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Realtek's $10 tiny 10GbE network adapter is coming to motherboards later this year
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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Intel is probably still the gold standard. I'd pay a few bucks more to have something much more reliable.
I guess you're not familiar with the i225-v and its variants. Intel burned their reputation for good NICs with that fiasco.
That's too bad. I had a recent bad experience w/ a WiFi card, and I hoped that was a one-off since it was a budget chip. But you and someone else brought up more recent examples, so maybe Intel has lost its NIC crown.
Who should we look to now? I just want a solid NIC on Linux.
The Realtek RTL8125B on my year-old motherboard has been doing fine with Linux's r8169 driver.
I've only used it at 1gbit/second, though; I haven't tested its 2.5gbit mode.
Ever since the BE200 debacle I don't know if I can trust Intel to deliver. Sure, the stuff that's already out there works but who knows if any of their future stuff will?
Yeah, I had a bad experience with one of their other budget WiFi chips too. Maybe their hardware is getting worse, but they at least provide decent drivers.
They're apparently in talks to sell off their network division. Future there is really up in the air.