The Killer NIC: The Solution To Your Lag Problems

Posted Sep 17, 2006 at 10:03AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: Interviews Tags: Bigfoot Networks, interviews, Killer NIC, mmorpg rumors, RAID, USB 2.0

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One of the most prevalent problems plaguing online games is lag. Sometimes it gets so bad that we just have to stop playing, and when it gets even worse we can sometimes swear to ourselves that we won't ever play again (although more often than not we get right back on the MMO wagon).

This is the problem that Bigfoot Networks hopes to remedy with their new product, the Killer Network Interface Card which we already featured a few months back. To shed more light on what the Killer NIC can do, in an interview with MMORPG.com's Jon Wood, the guys from Bigfoot Networks revealed that their Killer NIC helps out in two ways: ping and frames per second. Pings get lower, while the latter gets higher.

The Killer NIC is also more versatile than the average network card. Users can actually write their own programs on the card. Programs like TeamSpeak, Ventrillo and even Bit Torrent that usually eat away at a gameÂ’s performance can be compiled to run through this new card. It even comes with an external USB 2.0 port so that you can plug in an external hard drive.

The card is especially useful when you're in a situation where there are lots of monsters and players on-screen at the same time, say during a raid. the guys from Bigfoot Networks say that this is where the Killer NIC shines most, reducing the lag that is common in these situations.

How does it perform when used in a high raid content MMO, say World of Warcraft? According to Bigfoot, as well as outside reviewers, the game sees about 9 milliseconds of improvement in latency and a 41% improvement in frames per second. Man, if this card really lives up to the hype, we're getting ours right away. We suggest you guys give it a try too.

Via MMORPG

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