From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 3 15:41:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2680F16A415 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:41:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A090443D66 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:41:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id x3so463403nzd for ; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:41:09 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qz/bm3+K1xj4QEq5+CY+Eftn51yzInooY6UJhA57zKBAIRcuHS+LC63085b+Pjijv7pPz9vPpokl8lEw554vj36uUip/viEo5j6yFlD4Q33I9xW0pbm0hx33y2OS3n3+BQqcv4Ac4N/tGIs9DMxURWDd2Xrc5M+qSmIkPcS/jUE= Received: by 10.36.25.2 with SMTP id 2mr2357723nzy; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:41:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.12.11 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:41:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:41:09 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: "Lowell Gilbert" In-Reply-To: <44y7valtc0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1151753054.00556526.1151742601@10.7.7.3> <44y7valtc0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 PT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:41:15 -0000 On 7/3/06, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Nikolas Britton" writes: > > > What are the difference between the Intel PRO/1000 PT Server and > > Desktop Adapters? > > > > Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter: $130 ~ 150 > > Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter: $40 ~ 60 > > > > Both use the i82572EI chip and both appear to use the same PCB. Would > > I be correct in assuming it's a marketing scam to get 2.5 times the > > price for the same device? > > Look at the specs; they use different controllers (from the same > family, so they may well work in the same PCB, but distinct in > capabilities). To clarify, I'm looking at Intel's PBs (product briefs) here: http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/prodbrf/pro1000_pt_desktop_adapter.pdf http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/prodbrf/pro1000_pt_server_adapter.pdf Look at the first line in the Features list on the first page, Both PBs list the same "Intel 82572EI Gigabit Controller". > They also have different bus interfaces -- which > could be a sustantial speed advantage for the server version under > high load. > Again the PB clearly states both cards are PCI Express 1x... Just look at the photo in the PB... The cards are identical! -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/