Opinions on the bigfoot killer?

sehcure

sehcure

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Looking at moving from wireless to wired, and i'm wondering if it's worth shelling out for the Killer 2100 or not. Opinions, experiences etc would be appreciated. If not i'd just be using the Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) that's on the ap-d3 mobo.

And also if there's any particular brand or type of ethernet cable that I should get? For gaming and highest pings etcetera - It'll be a longish cable of 20-30 metres if that makes a difference. :p
 
IMHO opinion I doubt they make much difference. Your internet connection is going to bottleneck WAAAAAYYY before your NIC. Unless ofc you have a ridiculously fast internet connection, which if you live in the UK i highly doubt you have :L

Also pretty sure network cables are network cables tbh. But get a snagless one :)
 
Saw a test somewhere half a year ago that basically stated that sometimes it's about 1ms faster and sometimes it's actually slower than some Intel solutions (whether or not this was coincidence or not I'm not sure). So no, spend your money on something else.

As for ethernet cables - just get cheap. The only difference is that Cat6 has better shielding and is more suited for long cable runs without any bandwidth degradation.
 
If you want decent throughput for your LAN, get a cheap Intel card as you'll probably get slightly better rates that with the onboard.

If you use the internet most, stick with the onboard.

Avoid the Killer, it's a waste of money.
 
Stick with onboard IMO. I've used cheap PCI, Intel PCI-E and onboard, and the recent realtek chipsets are as good as any for home use tbh. The intel was slightly faster, but nothing you'd notice in real use, and certainly not in a game.
 
Hey guys- I put it though its paces the best I could a while back - see here.

Most of the time it will simply improve ping by a small amount, but if you download a lot whilst gaming, it could be very useful. The main advantage I found was that on busy servers it reduced my drop-outs considerably. So, if you game a lot on busy servers it should definitely improve your experience. People pay much more than £50 for things that make less impact than that. However, the people who will benefit from this are not the general enthusiast - only the avid online gamers.

So basically, don't be too quick to write it off - it does do as advertised, but if you don't game a lot online, or have a average or poor connection, then it's of very little use to you.
 
Having played on a mates PC who has one I can say it makes no difference what so ever and is a complete waste of money.
 
SeeKified said:
Saw a test somewhere half a year ago that basically stated that sometimes it's about 1ms faster and sometimes it's actually slower than some Intel solutions (whether or not this was coincidence or not I'm not sure). So no, spend your money on something else.

As for ethernet cables - just get cheap. The only difference is that Cat6 has better shielding and is more suited for long cable runs without any bandwidth degradation.
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Network cables / patch cords is the one thing you shouldn't scrimp on. Price difference between decent CAT 5e / 6 patch cables and CAT 5 is pennies. Those few pennies will make all the difference in a gigabit installation. BTW CAT 6 cables are not shielded, they are UTP Unshielded Twisted Pairs.:D
 
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