The first card has a quick upload, but the second one is faster for downloading stuff.
The first card has a quick upload, but the second one is faster for downloading stuff.
I got a lot of internet coming in through my router, which is actually faster than what I buy. I just bought a TP Link TX401 for my computer. The download speed shows up over 3Gbps on Speedtest, but my upload speed only comes to 200Mbps. I tried changing all the settings under Device Manager following some instructions I found online, but it didn't help. This is weird because if I use the exact same cable plugged into the motherboard's 2.5Gbps port, I get 500Mbps for download and 2.5Gbps for upload. It would be awesome to have one adapter that handles both upload and download at full speed. My other PC with a 10Gbps connection gets almost perfect scores on Speedtest, so the whole network is fine.
It's about tweaking the software settings, especially on Windows since it wasn't built to handle very fast internet connections. If you want to run faster over a long network, try using the TCP Optimizer tool from speedguide.net. Buffers and other TCP settings change when you need that much speed.