Killer NIC Hands-On Testing

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

[bunions]

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

Re:Killer NIC?

[TubeSteak]

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.

Re:For $279.99 it better...

[flewp]

Or at the very least, Barely Legal #8.