Wednesday, July 11th 2018
Supercharge Your Network - Aquantia Multi-Gig Ethernet Adapters for Gamers Now Available
Aquantia, a leader in Multi-Gigabit Ethernet, is pumping new life into networked gaming. Today the company announced the availability of a special gamer edition AQtion AQN-107 Ethernet adapter, available exclusively on Amazon for an introductory price of $89.99. The AQN-107 10Gigabit adapter takes high-speed Multi-Gig networking to the next level, and the gamer edition provides exclusive access to new Aquantia gaming prioritization software. The AQtion AQN-107 gamer edition hardware is clad in classic black and comes with both full-height and half-height powder coated black brackets for the gamer who wants a beautiful, fragging machine.
The combination of the gamer edition AQN-107 with the new Aquantia software will allow gamers to prioritize gameplay over other LAN activity. The reduction in lag and latency provides the reaction time advantage which can mean the difference between living on to play more and a "Game Over" situation. Twitch streamers, in particular, will benefit from dynamically controlling both the upload and download speeds through the prioritization interface.
About the Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107
The Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107 in classic black supports 10GBASE-T Ethernet in compliance with the IEEE 802.3an standard. It is also backward compatible with legacy cabling and Ethernet standards and supports 5GBASE-T and 2.5GBASE-T Ethernet per the IEEE 802.3bz standard. By supporting PCI Express x4 with a single RJ45 port, AQtion NICs can easily upgrade most existing tower PCs, supplanting outdated Gigabit Ethernet. It also fully utilizes the bandwidth capabilities of the latest CPUs and GPUs. Go here to learn more about the gamer edition of the AQtion AQN-107.
LK Bhupathi, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Aquantia:According to Jon Peddie Research's most recent worldwide report on pre-built and DIY gaming focused PCs - including upgrades and accessories - the market exceeded $30 billion for the first time in 2017. At the same time sales of PC games made up 28% of the overall global games market value of $116 billion. Selecting Amazon to reach this potentially lucrative market in North America was a simple choice. Amazon is responsible for 44% of all US e-commerce sales - or about 4% of all US retail sales. The most sales on Amazon - more than $8 billion - are created through the company's consumer electronics division, which includes PCs and computer components.
"We listened to feedback from the gaming community - they want easy access to high-performance Multi-Gig Ethernet hardware at competitive price points. Amazon provides us with the customer-focused approach that gamers and PC enthusiasts demand. Aquantia decided to kick off our Amazon presence with a special gaming edition of our 10G AQtion Ethernet Adapter combined with the beta version of Aquantia's prioritization software so users can tightly control latency and lag."
The combination of the gamer edition AQN-107 with the new Aquantia software will allow gamers to prioritize gameplay over other LAN activity. The reduction in lag and latency provides the reaction time advantage which can mean the difference between living on to play more and a "Game Over" situation. Twitch streamers, in particular, will benefit from dynamically controlling both the upload and download speeds through the prioritization interface.
About the Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107
The Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107 in classic black supports 10GBASE-T Ethernet in compliance with the IEEE 802.3an standard. It is also backward compatible with legacy cabling and Ethernet standards and supports 5GBASE-T and 2.5GBASE-T Ethernet per the IEEE 802.3bz standard. By supporting PCI Express x4 with a single RJ45 port, AQtion NICs can easily upgrade most existing tower PCs, supplanting outdated Gigabit Ethernet. It also fully utilizes the bandwidth capabilities of the latest CPUs and GPUs. Go here to learn more about the gamer edition of the AQtion AQN-107.
45 Comments on Supercharge Your Network - Aquantia Multi-Gig Ethernet Adapters for Gamers Now Available
That said, I'd probably pay a little extra just for the black PCB alone.
Please people, stop spreading misinformation just because you don't know.
And this goes further than just the Packet Prioritization that any decent router does now; they're forwarding your traffic to another location to further "prioritize" your connection for your games. Largely a useless thing, especially since you have to pay for it. This is the bullshit that is built into many ASUS routers right now: www.wtfast.com/
We need to embrace 10G as a standard. It is easily one of the biggest bottlenecks today. It isn't useless for the average household.
A typical household isn't going to have ethernet installed in the walls, but what about when your typical tenant moves out and the average gamer/IT professional moves in and needs great connectivity? Now let's say that house happened to have ethernet in the walls, but it was only Cat5 but they needed 10G. You shouldn't define limits for people who are the typical average user.
The thing about standards is 1) they should accommodate the vast majority of people's needs and 2) provide room for growth. Sorry friends, but ye ol' 1Gbps ethernet is pretty long in the tooth and just needs to go. We need to move on and embrace 10G as today's standard.
Aquantia is trying to do this with its very reasonable price. They are merely using buzzwords with "gamer" just like all other marketing departments do.
unrealisticspecialized options.The ASUS is a little older and on the list for comparison. It's 10Gb ports don't have the 2.5Gb, 5Gb support of new multi-gig switches and controllers.
People will be able to relate as more configurations show up in the coming months. Some won't have 10Gb at all; but rather 1Gb, 2.5Gb, and 5Gb on all ports (or a mix). Most CAT5e does not need to be replaced to obtain these speeds.
Edit: Example, any sports car that has never seen a track.
this seems like wifi speeds in reverse. lots of routers with ac 2500+ speeds but no adapters that support that. Here we are at 10Gbps adapters but very little switches that support it. LOL
Again, most people won't need this until all devices are cheap, and the US finally gets off it's ass with broadband regulations and speeds.
And we're hung up on the gaming thing, because this is what the marketing is parroting. Doesn't matter what we here feel as we're enthusiasts; it matters what the average Joe will do, and since something is branded as "gaming" and advertised to have high theoretical speeds will be bought. And those users will be wasting money as they likely don't know the proper use cases for 10gig currently.