New Mobo - Slow internet

[TayterJ]

I just installed a new AM3+ mobo in my PC. It is a Gigabyte GA990fxa-UD3. I finished building the PC, and booted it to install the updated drivers, and my connection speed(ethernet cable) is only 1.0 Gbps. It appears to me that Windows has capped my speed. This isn't from a speed test, it is from the connection description in the Windows network and sharing center in the control panel. It took me 20 minutes to download a driver that should have only taken me 2 minutes with my actual internet speed. I have no A/V software and I turned my firewall off. 

 

Help.

 

Thanks.

 

[skullbringer]

I guess GigabitLan is the limitation of the actual lan port on your mobo. This should not cap you speeds at all. Do a speed test and see if there is actually a slow down in your connection.

[tp95112]

Its not the motherboard its the actually website. And the speed 1.0 Gigabyte is based on your home connections not what you actually get cause unless you actually have Gigabit internet it wont matter

[prolemur]

I just installed a new AM3+ mobo in my PC. It is a Gigabyte GA990fxa-UD3. I finished building the PC, and booted it to install the updated drivers, and my connection speed(ethernet cable) is only 1.0 Gbps. It appears to me that Windows has capped my speed. This isn't from a speed test, it is from the connection description in the Windows network and sharing center in the control panel. It took me 20 minutes to download a driver that should have only taken me 2 minutes with my actual internet speed. I have no A/V software and I turned my firewall off. 

 

Help.

 

Thanks.

 

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that's not your connection speed to the internet that's the max your ethernet jack can provide (10/100/1000) = gigibit ethernet jack

[iWearKiltz]

i had a driver(i use an am3+ mobo also) that took a good 40 mins to download. wouldnt worry about it, they prolly just have crappy distributor servers. saying that, this only happened to me for one of the driver i downloaded (Was a big one too!!)

[LAwLz]

I just installed a new AM3+ mobo in my PC. It is a Gigabyte GA990fxa-UD3. I finished building the PC, and booted it to install the updated drivers, and my connection speed(ethernet cable) is only 1.0 Gbps. It appears to me that Windows has capped my speed. This isn't from a speed test, it is from the connection description in the Windows network and sharing center in the control panel. It took me 20 minutes to download a driver that should have only taken me 2 minutes with my actual internet speed. I have no A/V software and I turned my firewall off.

First of all, the reason it says 1.0Gbps is because that's the limit of the actual port, Windows is not capping it. 1Gb is really really fast, about 128MB/s fast. Your previous motherboard most likely had the exact same speed, or 100Mbps which is only 1/10 of what you got now.

Secondly, that's not really relevant to your Internet connection speed. The 1Gb link is between you and the router. The link between your router and your ISP (and the rest of the Internet) is far slower than 1Gb, so that becomes a huge bottleneck.

 

Think of it this way. Your motherboard is a sports car. It can drive at 200 miles per hour. If you are on a track (in this case, your own LAN), you can drive at that speed if you want. However, if you want to drive on normal roads (in this case, the Internet), you can't drive faster than the speed limit (which your ISP dictates).

[prolemur]

First of all, the reason it says 1.0Gbps is because that's the limit of the actual port, Windows is not capping it. 1Gb is really really fast, about 128MB/s fast. Your previous motherboard most likely had the exact same speed, or 100Mbps which is only 1/10 of what you got now.

Secondly, that's not really relevant to your Internet connection speed. The 1Gb link is between you and the router. The link between your router and your ISP (and the rest of the Internet) is far slower than 1Gb, so that becomes a huge bottleneck.

 

Think of it this way. Your motherboard is a sports car. It can drive at 200 miles per hour. If you are on a track (in this case, your own LAN), you can drive at that speed if you want. However, if you want to drive on normal roads (in this case, the Internet), you can't drive faster than the speed limit (which your ISP dictates).

nice analogy