Killer NIC Hands-On Testing

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 6, 2006 @07:13AM from the still-think-it's-fishy dept.

basscomm writes "IGN has gotten their hands on the 'Killer' NIC recently mentioned here on Slashdot and have written a two part article detailing their impressions: 'The performance boost we got out of the Killer NIC in this testing exceeds Bigfoot Networks' own claims of 10-15% gains by a long shot and certainly seems to validate the potential of the technology. We suspect, however, that the fact that these computers were marginal at running F.E.A.R. in the first place had an impact in the comparison. In many cases the non-Killer NIC machine became absolutely bogged down as particles flew and grenades exploded, enough so that the entire machine would hang for a moment as things got sorted out. Obviously this murdered average fps figures.'"

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and they say video games don't make you violent by bunions · 2006-09-06 07:17 · Score: 4, Funny

Killer NICs, hanging machines, framerates getting murdered ... oh, Jack Thompson, you were right all along!

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Killer NIC? by KiloByte · 2006-09-06 07:33 · Score: 3, Funny

The article is nothing but a slashvertisement. But, if you want a _real_ NIC killer, here you go.

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1. Re:Killer NIC? by TubeSteak · 2006-09-06 07:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Did you check out the pic of the NIC?
  
  http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/article/729/72 9557/VGPocketCaplet008_1156985853.jpg
  http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/article/729/72 9557/VGPocketCaplet005_1156985833.jpg
  http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/article/729/72 9557/VGPocketCaplet023_1156985931.jpg
  
  You could use the "K" shaped heatsink as a Shuriken and kill someone with it.
  
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Re:Snake Oil by DesireCampbell · 2006-09-06 07:41 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm tired of these motherfuckin' snakes in these motherfuckin' computers!

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Check out the picture. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-06 07:50 · Score: 1, Funny

If you've ever wanted to stab someone with a network card, look no further!
Re:Snake Oil by Hillgiant · 2006-09-06 07:59 · Score: 2, Funny

My hovercraft is full of eels.

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Re:Before anyone asks... by bunions · 2006-09-06 08:00 · Score: 2, Funny

yeah. this thing is as much "a self-contained VM in hardware" as a video card is.

In other news, the day I trust IGN to do hardware reviews is the day I just give up, buy whatever the internet tells me to and spend 30 minutes punching the monkey to win.

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Re:No way by crabpeople · 2006-09-06 08:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Your right. I'll make sure to give you 20 dollars once i go down to the atm machine and withdraw it. Hopefully i wont forget my pin number this time!

(symantics trolls make me sick. please kindly die)

(i bet misspelling semantics really ground your gears didnt it)

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Re:For $279.99 it better... by flewp · 2006-09-06 09:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Or at the very least, Barely Legal #8.

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