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Old August 12, 2007, 12:13 PM
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Default Bigfoot Networks' Killer NIC network card

"Lag is the scourge of online gaming—a very real impediment to serious players and an almost universal excuse for the poor performance of the rest of us. Surely, the promise of eliminating a problem so widespread would have gamers lined up ready to open their wallets. But the Killer NIC costs around $250, and that's a big ask for a component we've grown accustomed to getting for free.
I've spent the last few weeks exploring the Killer NIC's impact on lag and game responsiveness, and I've come away rather surprised by the results. Are those results, combined with the Killer's other unique capabilities, worth $250? Read on to find out."


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Heh.....

They're either bound and determined to market this thing, or they're trying to dump their original production stock.

Has anybody actually seen one of these installed in a non-review computer?
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