boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 I have a computer that is using a onboard NIC. I am getting slow speeds compared to the past. I was wondering if putting in a NIC card in the PCI slot would make a diffrence. Any feed back would be good. thanks. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 what kind of onboard nic do you have, is it old? have you updated it? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 Thanks. Its a SiS 900-Based fast PCI ETHERNET ADAPTER Spelled just like that. I have not tried updating it. For the past months I been getting crap connections on every thing I do. I called my cable provider(Comcast) and they said its fine on there end. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 what kind of problem are you having? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 what kind of problem are you having? Well for starters. I am a some what of a gamer. I like to play online games. Which I know alot of things can cause problems with online games. I use to get a great connection on the game. As of the last few months my webpages dont load quick any more. My game that I play skips and lags like crazy. Some times I get droped connection why I am downloading or surfing the net. I looked my driver information up on my device manager and the driver version is 1.16.0.0 Thanks again Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 I have the same SiS 900-Based fast PCI ETHERNET ADAPTER and drivers as you and it works fine. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 How are your speeds, post a speed test Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 I have the same SiS 900-Based fast PCI ETHERNET ADAPTER and drivers as you and it works fine. Thanks for confirming. I just updated to the newest version 2.0.1039.1181 and it still seems to be the same. Seems I am doomed thanks all for helping. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 In device manager>propertys>advanced do you have it set to Auto Config.? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 In device manager>propertys>advanced do you have it set to Auto Config.? Yes why do you ask? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 Just thought you might have the wrong setting. Edit: Have you run a tracert and ping test? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 Also post a speed test? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 Just thought you might have the wrong setting. Edit: Have you run a tracert and ping test? Nope not sure how. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 Also post a speed test? ::::::::::.. Download Stats ..:::::::::: Download Connection is:: 5831 Kbps about 5.83 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 712 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)Test Time:: 2006/06/11 - 10:13pm Bottom Line:: 102X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.44 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 4.203 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 14.11 % faster than the average for host (Comcast.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4KCX791QN User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) Every thing looks good there I think Edit: I just did a tracert test and what am i looking for? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 to perform a traceroute. start>run>cmd>ping testmy.net(or any other site you want to perform a traceroute) Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 to perform a traceroute. start>run>cmd>ping testmy.net(or any other site you want to perform a traceroute) I did that and I am not sure how to read the result. I did a ping test also which I understand a bit more. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 usually when you perform a ping test it will show the max min and average ms near the bottom of the results, what are those numbers? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 usually when you perform a ping test it will show the max min and average ms near the bottom of the results, what are those numbers? min 86 max 92 average 87 Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 12, 2006 CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 hm... do you have another nic that you can test on your computer to see if the nic is the problem? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxfan Posted June 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2006 hm... do you have another nic that you can test on your computer to see if the nic is the problem? Well Yes and No. I have one its in my other computer. Whats funny is. I hook my other computer up and it runs fine.The game I play my other computer which is a older one gets great ping that I havnt seen for months with my newer computer. I am just lost. Maybe a network setting or some thing? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 14, 2006 CID Share Posted June 14, 2006 Well Yes and No. I have one its in my other computer. Whats funny is. I hook my other computer up and it runs fine.The game I play my other computer which is a older one gets great ping that I havnt seen for months with my newer computer. I am just lost. Maybe a network setting or some thing? yep you prob need to get a new nic Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 14, 2006 CID Share Posted June 14, 2006 boxfan have you updated the drivers for the card. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14000-will-this-make-a-diffrence/#findComment-152761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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