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Originally Posted by Stop It
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.
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Personally, I would have been surprised if the card did make a difference. The lag introduced by any chip is likely to be a fraction of that introduced by the ISP's own infrastructure
I've always thought of these gaming network cards as being similar to the Monster style AV cables. Incredibly expensive, Incredibly flash looking but not actually any better than cheaper alternatives.