Bigfoot Networks Killer NIC M1 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter

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"The Killer-NIC machine trounced the performance of its lacking sibling. Over the course of the same 15 minute testing blocks, the Killer NIC'ed box averaged 23.5 frames per second, a more than 65% performance gain. Minimum and maximum fps were also better, split between 12 on the low end and 35 on the high. Pings were relatively similar to the standard box, though we did notice latency spikes much less often on the Killer NIC'ed machine.

The performance boost we got out of the Killer NIC in this testing exceeds Bigfoot Networks' own claims of 10-15% gains by a long shot and certainly seems to validate the potential of the technology. We suspect, however, that the fact that these computers were marginal at running F.E.A.R. in the first place had an impact in the comparison. In many cases the non-Killer NIC machine became absolutely bogged down as particles flew and grenades exploded, enough so that the entire machine would hang for a moment as things got sorted out. Obviously this murdered average fps figures. The Killer NIC equipped machine always managed to avoid grinding to a halt, perhaps due to enough of a performance boost from the Killer NIC to avoid becoming completely submerged in processing overhead and tanking its fps. Thus, we concluded that if we were conducting the head-to-head comparison between two high performance rigs the difference would not be as great as 65%. “

http://gear.ign.com/articles/729/729733p2.html

"FNA Dude!

While telling your mom “FNA (Flexible Network Appliations) applications rock" might get you slapped, this is really the heart and soul of the Killer NIC. Everything that we have talked about above runs on an embedded version of Linux that is housed on the Killer NIC. Not only does the Killer NIC hardware run on Linux, the embedded Linux OS is accessible to the end user as well though the Flexible Network Applications Console.

Above you can see a Linux console prompt on our Windows XP machine. This console application will be shipped in the box with the Killer NIC as well as the Linux source code and also a SDK.

I expect to see a community of Killer NIC users that will likely unite around FNA applications. Outside of it possibly being used for firewall and virus scan applications, I expect to see a see an application like Teamspeak that is native to the Killer NIC that will allow for some communication improvements as well as further offloading system hardware while taking advantage of native packet prioritization abilities.

Aside from that, you still might be wondering why there is a USB 2.0 jack on the card. This could be used with a microphone for in-game communication as mentioned above, or you can even plug a Windows formatted USB Flash drive or external hard drive into it. I expect that if the Killer NIC weathers fighting for a new market we will see Bittorrent clients popping up for it soon. Just imagine having your favorite open source file sharing program sitting on the NIC card not touching the rest of your system having its shared packets being fully prioritized so as to not negatively impact your gaming experience.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTE1MywyLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==


Bigfoot Networks Killer NIC M1 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter 1 x RJ-45, 1 x USB2.0 - Retail

$279.99

Pros: Despite the size of the heatsink, it fits easily in 1 card slot. The manufacturer seems to really care about those who've bought it. The potential for the "FNA Apps" is huge... too bad there really ...
aren't any available yet. But soon... oh yes... soon people will regret this thing ever exists when they meet me in games.

Cons: Its buggy. Unless you only play your game with no other internet tasks, your computer is liable to crash. Run ventrillo/teamspeak while playing... crash. Browse the web white alt-tabbed... crash. ... More »
Its a known bug and the manufacturer is supposedly working on it. I wouldn't buy one until its fixed. But oh well I did anyways. Also when you install the card it updates the firmware automatically... but it doesn't realize that its updated, so every time you run the config utility it asks if you want to update again. Just say "no" and move on. Oh yeah, they only have XP drivers right now, and only promise Vista drivers when that OS is released. If you run anything else, don't get this.

Other Thoughts: First I want to say I bought this direct from the manufacturer as Newegg didn't have it for sale yet. But I love Newegg and I want people to know what this thing is all about. The improvements to pings seems minimal... that should be the last reason to buy this. Obviously most of this is out of the control of any network card. The improvement to framerate from off-loading work from the CPU to the card is a much better reason to buy this. Depending how high end your rig is, this could be a better expenditure than a new video card or CPU. Basically only if you're real high end. But the REAL reason to get one is the "FNA Apps". This thing is a linux box on a card. Soon people will be writing apps to do all kinds of cool stuff. That's the real reason to get one. You may want to wait until some people have written some though, unless you're a coder yourself, 'cause right now there's basically no FNA Apps out there.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833342001


无言了，实在忍不住发了此帖。

其实n年以前这个价格实在不值得大惊小怪，但那毕竟是远古的过去了。

280美元的网卡！

至少我看上不觉得有那种工业设计制造机制完美的感觉，可却强烈觉得这是出自某几个狂热的技术大叔的狂热设计。

至于280美元值不值——我只是觉得，如果ign的测试没有什么水分，这可要比creative的fps加速声卡好得多，也 实在很多，如果在相同配置和设置下就能提高10fps，我想就得好好算算了: 如果为了这10 fps的增加，在相同设置和质量的前提下，换在投资cpu、video card上，又要多少呢？

不过，就像厂商自己暗示，和很多试用者认为的那样：这块卡最强的不是性能，而是潜力，是FNA (Flexible Network Appliations) 。

（PS：最后的连接虽然是零售网站，但不是国内的，而且大家都知道貌似不对国内销售，所以应该不算违规吧？确实没有做广告的嫌疑，因为查了半天就这一家有卖。）

[ 本帖最后由 cwsaaa 于 2006-9-14 05:40 编辑 ]

RiYaYaDe

看花眼了　！＃。

reftin2

上面那片金属盖子除了作造型之外，还有什么别的用处？

lwei261

狂晕　＃当显卡用了　＃