http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833342001

Before you say, "But this is the OC section!!!111WTFBBQ", I have a feeling that the RAM on it can be OCed, possibly even the processor.

That is just silly,in a good way.

Now all we need are OC'able programable sound cards to make it complete.

That's awesome! However, I can't really justify spending that much on a NIC.

Jeez. I'm just shaking my head here...

Yes, it is a high priced NIC, but if any of you have been keeping up with it and even taken a look at the initial release test results you will see that it is indeed a Killer NIC, just a bit pricey still.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/729/729557p1.html
http://gear.ign.com/articles/729/729733p1.html

Quote: Originally Posted by Sn0wMan That's awesome! However, I can't really justify spending that much on a NIC.

Even with the free copy of F.E.A.R?

Yeah, I have read all the reviews, and it is very sweet indeed, but it's a NIC! And yes, even with a copy of FEAR it is waay overpriced. I thought fear was free already...

Some of those features are coming out in new motherboards, hell even dual 10/100/1000 that are linked together to get 20/200/2000. I'm sorry, I would have to see this thing in action before i drop that kind of money on a nic card.

i AGREE. $150, maybe... $250+, you gotta be kidding...

I think it depends,
If you never really go to lanpartys... not worth it
But If you always at a lanparty....It would/could be worth it

Sure it's excessive - but I know some folks that pay a helluva lot more on booze in one night at a bar.

I imagine if you are willing to buy a $300 LianLi case when you could have gotten a $30 case you wouldn't mind getting a $280 NIC when you could have gotten a $15 NIC

Wow, my graphics card isn't worth that much.
Ummm, doesn't Bigfoot make a lot of ethernet cards for servers? I can't remember, btu I think I may have seen an advertisement for a TCP/IP off load engine in a linux magazine. I can't remember what make it was.

Is this essentally an off load engine?

I found a little bit about the card here, http://pcclub.com/forum/messageview....threadid=18588

Quote: Originally Posted by Fire Hawk Wow, my graphics card isn't worth that much. Ummm, doesn't Bigfoot make a lot of ethernet cards for servers? I can't remember, btu I think I may have seen an advertisement for a TCP/IP off load engine in a linux magazine. I can't remember what make it was. Is this essentally an off load engine? I found a little bit about the card here, http://pcclub.com/forum/messageview....threadid=18588

There are 2 links to a review of it in my previous post.
Is the price excessive? I think so.
Would I buy one if it were priced more "reasonably"? More than likely, if only to have an extra F@H CPU in my rig... not to mention the possibilities for the FNAs.

Quote: Originally Posted by killert I think it depends, If you never really go to lanpartys... not worth it But If you always at a lanparty....It would/could be worth it

But wouldn't you have to have the proper switches to make sure you're getting what you paid for?

It's not rearly just a network card but more like an additional pc running linux on a pci card which has a network port. I think they have marketed this product wrongly.

Quote: Originally Posted by kipman725 It's not rearly just a network card but more like an additional pc running linux on a pci card which has a network port. I think they have marketed this product wrongly.

I agree wholeheartedly on the marketing. It's not "just an overpriced NIC".

Quote: Originally Posted by godfoot I agree wholeheartedly on the marketing. It's not "just an overpriced NIC".

I find it slightly ironic that you made a thread on this, your comment after sending you a link on this was a quote "If the price is more than you can afford, then read no further"

And then went on to say something like "And that would be me, no further reading required"

I guess you liked the tech a bit more than your pocketbook allows for ...I think I mentioned, keep reading... "Review item"

This falls in the same category as Physics Cards, yeah they would be nice to have, but not at those prices!

If the tech takes off, there will be much cheaper/cloned/reduced feature versions this time next year

Quote: Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro If the tech takes off, there will be much cheaper/cloned/reduced feature versions this time next year

Ah, but that's a year of being behind the ping!

I think the real advantage of this card is three-fold:
1. As stated, it off-loads the UDP/IP processing to a seperate CPU -- virually removing the network stack from Windows, and freeing up CPU cycles.
2. Since the gaming packets are prioritized, in-game pings are lower and response time is faster.
3. FNAs. This will be the real strong-point. If mobo makers are starting to make NICs that work the same as the KillerNIC, the advantage that KillerNIC will likely have is this feature. Being able to off-load VOIP, Chat, X-Connect ... possibly even anti-virus apps, which can really chew up resources ... and other background apps that we use during gaming will help out significantly.

But that's just my .02 bucks, and what the heck do I know ...

Will I spend $300 for this puppy? Honestly ... I'm thinkin' 'bout it!

-godling

where can i get a waterblock for this nic?