OC3D Review: Bigfoot Networks Killer NIC & Killer K1 Network Cards
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Phnom_Penh
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I agree 100% with everything equk has said so far. I think comparing the Killer to a decent card like a 3Com 3C905C would also be a good idea, especially with offloading enabled in the os.
Someone mentioned that ordinary users don't have a linux router or don't set it up properly... but then again, no ordinary user in their right mind would pay $180 for a nic.
Someone mentioned that ordinary users don't have a linux router or don't set it up properly... but then again, no ordinary user in their right mind would pay $180 for a nic.
FragTek
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name='PP Mguire' said:
My reasoning behind the second port is this... Not all motherboards have dual onboard NIC's, even high end boards, mine being a perfect example.
I will be running dual modems in to my new dual port NIC and using my onboard NIC as the uplink to my routers WAN port. This way I can do load balancing on my PC and then have the benefit shared between all of the computers on my network.
Dual port NIC's FTW.
This card is all bling and no zing
i completely agree with Vader and is what i was saying. With everything they are claiming this card will make an advantage for my server can do better for nothing. (parts i had laying around). Not only that, i DO have dual NICs on my board so yea no need. As for not having dual NICs onboard im sure you can find a cheaper card with 2 NICs or just get 2 cheap network cards.
FragTek
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name='PP Mguire' said:
Wrong. The least expensive PCI dual port NIC is made by Intel and is currently EOL (as of like 2005 I believe) which means it's very hard to find. New they sell for $200-$250. I luckily found one place on the internet that seems to have an abundance of them and sell them new for $69 and refurbed for $20 (I bought 2 of the refurbed models). If you can't find one of the PCI Intel cards the only thing you are going to find is PCI-X based. As far as buying a pair of cheap single NIC's, nope, not on todays boards with the limited number of PCI slots... Such as my board, only 2 PCI slots, one is already filled by my PhysX card, and I could easily already have the other filled with a sound card.
Killer would own a bigger market share if they were the only ones with a dual port PCI based NIC, and with the kind of money they're chargin' for that sucker I don't see why this would be a problem.
Phnom_Penh
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It's important to note that there's absolutely no point in a dual gigabit pci card, as it would murder the pci bus (even single port cards give it a run for its money), wheras PCI-X is a hell of a lot faster and can handle it.name='FragTek' said:
FragTek
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name='Phnom_Penh' said:
Thus the reason Intel decided to EOL it's PCI-based card and upgraded it to a PCI-X platform, but there is STILL a market for a PCI dual port NIC which needs to be filled. Hence myself needing one, there's a market for it as I'm sure I'm not the only one needing a dual port NIC which uses PCI. Now a PCI-E dual port NIC would be about the greatest thing since sliced bread, use up some of these seemingly useless slots on my mobo.
Phnom_Penh
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Intel's expi9402pt? (£90 over here lol).name='FragTek' said:
Onboard gigabit's kinda filled the gap in the pci market. It usually bypasses the pci bus and goes straight into the chipset avoiding the bottle neck.
FragTek
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Yeah, a bit expensive as it's about the same price over here $175-200. I guess I really fail to see where NIC's incur that much cost, same with the Killer? So you can buy single port NIC's for $5, but that extra port justifies a price jump of $175? WTH? And I would assume that the Killer's CPU is probably powerful enough to handle the second port without problems. This would be a good time for Killer to come answer some more questions
Phnom_Penh
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The intel's expensive because it's a new product and it's going to have demand. The Killer.... because Bigfoot have an overblown self efficacy?name='FragTek' said:
