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kev009 16 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Legend of the Novell NE2000 [video]

Most realtek is F tier, they basically repeat the bad part of this NE2000 saga, and the simplicity comes at the cost of CPU cycles. In that sense the Intel PCH controllers were great.

razakel 16 days ago [–]

"Good enough for most people and cheap" is what Realtek do.

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