SeleneI beta tested this when EVGA had them, and I can 100% tell you it did nothing.
Glad it was free, that was the only up side to having it.

btarunrBecause probably you were playing on servers near you and the 70 ms to 50 ms latency cut it brings no observable difference to gameplay? On the other hand, a 200 ms to 150 ms cut could make all the difference in an SMG or combat knife fight.

btarunrBecause probably you were playing on servers near you and the 70 ms to 50 ms latency cut it brings no observable difference to gameplay? On the other hand, a 200 ms to 150 ms cut could make all the difference in an SMG or combat knife fight.

badsykesIs not really PoS but not worth 200$ either..If it was 50-60$ i would have bought one.

badsykesI think this card is missunderstood a little.The company is at fault with this.They should market the card as a something like a multi purpose NIC to use like a torrent storage, server card and programming different networking stuff and and the gaming part should be adjacent.The company know that is impossible to control gaming packets and ping over the internet.This move to advertise like a gaming card was a very bad move from them.Is not really PoS but not worth 200$ either..If it was 50-60$ i would have bought one.

btarunrBecause probably you were playing on servers near you and the 70 ms to 50 ms latency cut it brings no observable difference to gameplay? On the other hand, a 200 ms to 150 ms cut could make all the difference in an SMG or combat knife fight.

SeleneNot at all, my ping doing nothing was 250ish.
My ping using registry tweaks 60ish, after installing the EVGA Killer Nic, it made 0 difference.
I also tried it with out using the tweaks, and It still made little difference.
IMO the only time it seams the cards are worth it, it for older PC's that could use some help by taking the load off the cpu, and heck if your spending that type of cash, you should upgrade the PC not the NIC IMO.

badsykesWhat LAN_deRf_HA said is the purpose of the card.Is an Offloading NIC that optimizes at maximum the potential of the network.

badsykesIt doesn't matter if it's gaming, firewalls or other program the point of this card is Offloading..From offloading and prioritizing gaming packets you get the lower ping..People should look this way at it not like how the company advertise it.

badsykesAnd someone said about atom box.You cannot compare a "hardware" NIC to a atom box..If i want a server yes, another pc is the way but when i want one PC that do all and i want optimized to max here comes this NIC.This can be compared to VGA's that offload the movies from CPU.

badsykesFor some people with specific needs like a corporate the Killer NIC may be a strategic piece of stuff in the hands of a some profesionals..This one is pretty unique because is programable..
Imagine buying many servers with this kind of NIC's and offloading the firewalls or other programs directly on the card.It brings better performance overall on the cluster and maybe a little less investment in computers itselfs..

YukikazeOffloading things from the CPU in a home environment is useless - You CPU is under-utilized 99% of the time anyway, so it doesn't need the offload capability in the NIC. Offloading doesn't maximize any network potential, it reduces CPU load, and nothing else.

btarunrIt's not about reducing CPU load, it's about reducing the latency involved in making the CPU (host) process network stacks.

badsykesThe NIC control the packets that enter in your computer.It can't control the packets over the ISP network or external networks.All this NIC can do is to cut 3ms or maybe 5ms because do not travel around your computer.If your remember hardware dial up modems this card basically do the same function as those..Hardware dial up modems were expensive when they were on the market and this NIC card is something like going back to the roots with same expensive price..