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From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
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To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: gigabit NIC of choice?
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Terry Lambert wrote:
> Dan Ellard wrote:
> > What's the gigabit ethernet NIC of choice these days?  (I've had good
> > experiences with the NetGear G620T, but apparently this card is no
> > longer being sold.)
> 
> The Tigon II has the best performances, but that's because
> software people rewrote the firmware, instead of hardware
> engineers moonlighting as programmers.  8-) 8-).

I recall from a while back that gigabit cards have "relatively" large
caches on them, correct?  How does the size of the cache impact
performance, and what is considered a sufficient cache size?

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