Question Will A PCIe Ethernet Adapter Work Any Better Than A Built-In One?

[NeoGunHero]

A bit of a silly questions I know but I’m genuinely curious.

I have a Gigabyte AORUS Gaming 5 Wi-Fi mobo. I don’t have the exact model of the Ethernet adapter with me right now, but the website says it’s an Intel GbE LAN Chip capable of up to 1000mbit.

My internet is 200mbps, Steam downloads peak around 28MB/s. So my internet isn’t even fast enough for the full bandwidth my current ethernet adapter is capable of.

My question is: if I bought a PCIe Ethernet adapter from Amazon, such as the TP-Link TX201, would there be any noticeable different to my internet performance? I don’t mean actual speed boosting or anything like that. What I mean is, with this card being newer than the onboard Ethernet adapter from 2017-2018, would things like latency, ping, stability increase? Is there some technology built into the PCIe card that may help improve ping, stable connection, QoS, traffic, that sort of thing? Newer doesn’t always mean better, but I wonder if this is a case where I may actually benefit even if slightly from a newer ethernet chip.

 

[NeoGunHero]

Update: I currently have an Intel I211 Ethernet connector onboard the motherboard.

 

[Rokinamerica]

Everything up to the ethernet connection will be exactly the same, just now you will have another adapter in the lineup. Short of an actual ethernet connection, you won't see much, if any, improvement, and may see a decrease.

 

[kanewolf]

A bit of a silly questions I know but I’m genuinely curious.

I have a Gigabyte AORUS Gaming 5 Wi-Fi mobo. I don’t have the exact model of the Ethernet adapter with me right now, but the website says it’s an Intel GbE LAN Chip capable of up to 1000mbit.

My internet is 200mbps, Steam downloads peak around 28MB/s. So my internet isn’t even fast enough for the full bandwidth my current ethernet adapter is capable of.

My question is: if I bought a PCIe Ethernet adapter from Amazon, such as the TP-Link TX201, would there be any noticeable different to my internet performance? I don’t mean actual speed boosting or anything like that. What I mean is, with this card being newer than the onboard Ethernet adapter from 2017-2018, would things like latency, ping, stability increase? Is there some technology built into the PCIe card that may help improve ping, stable connection, QoS, traffic, that sort of thing? Newer doesn’t always mean better, but I wonder if this is a case where I may actually benefit even if slightly from a newer ethernet chip.

Your internet speed is the limiting factor. 28MB/s (megabytes/sec) is 224Mb/s (megabits/sec). You are getting all the performance you pay for.

 

[NeoGunHero]

Your internet speed is the limiting factor. 28MB/s (megabytes/sec) is 224Mb/s (megabits/sec). You are getting all the performance you pay for.

I understand that part, which I’m happy about. I have no issues with my ethernet adapter at all, but I like to overkill things when it comes to technology as long as there is some sort of noticeable benefit. So upgrading to a newer controller such as an Intel I226-T1 won’t have any sort of difference at all when it comes to things like latency, ping or stability?

 

[COLGeek]

I understand that part, which I’m happy about. I have no issues with my ethernet adapter at all, but I like to overkill things when it comes to technology as long as there is some sort of noticeable benefit. So upgrading to a newer controller such as an Intel I226-T1 won’t have any sort of difference at all when it comes to things like latency, ping or stability?

Nope. No significant, if any, difference.

 

[USAFRet]

So upgrading to a newer controller such as an Intel I226-T1 won’t have any sort of difference at all when it comes to things like latency, ping or stability?

No difference at all.