Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:14:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com> Cc: freebsd@isvara.net, Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <199802252014.MAA20782@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:08:33 EST." <34F47A40.CE76ADE7@3skel.com>
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> freebsd@isvara.net wrote: > > > The recently released 3com Fast Etherink XL (rev B) 3C905B NIC is the best money > > can buy (apart from server cards costing upwards of 250UKP). > > It has lower CPU usage than any other card, helping it to give the fastest > > performance. > > How does it compare to the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B? I should have mentioned in my previous message; we have one of each available for testing here, and two effectively identical systems that we can put them in. If someone cares to nominate a benchmark procedure for this sort of thing, I can schedule some time to run it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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