Realtek's 5 Gbps Ethernet Solutions Will Reduce Cost and Power Draw Significantly

[Makaveli]

It's affordable enough that if it dies you won't care about trying to RMA it with Asus! ;-)

lol I know everyone is on the hate Asus bandwagon these days but I still have 10-year-old motherboards from them that work

This recent hiccup won't stop me from going back to asus been using their products for 20+ years. And in that timeframe, I haven't had to RMA anything.

 

[RegaeRevaeb]

lol I know everyone is on the hate Asus bandwagon these days but I still have 10-year-old motherboards from them that work

This recent hiccup won't stop me from going back to asus been using their products for 20+ years. And in that timeframe, I haven't had to RMA anything.

The emoticon was supposed to show me being so extreme the joke was obvious. Yeah, I agree many of its products have been good. And with the NIC it's really just a chipset AIB with a custom colour heatsink.

 

[trsttte]

The USB ports aren't functional

<nitpick> You sure? Don't they need them to be functional to validate the thing is working as intended with the noise between the different ports? </nitpick>

 

[TheLostSwede]

<nitpick> You sure? Don't they need them to be functional to validate the thing is working as intended with the noise between the different ports? </nitpick>

110%, as it's just the elevation from the PCB that's being tested, so there is no signal degradation. There's nothing USB on that card.

 

[boomheadshot8]

reduce cost why not but saying recuce power draw, yes for the chip itself but more speed = more performance for data centers

 

[Brad]

You know it they will deploy docsis 4.0 to the rich area's first and everyone else will be waiting years for it.

That's not how anything works.

 

[Makaveli]

That's not how anything works.

uh huh sure it is.

The cable providers in my area have been talking about Docsis 4.0 for years now even before I ditched cable for fiber. Max connection speed for them still only has 50 Mbps uploads on Docsis 3.1 and no one has seen 4.0 in the wild. Its to the point now that same Cable ISP is rolling out fiber in New Area's that guess what have money. Fiber is the future and the cable isp's still trying to milk Coaxial cable.

 

[Brad]

uh huh sure it is.

The cable providers in my area have been talking about Docsis 4.0 for years now even before I ditched cable for fiber. Max connection speed for them still only has 50 Mbps uploads on Docsis 3.1 and no one has seen 4.0 in the wild. Its to the point now that same Cable ISP is rolling out fiber in New Area's that guess what have money. Fiber is the future and the cable isp's still trying to milk Coaxial cable.

Never is. Rambling but no clue.

 

[Makaveli]

Never is. Rambling but no clue.

Then explain it to us brad educate everyone reading this thread how it works!

 

[jiribrejcha]

I've tested a RTL8126 adapter recently and it works well:
https://www.jiribrejcha.net/2024/06...ry-pi-5-with-iocrest-realtek-rtl8126-adapter/