While I agree with you that buying a 250$ NIC is retarded to lower your pings, it actually does do what it says. http://gear.ign.com/articles/729/729733p1.html Just like server NIC's, this one just offloads TCP/IP so that you can free up some cycles for your CPU to do physics and such. _____________________________________ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: CW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:22:08 -0600 >A lot of people chose these boards for other reasons also. Since you've got 3 >x8/x16 lane PCI-E slots, you've got optional support for future physics cards, >capture cards, etc. It's a good bit of future proofing. > >Though, having a pair of 8800GTS is more a matter of making sure you whip up >at games. > >I've got a box in right now where someone is spending $250 on a NIC. >(KillerNIC). I just don't get it. Supposedly lowers ping. I don't even see >how that's possible. Maybe it could -kinda- lower ping between you and your >router in your house, but what power does it have at all over the latency >between your cable modem and your provider? I can't think of any. If someone >has any good logic on this that I'm missing, I'd love to hear it, but it seems >to me I should just put a big heatsink on a 3COM, re-write the BIOS and market >it as "DESTROY3R NIC" I wonder how many people would line up to buy it. > >CW > >-----Original message----- >From: "Veech" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:23:55 -0600 >To: "The Hardware List" hardware@hardwaregroup.com >Subject: Re: [H] Best Core2 Duo mobo? > >> The SLI was a major part of my decision to go with it.. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "JRS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> >> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 9:06 PM >> Subject: Re: [H] Best Core2 Duo mobo? >> >> >> >I don't need or want SLI though. and the cheapest i680 board at Newegg is a >> > whopping 250 bucks. ouch.. >> > >> > >> > >> >>>OK :) >> >>> >> >>>Those are valid points. The more I play with the 680i, though, the more >> >>>that it's hard to argue with it being the definitive "it" board. >> >>> >> >>>CW >> > -- >> > >> > JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Please remove **X** to reply... >> > >> > ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult... >> > >> > >> > -- >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.6/566 - Release Date: 12/3/2006 >> > >> > >> >> >
