Thecus offers up new C10GT network card supporting 10Gb Ethernet

If you are the type that has to have the fastest of everything when it comes to your computer, your Ethernet card is here. Thecus has pulled the wraps off a blazingly fast new network card that is designed to work with the upcoming 10Gb Ethernet standard.

The card is called the C10GT and has dual cable connectivity and slips into a PCI Express slot on your mainboard. That dual cable connectivity covers you for both CX4 and SFP+ ports allowing the use of both fiber optic and copper cable on one card. The device is powered by the Tehuti Luxor TN3020-D processor.

The card supports multiple network protocols including IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3ak, and IEEE 802.1q VLAN. The full height card has to be installed into either an x4 or x 8 PCI Express slot and can be used inside some of the Thecus NAS devices to increase the network connectivity speed they offer.