Is this PCI add-on NIC better than my built in?

[AMD Lover]

So im looking at the Intel NIC ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106036 ) vs. my current Killer E2205 NIC in my Z87 MPOWER motherboard.

 

 

Should i upgrade, i do a lot of NV Shield, plan to do Steam Streaming.

[bordrx]

there is no discernible difference ... seriously ... even if you had an even cheaper I dunno realtek nic or something.

 

People always say Intel NICs are great, and they are, they are probably the most stable NICs in an environment where your NIC is stressed, virtualized servers, stuff like that. In general home use you won't see any difference. At best you might gain 1ms in your ping simply because the algorithm Killer runs to prioritize your game network data tends to add a minuscule amount of latency, but otherwise, if it aint broke don't fix it

[AMICLG]

there is no discernible difference ... seriously ... even if you had an even cheaper I dunno realtek nic or something.

 

People always say Intel NICs are great, and they are, they are probably the most stable NICs in an environment where your NIC is stressed, virtualized servers, stuff like that. In general home use you won't see any difference. At best you might gain 1ms in your ping simply because the algorithm Killer runs to prioritize your game network data tends to add a minuscule amount of latency, but otherwise, if it aint broke don't fix it

Exactly unless you're building your own router like I did there's no need for an upgraded one.

[AMD Lover]

there is no discernible difference ... seriously ... even if you had an even cheaper I dunno realtek nic or something.

 

People always say Intel NICs are great, and they are, they are probably the most stable NICs in an environment where your NIC is stressed, virtualized servers, stuff like that. In general home use you won't see any difference. At best you might gain 1ms in your ping simply because the algorithm Killer runs to prioritize your game network data tends to add a minuscule amount of latency, but otherwise, if it aint broke don't fix it

 

 

Exactly unless you're building your own router like I did there's no need for an upgraded one.

 

 

I am trying to get rid of some bad drivers and get my computer running a little smother, would this help since its Intel?

[bordrx]

I am trying to get rid of some bad drivers and get my computer running a little smother, would this help since its Intel?

 

Sure Intel nics have mature stable drivers, on the other hand a cheaper immediate solution might be to just run qualcomm's driver cleaner (Killer Cleaner from here -> http://www.qca.qualcomm.com/resources/driverdownloads/ ) and then fresh drivers

 

Make sure you have downloaded the fresh drivers before running the cleaner