Gaming Network Card

[SUBMAN1]

I like all the cool stuff in my system, but I think this one is a little overkill.

-S

http://www.killernic.com/KillerNic/

[TteFAboB]

What the hell?!



L, O, L, comma-slash, close parenthesis.

Now I know why Server-sized computer cases became so popular. It's not because of style or small penial size. It's a bare necessity for the future. Double-sized video-cards, dual CPUs, physics cards, space required for that real cricket-based Pac-Man game, and now network cards, not to mention the biological human-brain unit required for advanced AI, I mean, plain I, without the A.

Does this thing really decrease Ping times?

Or people out there are simply trying to fill all your mother-board slots for the sake of filling your mother-board slots?

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

What the hell?!



L, O, L, comma-slash, close parenthesis.

Now I know why Server-sized computer cases became so popular. It's not because of style or small penial size. It's a bare necessity for the future. Double-sized video-cards, dual CPUs, physics cards, space required for that real cricket-based Pac-Man game, and now network cards, not to mention the biological human-brain unit required for advanced AI, I mean, plain I, without the A.

Does this thing really decrease Ping times?

Or people out there are simply trying to fill all your mother-board slots for the sake of filling your mother-board slots?

Net cards used to take a high CPU load, but I think this has gone too far, especially since CPU speeds are so high. This card to me is just snakeoil until I see that it really does some verifyable reduced ping times.

It does offload your CPU (in my case, a dual CPU so I am probably less affected by it), but I doubt it does anyting really useful.

-S

[scandium]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Net cards used to take a high CPU load, but I think this has gone too far, especially since CPU speeds are so high. This card to me is just snakeoil until I see that it really does some verifyable reduced ping times.

It does offload your CPU (in my case, a dual CPU so I am probably less affected by it), but I doubt it does anyting really useful.

-S

Yep, my sentiments as well. Little more than a prettied up Gigabit NIC with its own onboard processor, but on a gaming rig this doesn't mean squat; its tailored made for the crowd with more cash to waste than common sense (ie: a useless gimmick to pretty up the case internals, and useless because any decent board out now already has decent Gigabit lan onboard).

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by scandium

Yep, my sentiments as well. Little more than a prettied up Gigabit NIC with its own onboard processor, but on a gaming rig this doesn't mean squat; its tailored made for the crowd with more cash to waste than common sense (ie: a useless gimmick to pretty up the case internals, and useless because any decent board out now already has decent Gigabit lan onboard).

Exactly. I decided to hold off on the Physics card too. Almost bought Aegia version, but said - what the hell am I actually buying? The Ghost Recon demo didn't impress me either. I guess the only real use for it is 3DMark 2006 (Which will use a physics card). No thanks!

-S

[Wim Libaers]

Also keep in mind that computer games usually do not require much data transfer. Even 10Mbps cards are much more than games need. Such things may be useful for cluster supercomputers, but they already have specific cards available working on other (and better for the purpose) network types than Ethernet.