OC3D Review: Bigfoot Networks Killer NIC & Killer K1 Network Cards
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name='FragTek' said:w00t Phnom, I just found a used OEM expi9402pt on eBay for $65 and picked it upBidding on 2 more cable modems now too, w00tage!
Great news Fraggles .. i take it they are Moto Surfboards/Techie friendly
Next week on OCN: Frag opens up a hosting company and the RIAA Move in next door
Phnom_Penh
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name='FragTek' said:w00t Phnom, I just found a used OEM expi9402pt on eBay for $65 and picked it up
Good stuff!
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Ping times ...
Nice review.
One thing ...
A piece of hardware such as this will not have much effect on your online gaming ping times by itself. It can't.
Ping times/lag are a function of the network you are on as a whole. And you only have control over very little of it.
Once it has left your network it is out of your hands.
You want low "online" gaming ping times?
Here's what you have to do.
1) Get the fastest NIC you can afford, Gigabit etc. Fiber optics is good. Then get a second one and install the both of them.
In Windows you can "bridge" the two of them and in effect double you connection speed. But ONLY on you local network.
In Linux/Unix you can use "bonding" to accomplish the same thing. Mac users? Don't have a clue, so good luck.
2) Get a network switch that matches you new NICs.
3) Make sure that the cables that you connect your computer to your network are "top of the line". Gold connectors, etc.
4) Pay an arm and a leg for as fast an internet connection as you can. Anything as fast as YOUR network hardware is good.
Faster then it is, is better.
5) Hope that you are really getting the bandwidth you are paying for. Remember that most bandwidth is measured in bits, not bytes. Providers have been known to stretch the truth when they tell you what speeds you are getting/paying for.
And last but not least, if you beleave in such things ...
Pray that the server has at least as good networking/bandwidth as you. That there are not to many hops between you and the server. That the weather is good everywhere between you and the server. And that about another 100 things that you have no control over, go your way.
On a local network, such as a LAN Party, it can help. A bit. Anything that reduces the amount of work on you system can help. Like an FPU, or a GPU reduces the load on your CPU. Like a faster FSB or more memory. Multi-processors or multi-core processors. Can and will help just as much.
Sorry people.
But there is one thing that hardware like this does, ok there are two.
The first is it looks soooooooo cool. Second and most importantly, is the physic value. At your local LAN Party, IF your buddies think that this new NIC CAN or WILL give you an advantage over them, it has. Not it WILL give you an advantage, it HAS.
So show it off. Brag about what the maker says about it. Then go and frag their sorry butts. They deserve it. And so do you.
George
Nice review.
One thing ...
A piece of hardware such as this will not have much effect on your online gaming ping times by itself. It can't.
Ping times/lag are a function of the network you are on as a whole. And you only have control over very little of it.
Once it has left your network it is out of your hands.
You want low "online" gaming ping times?
Here's what you have to do.
1) Get the fastest NIC you can afford, Gigabit etc. Fiber optics is good. Then get a second one and install the both of them.
In Windows you can "bridge" the two of them and in effect double you connection speed. But ONLY on you local network.
In Linux/Unix you can use "bonding" to accomplish the same thing. Mac users? Don't have a clue, so good luck.
2) Get a network switch that matches you new NICs.
3) Make sure that the cables that you connect your computer to your network are "top of the line". Gold connectors, etc.
4) Pay an arm and a leg for as fast an internet connection as you can. Anything as fast as YOUR network hardware is good.
Faster then it is, is better.
5) Hope that you are really getting the bandwidth you are paying for. Remember that most bandwidth is measured in bits, not bytes. Providers have been known to stretch the truth when they tell you what speeds you are getting/paying for.
And last but not least, if you beleave in such things ...
Pray that the server has at least as good networking/bandwidth as you. That there are not to many hops between you and the server. That the weather is good everywhere between you and the server. And that about another 100 things that you have no control over, go your way.
On a local network, such as a LAN Party, it can help. A bit. Anything that reduces the amount of work on you system can help. Like an FPU, or a GPU reduces the load on your CPU. Like a faster FSB or more memory. Multi-processors or multi-core processors. Can and will help just as much.
Sorry people.
But there is one thing that hardware like this does, ok there are two.
The first is it looks soooooooo cool. Second and most importantly, is the physic value. At your local LAN Party, IF your buddies think that this new NIC CAN or WILL give you an advantage over them, it has. Not it WILL give you an advantage, it HAS.
So show it off. Brag about what the maker says about it. Then go and frag their sorry butts. They deserve it. And so do you.
George
