killernic m1

[SKUNDERbau]

Has anyone tried the killernic, just like to get a heads up if it does what it says it does and its any good

[Conroy]

I bought one ages ago but I couldn't get it to work for more than 15 minutes on XP, so I removed it from my PC. It did work on Vista 32bit without any problems but my PC isn't built for Vista gaming.

In that short space of time on XP when it was working, it did as it said on the box. Back then, I was using the version 1 drivers. I think they're on version 3 or 4 now.

[oldkawman1]

I looked at this several months ago, owner reviews are very mixed.

This is for the K1, the $150 card,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ywords=&Page=2

After reading this review covering both models.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/478/1/

I decided it was not worth it.

[SKUNDERbau]

god why does the ad come over as really good, it says that theres no lag, well it cuts it out or somit.
just thought as i was on ut3 it might help sometimes i get it not often, but the odd time, when i try to connect to some far out places, they have two which one are you talking about conroy the m1 ?

[oldkawman1]

This is for the M1, the real expensive model.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833342001

It can only speed up things that are slowed down by your computer. It unloads the CPU of many network tasks and is faster than onboard lan and standard 10/100 cards. But, if the lag is caused by your connection or provider, it will have no improvement.

[theJ]

snake oil :/

[jjz]

It can improve things slightly, but not $100-$150 worth.

If you are a WoW addict then it might be worth it. Apparently it works wonders for WoW.

[{DvT}JonahHex]

This is for the M1, the real expensive model.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833342001

It can only speed up things that are slowed down by your computer. It unloads the CPU of many network tasks and is faster than onboard lan and standard 10/100 cards. But, if the lag is caused by your connection or provider, it will have no improvement.

Oldkawman has it. Unless your ping is really high, you can usually figure that most of your on-line 'problems' are due to the routing between yourself and the server and this card will do nothing for that...which is the source of most lag.

You might also find this interesting:
[shot]http://epic.dvts.org/ut3cpuusage.jpg[/shot]
This shot was taken while on-line, connected from Reno, NV to our server in Los Angeles, CA, myself and 7 bots. I had killed a bot (flak secondary) just inside the doorway where the flak is pointed. He disappeared while I got the keystrokes together to take the screenshot but the CPU usage includes killing him; his ASMD is still there.

With my CPUs running in the neighborhood of 50%, even while connected, there is plenty of overhead for the game's netcode to run w/o offloading it to a $200 card.