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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: ketinkrad on April 13, 2009, 09:39:03 PM

Title: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: ketinkrad on April 13, 2009, 09:39:03 PM

What are the + and - of the card?

Title: Re: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: The Fugitive on April 13, 2009, 10:29:23 PM

they are a waste of money.

Title: Re: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: Fulmar on April 13, 2009, 11:16:29 PM

+ fancy packaging
- waste of lots of money

Title: Re: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: BaldEagl on April 13, 2009, 11:22:00 PM

+ you get to tell your friends you have a "gaming" card
- they all laugh at you

Title: Re: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: Denholm on April 14, 2009, 07:47:19 AM

NICs such as this one are simply an attempt to make more money. They are no better than the typical networking port which comes with your motherboard.

Title: Re: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: Anodizer on April 14, 2009, 10:57:44 AM

Theoretically, it will take the load off of your processor if you have an onboard NIC.  "In Theory" taking that load off helps out your performance..  In Reality, network traffic takes up a negligible
amount of your CPU's resources and you will never see any kind of difference..  Also, no matter how much you pay for a NIC, it'll never affect your ping rate..  Ignorant people buy into this sort of thing..  Honestly, I can't even think of an application where this would offer anymore performance in any aspect...? :huh

Title: Re: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: Bankie on April 17, 2009, 09:47:11 AM

This card is for LAN Party Gaming it wont do a thing for your internet connection. If you played AH2 with the offline option with 8 computers using this card in LAN config with a (switch) not a (router) you would not see any lag and the packets would be instantly updated (PER FRAME RATE) and your plane wont get shot from the trailing effect the on-line game has...
So unless your playing DOOM 3 against Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel for $$$$$ you don't need this card.....

Title: Re: Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card
Post by: Skuzzy on April 17, 2009, 09:53:34 AM

Quote from: Bankie on April 17, 2009, 09:47:11 AM

This card is for LAN Party Gaming it wont do a thing for your internet conection. If you played AH2 with the offline option with 8 computers using this card in LAN config with a (switch) not a (router) you would not see any lag and the packets would be instintly updated (PER FRAME RATE) of 60 per second...

You get the same performance from a $30 Intel network card, when using a switch on a LAN.