bigfoot network card

[THC_SsSsSnake]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-048-BF&tool=3

anyone got one care to comment
thanks

 

[HazardO]

- The reality of the hardware didn’t quite live up to the initial hype.
- we couldn’t find any significant improvements to ping/latency in games

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3716/bigfoot-networks-announces-3rd-gen-killer-nic-killer-2100

 

[Tealc]

Don't have one but wonder if 1ms better ping is really worth this sort of money.

Check some reviews. The few that I've seen don't really recommend them.

 

[THC_SsSsSnake]

thanks guys.

 

[marc2003]

try pinging your router with your current network card and see what response time you get. :/

 

[Locky]

My friends has one, the latency is not much different, but there is less jitter and smoother feel.

Worth the money erm no..

 

[Orcvader]

I was interested in this when I first heard about it, but apparantly it's only worth it if you have a very old PC. All it does is offload some of the network work off the CPU, so if you have a powerful CPU anyway you won't see a difference.

 

[stockhausen]

Conclusion

It says a lot that it was so difficult for us to see any tangible difference from the Killer 2100 despite our best efforts to test in a scientific and consistent way. Even in our theoretical tests where we could control the variables of our local, private network we saw little benefit from the Killer 2100.

When gaming we saw little difference between our (free) on-board network controller and the Killer 2100 in terms of ping and frame rate. The only advantage we found was that the Killer 2100 allowed us to download in the background while gaming - possibly handy if you buy loads of games via download services but haven't the patience to wait for those downloads. This makes it very difficult to recommend the Killer 2100 as, at the end of the day, everyone wants some kind of tangible benefit for their £68.

For the gamer who has everything, the Killer 2100 could be a consideration, as we did see very slight ping improvements in CoD 4 and CSS, after all. Having said that, you might see better improvements in online gaming performance by spending that £70 ditching your ISP and getting a more gamer-friendly one (pay close attention to whether, and how much, gaming traffic is throttled). Alternatively, invest in a new mouse or keyboard, or put the money toward a larger monitor. (Custom PC)

Seems pretty damning I would say

 

[xiphrex]

I have one, its not worth it unfortunately

Have yet to test it on a LAN though. I think any online gaming is very much dependant on the state of your actual internet connection more than anything else.

 

[Azuse05]

Only person who I've ever seen with any noticeable results was someone in Jersey with their horrid 120ms pings

Shame anada didn't do a review tho.

 

[KIA]

Haha. Don't waste your money !

 

[Phal]

Just something that provides little improvement so reserved for people with too much money who have everything else already.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Network card with a case, wow.

 

[Dist]

Search the forums. The killer network cards have a ton of threads about them. All of them result in the conclusion that it sucks for the price and that you would be better off with an Intel Pro/1000

 

[THC_SsSsSnake]

thanks all.Dist what would the intel actually do?

 

[SupermotoMX]

the intel pro 1000 is cheaper and will take the 0.5% cpu load it takes to run the NIC (i think it actualy has abit faster throughput? correct me if im wrong, but i THINK it is 1 - 2mb faster overall)