You should all take a look at this if you are a hardware tweeker you may be able to get an unfair advantage with this nic card made by Bigfoot.
Bigfoot Killer Nic at Newegg
Bigfoot Killer Nic at Newegg
Saw this, my clanmates were even talking about it. Seems kind of wack...
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
For $279.00 I want some hard numbers first. I could upgrade my sound card for that and take 11-20% off of my CPU.haffeysucks wrote:
Saw this, my clanmates were even talking about it. Seems kind of wack...
It is better to upgrade all other parts before getting this beast, like ram and a sound card, but after that I would get this thing, after I get the money...NewEgg Reviewer wrote:
A killer Killer
Pros: I actually won one of these for getting third in a BF2 tournament so Ive had it for about 2 weeks before it was released. Back then it was a bit buggy. Now this thing runs like a dream. Ive noticed the varification in BF2 is almost instantaneus where the used to be the longest part of loading. Ping is STABLE now, it doesnt fluctuate at all while I play any game, which is great for any Euro matches I play from the US. This card is really going to shine once the Linux applications start comming out for it.
Cons: It still has a small lingering problem with bitorrent (and only bitorrent) with LLR on but turn it off and it works fine (or use a different type).
Other Thoughts: Great card, cutting edge stuff here. Keep an eye out for the applications that youll be able to run on the Linux side of the card (firewall, AV, router, torrent, etc).
And that part I highlighted is a great plus.
Sweet, a bit much for what it does though...
Its advertised alot in the gaming mags.. I think it's pricey for what is probably a minimal difference. I wouldnt waste a PCI slot on it.
Last edited by Kmarion (2006-09-23 13:36:27)
Xbone Stormsurgezz
Below is and excerpt from the link below check it out.
enthusiast.hardocp.com
FNA Dude!
While telling your mom “FNA (Flexible Network Applications) applications rock" might get you slapped, this is really the heart and soul of the Killer NIC. Everything that we have talked about above runs on an embedded version of Linux that is housed on the Killer NIC. Not only does the Killer NIC hardware run on Linux, the embedded Linux OS is accessible to the end user as well though the Flexible Network Applications Console.
[img=http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8590/1156803902hdba2326h723lsz4.th.jpg]
Above you can see a Linux console prompt on our Windows XP machine. This console application will be shipped in the box with the Killer NIC as well as the Linux source code and also a SDK.
I expect to see a community of Killer NIC users that will likely unite around FNA applications. Outside of it possibly being used for firewall and virus scan applications, I expect to see a see an application like Teamspeak that is native to the Killer NIC that will allow for some communication improvements as well as further offloading system hardware while taking advantage of native packet prioritization abilities.
Aside from that, you still might be wondering why there is a USB 2.0 jack on the card. This could be used with a microphone for in-game communication as mentioned above, or you can even plug a Windows formatted USB Flash drive or external hard drive into it.
I expect that if the Killer NIC weathers fighting for a new market we will see Bittorrent clients popping up for it soon. Just imagine having your favorite open source file sharing program sitting on the NIC card not touching the rest of your system having its shared packets being fully prioritized so as to not negatively impact your gaming experience.
enthusiast.hardocp.com
FNA Dude!
While telling your mom “FNA (Flexible Network Applications) applications rock" might get you slapped, this is really the heart and soul of the Killer NIC. Everything that we have talked about above runs on an embedded version of Linux that is housed on the Killer NIC. Not only does the Killer NIC hardware run on Linux, the embedded Linux OS is accessible to the end user as well though the Flexible Network Applications Console.
[img=http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8590/1156803902hdba2326h723lsz4.th.jpg]
![[img=http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8590/1156803902hdba2326h723lsz4.th.jpg]](http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1156803902hdba2326h723lsz4.jpg){kind=link}
Above you can see a Linux console prompt on our Windows XP machine. This console application will be shipped in the box with the Killer NIC as well as the Linux source code and also a SDK.
I expect to see a community of Killer NIC users that will likely unite around FNA applications. Outside of it possibly being used for firewall and virus scan applications, I expect to see a see an application like Teamspeak that is native to the Killer NIC that will allow for some communication improvements as well as further offloading system hardware while taking advantage of native packet prioritization abilities.
Aside from that, you still might be wondering why there is a USB 2.0 jack on the card. This could be used with a microphone for in-game communication as mentioned above, or you can even plug a Windows formatted USB Flash drive or external hard drive into it.
I expect that if the Killer NIC weathers fighting for a new market we will see Bittorrent clients popping up for it soon. Just imagine having your favorite open source file sharing program sitting on the NIC card not touching the rest of your system having its shared packets being fully prioritized so as to not negatively impact your gaming experience.
Last edited by Neoburn_1035 (2006-09-25 16:08:20)