just upgraded to 1 gig interent from 300mbps and only getting 350mbps.tried a network pci x1 card and got the same result

[xf1xcaliber]

home build pc,asus sabertooth x58 1366 socket,24 gigs ram,icore7,I upgraded from 300mbps to 1 gig internet speed and at the modem its reading 870mbps,but when plugged into my pc its only reading 350 down and 54 up.is this a bios problem?I tried a gig network card in the pci x's1 slot and get the same result.

 

[Alabalcho]

What you read as 870Mbps? Connection speed?
In order to be able to reach 1Gbps over Internet, you need a place which can deliver these 1Gbps to you. So, most probably everything is OK, but the server(s) you are testing with do not have this bandwidth available just for you.

 

[Kewlx25]

What about your router? Many routers can't handle 1Gb speeds. Try to bypass it?

 

[xf1xcaliber]

What about your router? Many routers can't handle 1Gb speeds. Try to bypass it?

i plugged into my pc directly from modem and still only get 350.modem is testing at 870 per service tech at the house and i saw it.So i'm still thinking something in the bios is not set right

 

[Alabalcho]

What you probably saw from the service tech is these 870mbps testing just the line. Your tests use real server(s), and probably these servers are unable (or unwilling) to fill your pipe to the max.

 

[xf1xcaliber]

he tested on his fancy new computer with speedtest.net and got 870mbps.so then I plugged the modem into my pc and ran the same test same location and got 350 mbps

 

[Alabalcho]

Download and burn a LiveCD with some Linux, and run your speedtest from within Linux. That way you will know whether it is software (Windows) or hardware problem.

 

[xf1xcaliber]

Download and burn a LiveCD with some Linux, and run your speedtest from within Linux. That way you will know whether it is software (Windows) or hardware problem.

I did that and it was was hardware.went to bios and set bios to default which read new plug in device and now I am getting 800mbps . good enough as I was promosed 80 percent of 1 gig.thanx a million