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Stop It · 20-10-2014, 15:55

I have a Killer NIC E2100

Mainly because I wanted to see for myself if these "Gaming" Ethernet cards do anything.

The short answer? They do bugger all.

No, a modern onboard NIC will not cause lag at all.

I'd be going back to the ISP with tracerts to the WOW/STO servers and you may see that the issues start when the traffic leaves the ISP hops and starts their way to the games servers.

If that's the case it means that the route used by the ISP for your friends connection is a bit dodgy, this is notoriously hard to fix.

Aside from this yes as above make sure that nothing else software wise on the PC is at fault etc etc.

20-10-2014, 15:55	#3
Stop It Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Biggleswade Age: 41 Services: VM Vivid 200 VM XL TV & Sky Sports VM Phone Posts: 895	Re: Ethernet Card for Gaming I have a Killer NIC E2100 Mainly because I wanted to see for myself if these "Gaming" Ethernet cards do anything. The short answer? They do bugger all. No, a modern onboard NIC will not cause lag at all. I'd be going back to the ISP with tracerts to the WOW/STO servers and you may see that the issues start when the traffic leaves the ISP hops and starts their way to the games servers. If that's the case it means that the route used by the ISP for your friends connection is a bit dodgy, this is notoriously hard to fix. Aside from this yes as above make sure that nothing else software wise on the PC is at fault etc etc.