Killer M1? Anyone interested..hahhaha

[.jackson]

I was reading a review for this 'gaming network card'.

Its a PCI card that comes with an NPU (network processing unit), an actual onboard Linux OS, its own RAM and a hardware firewall.

It basically reduces your latency and pings in games, and also free's up the CPU, resulting in an average 10%-15% performance in increase.

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Sounds excellent, how much can a network card be right?

Cheapest I've seen is £179...hahahhaa...jeeeezzzz.....I was interested as well.

[Tightscot]

it's a nice bit of kit, also allows you to download torrents etc whilst gaming, with no effect on pings etc etc... give it a couple of months and no doubt the price will drop.

also being discussed sort of here:Linkage

[Alien]

Is this the new version that comes without the Klingon heatsink?

[.jackson]

Hmmmm as far as I am aware, the 'K' thermaltake heatsink, I presume thats what your on about comes with the most powerful spec.

There is another version of this without a heatsink, it is less powerful however, but is £100.

I don't know the order of which they were released.

[Alien]

Originally Posted by .jackson

Hmmmm as far as I am aware, the 'K' thermaltake heatsink, I presume thats what your on about comes with the most powerful spec.

There is another version of this without a heatsink, it is less powerful however, but is £100.

I don't know the order of which they were released.

I referred to it as a "Klingon" heatsink because it looks like a weapon they might use. As for which came first, I believe the more expensive 1 was first, & then they made the cheaper 1 because people didn't want to fork out as much as they were asking for the first 1, just for a fancy network card.

[.jackson]

Originally Posted by Alien

I referred to it as a "Klingon" heatsink because it looks like a weapon they might use. As for which came first, I believe the more expensive 1 was first, & then they made the cheaper 1 because people didn't want to fork out as much as they were asking for the first 1, just for a fancy network card.

I see. I had to research what a Klingon weapon actually look like haha, yes I see what you mean now.

I can't find the comparison chart now, but I know the cheaper one is a little slower and a tad more run down on its features.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Tightscot

it's a nice bit of kit, also allows you to download torrents etc whilst gaming, with no effect on pings etc etc... give it a couple of months and no doubt the price will drop.

also being discussed sort of here:Linkage

But I can get pings of 15ms to internet servers with my onboard NIC
Also If i wanted to torrent when gaming I could just set a QOS rule in the router.

So why would I need to spend that much on a NIC
It seems a bit of a waste if you ask me and it doesn't seem to serve that much of a functional purpose.

[BBKing]

allows you to download torrents etc whilst gaming

What, like having two computers?

[dragon]

Originally Posted by BBKing

What, like having two computers?

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