Comments for Why didn't my gigabit network card result in better performance?

Comment from Jeremy on 2009-11-02

2009-11-03T02:59:04Z

The max transfer rate of the PCI bus is 133 MB/s, which is shared across other components.

The max transfer rate of PCI Express is 250 MB/s and is a point-to-point connection which means no sharing.

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Comment from Jason Metcalf on 2008-12-23

2008-12-23T11:22:19Z

Hello. I was wondering if Robert Williams of the first post ever got a resolution to this? I am having very similar issues that he is. Thanks, Jason

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Comment from Josef Nedstam on 2008-08-07

2008-08-07T11:08:43Z

Any thoughts on why my Marvell Yukon 88E8056 network adapter on an ASUS motherboard won't connect with gigabit speed to my gigabit switch? The motherboard has two network adapters, both connect at 100 Mbps. My NAS connects to the same switch with 1 Gbps. Can't find any settings for this in the control panel - I'll try other cables and other ports when I get back home

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Comment from Leo on 2008-06-01

2008-06-02T03:30:35Z

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Comment from shoreke on 2008-05-31

2008-05-31T22:50:42Z

The two computers on my LAN have gigabit adapters.They are both connected to a Netgear WNR854T gigabit router. The router configuration manager offers no setting option for Full-Duplex mode. Does my router need 1Gbps full duplex capability in order to transfer files at true gigabit speed across my LAN?

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Comment from vincent on 2008-02-17

2008-02-17T20:31:54Z

Also make sure you're using Cat. 5E network cables. While Cat. 5 cables may function to some degree in a gigabit Ethernet, they perform below standard during high-data transfer scenarios.

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Comment from Robert Williams on 2008-01-28

2008-01-28T18:37:34Z

Thank you for this article. I did the same thing you did, hoping to get much faster performance out of my small 4 node home network. I have 3 machines fitted with Gb network cards and put them all a Gb switch. My transfer rate between 2 machines has been 7 Mb per second or somewhere near that. One machine has a Western Digital Raptor X HD serial ATA supposedly capable of 3 Gb per second transfers. The other machine has a maxtor IDE 300 Gb machine, not sure the the max transfer rate is supposed to be, but I will check later. The WD machine has a quad core processor and ddr3 ram, and the other is a P4 prescott 3.0 MHz machine.

Are they any other possible bottlenecks you can think of? I did a tracert and it said 1 hop to the the other machine, does that mean it's not going through the router that I have connected at all? I am using Cat 6 cabling. Any thoughts?

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