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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Performance 3Com 3C509 vs. 3C590? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 20 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <Du3z78.9zL@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4rkc94$q6h@ns2.mainstreet.net> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 06:25:56 GMT Michael Wang (mwang@pandadesigns.com) wrote: : Hi, does anybody have know whether or not the 3COM 3C590 (PCI) offers : better performance under BSDI 2.1 compared with the 3C509 (ISA)? : : I'm trying to spec a Pentium system for a heavy-traffic Web server and : wanted to know if it was worth the few extra dollars to get the PCI : version. : : Thanks! Theoretically, there should be a great performance difference. However, my experience and that of several magazine reviews seem to think otherwise. The 3com part seems to burn excessive cpu cycles and still perform rather badly when compared to the equivalent SMC or Intel part. In a nutshell, it's better than say a 3c509, but not anywhere near one of the cards using the DEC 10/100 chipset (I forget the silly number). Cheers, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451