Killer Nic M1 Gaming Network Card

[ketinkrad]

What are the + and - of the card?

[The Fugitive]

they are a waste of money.

[Fulmar]

+ fancy packaging
- waste of lots of money

[BaldEagl]

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

[Denholm]

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.

[Anodizer]

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...?

[Bankie]

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.....

[Skuzzy]

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.