yeah, but your SWITCH or HUB must have already been ready for giga.

the pci cards these days are cheap, upgrading is not expensive at all and I wouldn't buy anything but a 1000 card today. Using a cross over is nice for connecting, since one can get a TRUE 10X increased connection between connections. But, the switches, hubs and routers that will do 1000 are still more costly, and replacing them would put one certainly over the 100$ level including the switch. Good switches, not to mention replacing a wireless router (of which there is currently only one or two on the market with WIFI AND 1000) gets to be much more than 100$ just for the router.

regardless, it is the way to go and for video, is the only cheap, efficient and easy technology to put in place. I only wish my Replays could handle the 1000 connection that now sits at their backside.