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Announcing the First Network Card for Gamers

  • 14-07-2006 8:50am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭


    As the title suggests, Bigfoot Networks has announced its Killer Network Interface Card. To quote their blurb...
    The new Gigabit KillerNIC is catered towards the hardcore gamer that requires every drop of performance possible from a gaming system. Utilizing a 400MHz network processor with 64MB of dedicated PC-2100 DDR memory, the Killer NIC has plenty of power to perform Gigabit transfer rates without hogging up too many CPU cycles.

    MaxFPS technology frees up CPU cycles typically taken up by heavy network traffic by offloading the required processing onto the Killer NIC’s 400MHz network processor. UltimatePing technology lowers ping by optimizing data delivery to games faster while PingThrottle technology allows users to increase or decrease ping accordingly. GameFirst Technology prioritizes network packets for games instead of background downloading utilities such as BitTorrent.

    Now while the new nForce 5 chipset caters for SOME of these functions there are still some interesting features above. Pricing has still to be announced but tbh, I think its overkill. I mean Physics Processing Units are one thing but in the day and age of sub 50 ping on most servers and with every decent motherboard coming with onboard Gigabit Ethernet I really think that they're going to have a hard time pushing these. :o


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    strikes me as a load of marketing ****.
    "MaxFPS technology!11!"
    "UltimatePing!"
    "GameFirst!"

    Waste of money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It's hardware for the gamer who already has everything. Load of **** if you ask me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    since when have you even needed gigabit ethernet speeds for games?:p
    10/100 seems to do just fine for lan games


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,108 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    hardcore gamer

    :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    load of bollix. dont see that taking off.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    yep great idea, becuase the bottleneck on most crappy eircom connections is the gigabit ethernet card...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Totally stupid-slash-pointless, but will be interesting to see what this is priced at


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,528 ✭✭✭TomCo


    HavoK wrote:
    ...interesting to see what this is priced at

    Your credibility and self respect no doubt


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    This *may* be useful if you're running a LAN, and not quite getting the 0.5ms pings you desire. At what will no doubt be a price tag close to (or above) €100, I fail to see the point.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭poggy


    will be as usefull as a bucket with a hole in it, only made it because they could.
    saying that these things tend to end up on dells and/or alienware machines


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    I'm surprized to not see "to the max" in there.


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