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I dont know about 30-40% but when I made the change to strictly PCI cards
(Ensoniq Audio, 3Com NIC, Diamond 56k --video is on AGP)  I did notice an
increase in overall preformance and stability from my system.  This was of
course something I noticed while using the system.  The misc. benchmarks
hardly revealed any improvement in any areas.

As for the orig question, unless you are going to dump your other ISA cards,
I dont see that it will matter much as far as internet speed.  Several other
users I have spoken to are using the ISA cards and getting approx same
download speeds as I am.



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ROBMAN


Michael Robinson wrote in message ...
>Using a PCI based card will help as far as CPU utilization goes.  I read
>somewhere on Intel's developer site not all that long ago that running a
PCI
>motherboard without any ISA cards can raise system performance by 30-40%.
>The ISA bus is incredibly slow, in addition to the fact that the "hole" is
>only 16 bits wide.  If you have the free PCI slot, go with a PCI card.
>
>Also, about keeping your old SB in your machine after getting any type of
>a3d card (it sounds like you are talking about the Monster Sound M80):
>
>This is only to maintain compatibility with older DOS games.  Windows 95
>games will work just fine (in face quite better) with your a3d card.  If
you
>do not use any DOS based application requiring sound, you can safely remove
>your SB.
>
>On another note, if your SB is the only ISA card in your system, expect to
>see a general increase in system performance (not number cruching increase,
>but better system wide transfers, as the ISA bus can be completely
ignored.)
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