Network Card Reccomendations

cactwma · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:44

Hey guys, buying a new rig soon and I will need a network card.

Any reccomendations?

Thanks.

AshenShugar1873 · 20 Jun 2011 at 10:44

Won't the new rig come with onboard networking. Do you need extra network cards for anything else? If you are thinking about these special gaming network cards I'm not sure they are worth the cost for a tiny (sometimes non-existent) improvement in ping.

23JMZ07 · 20 Jun 2011 at 10:55

Onboard is fine for everything nowadays. Killer NICs are a fad. If you genuinely need a NIC for a valid reason then you cant go wrong with an Intel Pro 1000

cactwma · 20 Jun 2011 at 12:54

Oh, I thought I might need an extra network card for improved performance when gaming online. The Killers never entered my mind - stupidly expensive and they have very, very little improvement from what I have heard.

23JMZ07 · 20 Jun 2011 at 13:11

Na you will be fine with on board NICs

I had an old KILLER card and it made next to no difference.