On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:27:58 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

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They may of course ... but what are the chances of an integrated NIC
(even an Intel one) being as capable (on a desktop board specifically)
as an add-on card,

OTOH the integrated NIC does better bandwidth wise to the motherboard ram.

Cite?


in the same way onboard video is rarely as capable as even
the simplest add-on video card (demonstrated by the size
(lack of?) of any heatsinks on the on-board video solutions)?

That's a different issue

It' was a conceptual comparison.

and the highest performance video
cards cost more than the entire motherboard, for a reason.

Of course, however, I wasn't talking about the highest but the lowest.
I've not seen even an entry level PCIe video card that doesn't have a
heatsink. I have seen many many onboard video solutions that don't.
I'm not saying either doesn't exist, I'm saying I haven't seen (or
noticed) such.

Cheers, T i m