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Quake
October 4th, 2005, 05:36 AM
A friend is letting me choose one of these cards, which one is better?
mstlyevil
October 4th, 2005, 05:43 AM
A friend is letting me choose one of these cards, which one is better?

Which one supports gigabyte lan? that would be the one I would go with.
Quake
October 4th, 2005, 05:46 AM
Nah, both are old 10/100 cards.
blastus
October 4th, 2005, 05:52 AM
I have a RTL-8139 card. In fact, I have several Realtek cards and I haven't had any problems with them on Linux or on Windows 2000 and XP. The cards work on Windows 98 but they can be a pain in the ass to setup because the Windows 98 hardware detection/installation process is so incredibily flaky.
poofyhairguy
October 4th, 2005, 06:10 AM
Realtek. I could almost scream it. No hardware company I know has better Linux support!
Quake
October 4th, 2005, 07:07 AM
lol! Thanks guys, I'll choose the realtek then.