I've read many review regarding this card, even the one on TPU. But does anyone here actually have the card and notice significant performance gains? And also, do you guys think it's worth it for the 10-15% gains, being that it is quite expensive?
System Name | Enslaver :) |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
Motherboard | ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus |
Cooling | CPU: Noctua NH-D14 with LED fans, Case: 2 front in - 1 rear out |
Memory | 2x16GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB 6000MHz |
Video Card(s) | ASUS TUF RTX 4070Ti OC |
Storage | Samsung Evo Plus 1TB NVMe , internal WD Red 4TB for storage, WD Book 8TB |
Display(s) | LG CX OLED 65" |
Case | Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh C Performance |
Audio Device(s) | HDMI audio powering Dolby Digital audio on 5.1 Z960 speaker system |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x |
Mouse | Logitech G700 |
Keyboard | ASUS Strix Tactic Pro |
Software | Windows 11 Pro x64 |
System Name | RBMK-1000 |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700G |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming |
Cooling | DeepCool Gammax L240 V2 |
Memory | 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X |
Video Card(s) | Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock |
Storage | Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB |
Display(s) | BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch |
Case | Corsair Carbide 100R |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS SupremeFX S1220A |
Power Supply | Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W |
Mouse | ASUS ROG Strix Impact |
Keyboard | Gamdias Hermes E2 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
System Name | Enslaver :) |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
Motherboard | ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus |
Cooling | CPU: Noctua NH-D14 with LED fans, Case: 2 front in - 1 rear out |
Memory | 2x16GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB 6000MHz |
Video Card(s) | ASUS TUF RTX 4070Ti OC |
Storage | Samsung Evo Plus 1TB NVMe , internal WD Red 4TB for storage, WD Book 8TB |
Display(s) | LG CX OLED 65" |
Case | Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh C Performance |
Audio Device(s) | HDMI audio powering Dolby Digital audio on 5.1 Z960 speaker system |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x |
Mouse | Logitech G700 |
Keyboard | ASUS Strix Tactic Pro |
Software | Windows 11 Pro x64 |
Processor | C2Q6600 @ 1.6 GHz |
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Motherboard | Anus PQ5 |
Cooling | ACFPro |
Memory | GEiL2 x 1 GB PC2 6400 |
Video Card(s) | MSi 4830 (RIP) |
Storage | Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB Perpendicular Recording |
Display(s) | Dell 17' |
Case | El Cheepo |
Audio Device(s) | 7.1 Onboard |
Power Supply | Corsair TX750 |
Software | MCE2K5 |
Processor | AMD FX 8320 @ 4GHz |
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Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 rev1 |
Cooling | Corsair H70 |
Memory | 4 x 4GB DDR3 Ripjawz 1600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Vapor-X AMD R9 280X |
Storage | 1 x 500GB Samsung Evo 850, 1 x 500GB Vrap Data Drive, 3 x 2TB Seagate, 1 x 1TB Samsung F1 |
Display(s) | 3 x DGM IPS-2402WDH |
Case | Coolermaster HAF X |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Coolermaster 1000W Silent Pro M |
Mouse | Logitech G502 |
Keyboard | Logitech G510 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
System Name | RBMK-1000 |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700G |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming |
Cooling | DeepCool Gammax L240 V2 |
Memory | 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X |
Video Card(s) | Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock |
Storage | Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB |
Display(s) | BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch |
Case | Corsair Carbide 100R |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS SupremeFX S1220A |
Power Supply | Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W |
Mouse | ASUS ROG Strix Impact |
Keyboard | Gamdias Hermes E2 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
System Name | Enslaver :) |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
Motherboard | ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus |
Cooling | CPU: Noctua NH-D14 with LED fans, Case: 2 front in - 1 rear out |
Memory | 2x16GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB 6000MHz |
Video Card(s) | ASUS TUF RTX 4070Ti OC |
Storage | Samsung Evo Plus 1TB NVMe , internal WD Red 4TB for storage, WD Book 8TB |
Display(s) | LG CX OLED 65" |
Case | Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh C Performance |
Audio Device(s) | HDMI audio powering Dolby Digital audio on 5.1 Z960 speaker system |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x |
Mouse | Logitech G700 |
Keyboard | ASUS Strix Tactic Pro |
Software | Windows 11 Pro x64 |
If you're into Bit-torrent use and have a 2 GB pen-drive and a Killer NIC, you're one lucky bas***.
System Name | RBMK-1000 |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700G |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming |
Cooling | DeepCool Gammax L240 V2 |
Memory | 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X |
Video Card(s) | Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock |
Storage | Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB |
Display(s) | BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch |
Case | Corsair Carbide 100R |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS SupremeFX S1220A |
Power Supply | Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W |
Mouse | ASUS ROG Strix Impact |
Keyboard | Gamdias Hermes E2 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
System Name | My Current Desktop |
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Processor | i9 12900KF |
Motherboard | Asus ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI |
Cooling | ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6400 F5-6400J3239G16GA2-TZ5RS |
Video Card(s) | RTX 3090 FE |
Storage | SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB |
Display(s) | Dell S2716DGR 27" TN 1440p |
Case | Fractal Design Torrent White |
Audio Device(s) | Schiit Bifrost2 |
Power Supply | Corsair HX850 |
Mouse | Razer Basilisk |
Keyboard | Keychron Q6 (brown) |
Software | Win 11 Pro |
System Name | Starlifter :: Dragonfly |
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Processor | i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400 |
Motherboard | ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus |
Cooling | Cryorig M9 :: Stock |
Memory | 4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400 |
Video Card(s) | PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630 |
Storage | Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5 |
Display(s) | Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p |
Case | Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly |
Benchmark Scores | >9000 |
Processor | athlon64 x3800 oc'ed to 2.5 ghz |
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Motherboard | ecs kn1-lite |
Cooling | ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro |
Memory | 2 gig gigaram ddr 400 |
Video Card(s) | geforce8600gt |
Storage | raptor 74k and 160 gig harddrive |
Display(s) | 19 inch lcd monitor with resolution of 1440x900 |
Case | Antec case |
Audio Device(s) | sound blaster xi-fi |
Power Supply | 650 watts antec power supply |
Software | windows xp pro. |
System Name | My Lovely PC :) |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz @3.12GHz - 1.35v/390fsb/8x multi |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P43-DS3L |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme - MX2 paste |
Memory | 2GB, Team Value Ram 667 @ 780MHz |
Video Card(s) | ECS 8800GT 512MB @ 700/1720/2100 |
Storage | 160GB Hitachi Deskstar/80GB Maxtor PY080L0 |
Display(s) | Asus VH226H 22" 1920x1080 |
Case | Eye-T |
Audio Device(s) | Realtek HD, AC888 8 channel audio |
Power Supply | 570 Watt, TRUST PSU |
Software | Windows 7 Beta |
System Name | RBMK-1000 |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700G |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming |
Cooling | DeepCool Gammax L240 V2 |
Memory | 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X |
Video Card(s) | Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock |
Storage | Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB |
Display(s) | BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch |
Case | Corsair Carbide 100R |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS SupremeFX S1220A |
Power Supply | Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W |
Mouse | ASUS ROG Strix Impact |
Keyboard | Gamdias Hermes E2 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
System Name | ICE-QUAD // ICE-CRUNCH |
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Processor | Q6600 // 2x Xeon 5472 |
Memory | 2GB DDR // 8GB FB-DIMM |
Video Card(s) | HD3850-AGP // FireGL 3400 |
Display(s) | 2 x Samsung 204Ts = 3200x1200 |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy 2 |
Software | Windows Server 2003 R2 as a Workstation now migrated to W10 with regrets. |
System Name | My Current Desktop |
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Processor | i9 12900KF |
Motherboard | Asus ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI |
Cooling | ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6400 F5-6400J3239G16GA2-TZ5RS |
Video Card(s) | RTX 3090 FE |
Storage | SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB |
Display(s) | Dell S2716DGR 27" TN 1440p |
Case | Fractal Design Torrent White |
Audio Device(s) | Schiit Bifrost2 |
Power Supply | Corsair HX850 |
Mouse | Razer Basilisk |
Keyboard | Keychron Q6 (brown) |
Software | Win 11 Pro |
System Name | Enslaver :) |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
Motherboard | ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus |
Cooling | CPU: Noctua NH-D14 with LED fans, Case: 2 front in - 1 rear out |
Memory | 2x16GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB 6000MHz |
Video Card(s) | ASUS TUF RTX 4070Ti OC |
Storage | Samsung Evo Plus 1TB NVMe , internal WD Red 4TB for storage, WD Book 8TB |
Display(s) | LG CX OLED 65" |
Case | Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh C Performance |
Audio Device(s) | HDMI audio powering Dolby Digital audio on 5.1 Z960 speaker system |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x |
Mouse | Logitech G700 |
Keyboard | ASUS Strix Tactic Pro |
Software | Windows 11 Pro x64 |
The Killer NIC is a great "concept" idea, but in practice, techno overkill fixing a "minor" issue.
The killer NIC is effective at prioritising network traffic in/out of your PC, ie. your local LAN. But if you are gaming... it is unlikely you are doing much else on the PC or LAN at the same time. So there really isnt much other traffic to prioritise / deprioritise.
The weakest link is to your ISP - and the ISP prioritisation of YOUR traffic to the internet. The Killer NIC will do diddly-squat about this.
A FAR MORE EFFECTIVE investment, is to upgrade your internet connection or get a better ISP service. Note, some ISP's offer a "premium" gamer service where traffic is prioritised, which can help reduce pings by 10ms. For the extra $5/EUR5 per month... that would give you 2 years of improved gaming experience that would be FAR SUPERIOR to what the Killer Nic can achieve.
REPEAT. Killer NIC is good in concept, but it is only fixing YOUR LAN. It isnt going to help the router-to-ISP connection, or the ISP-to-internet service.
Processor | Intel i5-6600 |
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Motherboard | ASRock H170M-ITX |
Cooling | Cooler Master Geminii S524 |
Memory | G.Skill DDR4-2133 16GB (8GB x 2) |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte R9-380X 4GB |
Storage | Samsung 950 EVO 250GB (mSATA) |
Display(s) | LG 29UM69G-B 2560x1080 IPS |
Case | Lian Li PC-Q25 |
Audio Device(s) | Realtek ALC892 |
Power Supply | Seasonic SS-460FL2 |
Mouse | Logitech G700s |
Keyboard | Logitech G110 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Processor | athlon64 x3800 oc'ed to 2.5 ghz |
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Motherboard | ecs kn1-lite |
Cooling | ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro |
Memory | 2 gig gigaram ddr 400 |
Video Card(s) | geforce8600gt |
Storage | raptor 74k and 160 gig harddrive |
Display(s) | 19 inch lcd monitor with resolution of 1440x900 |
Case | Antec case |
Audio Device(s) | sound blaster xi-fi |
Power Supply | 650 watts antec power supply |
Software | windows xp pro. |
Most reviews have the Killer NIC against various onboard controllers, has anyone seen a review with it against higher-end NICs? Intel, HP, and others have single-port NIC's in the $70-100 range with TCP/UDP offloading, as well as your choice of PCI, PCI-X, and PCIe interface.
May not have magical ping reducing technologies, but possbility good performance @ low cpu (and lower cost)?
System Name | :3 |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 3ghz |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard |
Cooling | cm 212 EVO |
Memory | G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model |
Video Card(s) | BFG GTX 275 |
Storage | WD black 500gb Samsung 1tb |
Display(s) | 27" 1366x768 Olevia 527v |
Case | Antec Three Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | ALC889 |
Power Supply | CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Ac |
Software | Windows 8 pro |