not going to increase by a slightest bit (unless your NIC has some issues, of course), and for simple P2P LAN (home network) setups 10/100 is more than enough.
 
hackapelite said:
Ehrrg... what do you mean by dedicated resources? An onboard NIC is as good as a dedicated one for your average user, and if it needs to be "replaced", just disable the onboard in BIOS and throw in a new one. I've no clue what those "dedicated resources" you're talking about are.

Usually separate NICs are bought by those
-who need more than one RJ45 connector for some reason
-who need to replace a fried onboard NIC
-whose computers are too old to have an onboard NIC.
-who really need high transfer rates (1000Mbps) for a LAN setup, and the onboard is only 10/100
-who buy into fads like Gaming Network Card

If you have a working onboard NIC, don't bother buying a dedicated one. Your internet performance is not going to increase by a slightest bit (unless your NIC has some issues, of course), and for simple P2P LAN (home network) setups 10/100 is more than enough.
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me, bridging connections
me, crispy
me, well i have one
me, I use lan networking on all the computers to transfer huge files
me, every little bit of performance adds up
 
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