Octopuss Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I recently got symmetrical 30mbit connection at home. Fine. Lately I noticed that when I run torrents and they upload at full speed (say slightly over 3MB/s) sometimes when I get back to the PC it hangs in BSOD (didn't write the info down so no idea what it said). It never happened before so I assume it might be the stupid Realtek 8111B unable to handle lots of connections and high speed (though it;s nowhere close to 100mbit anyway).So how are the integrated network adapters in general? Bad? Really bad? Any known problems and reason why to switch over to something else? (if yes, please suggest something). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 See this thread for your answer.In short: no it's just fine. I've had 0 such problems with onboard realtek "NICs" (which a LARGE number of PCI and PCI-e cards also use) over the years, neither did we have at work (and that means on thousands of PCs). Your BSOD is either a bad driver (it happens), malware, or defective hardware (may or may not be the NIC).If you need help with your BSOD problem, post a dump or minidump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well the fact is that it never happened when my connection was slow. Normally it works just fine. Only that this showed up a few times lately.I will try to reproduce it again and post details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Haha this looks like one weird thing.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...Tpk=killer%2bm1orhttp://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Bigfoot...ks/KillerNIC_M1Kinda useless I'd say though...I'm no networking expert at all but this looks like wallet-trap for the uneducated gamer masses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I love it in those reviews where people say "my ping dropped because of this card" $299 for a PCI NIC is ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm no networking expert at all but this looks like wallet-trap for the uneducated gamer masses...Fools and their money are easily parted. Just look at the big audiophile market, filled with overpriced cables and all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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