PCI wireless adapter or USB?

TeydisTeydis
edited December 2004 in Science & Tech
I hear pros and cons but im not entirely educated as to which poses more pros than the other...

I keep hearing that USB is the devil yet from others I hear how great it is and ease of use.

So if anyone could help i would like to hear the pros and cons of each one and your personal opinion on which is better for a wireless network.

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    USB is easy.
    USB will kill your system performance.
    USB will make your games sluggish.
    USB will make your computer sluggish when downloading.
    USB will make your computer sluggish when transferring over a LAN.

    PCI is pretty easy.
    PCI won't do any of the above.
    PCI wireless cards are stronger than any USB wireless device.
  • TeydisTeydis
    edited November 2004
    side note: with my current setup... windows xp sp2 never finds my network connection.

    I right click the monitor icon in system tray. I click View Available Wireless Networks. It says, "No wireless networks were found in range". EH?!!? Yet I'm connected to the internet right now (at 48mpbs)!
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited November 2004
    Pci
  • flyriceflyrice
    edited December 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    USB is easy.
    USB will kill your system performance.
    USB will make your games sluggish.
    USB will make your computer sluggish when downloading.
    USB will make your computer sluggish when transferring over a LAN.

    PCI is pretty easy.
    PCI won't do any of the above.
    PCI wireless cards are stronger than any USB wireless device.
    Is this for real? I was about to hardwire my CPU to my router for a solid (ie not laggy) connection so CS won't hit me with lag spikes twice a round. Right now, I'm using a USB adapter for my 'net stuff.

    The router is about 15-20 ft away. You think a PCI 802.11g wireless network card would make that much of a difference? Would it cause lag spikes that I experience with this USB adapter? It'd be so much easier for me just to plug in a PCI card rather than move the router and cable modem over to this CPU and rewire everything.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    USB is evil for high-bandwidth devices that are persistently putting a load on the bus. I'm almost convinced your problems stem from the USB adapter.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    flyrice wrote:
    Is this for real? I was about to hardwire my CPU to my router for a solid (ie not laggy) connection so CS won't hit me with lag spikes twice a round. Right now, I'm using a USB adapter for my 'net stuff.

    The router is about 15-20 ft away. You think a PCI 802.11g wireless network card would make that much of a difference? Would it cause lag spikes that I experience with this USB adapter? It'd be so much easier for me just to plug in a PCI card rather than move the router and cable modem over to this CPU and rewire everything.

    I'm not sure, bit you may want to put that CPU on a motherboard and connect the router to the "PC" with a CAT cable of some sort, you'll also need a network card for that too...
  • flyriceflyrice
    edited December 2004
    Enverex wrote:
    I'm not sure, bit you may want to put that CPU on a motherboard and connect the router to the "PC" with a CAT cable of some sort, you'll also need a network card for that too...
    Er, yeah, that's what I meant. I have to get used to not shorthanding CPU as terminology meaning my entire computer. My bad.

    But yeah, I meant PC. I wanted to hook my PC up to a router via hardwire, but if a PCI 802.11g wireless card will be able to reduce my lag spikes, I'll probably go with that solution.
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