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LOL @ 0-60 time! Seriously though, the 66Mhz doesn't make a lot of difference except when FNA has been enabled, and you are running a bunch of torrents. you'll be able to run fewer torrents (or lower quality Voice, when the VOIP app is complete). As for gaming performance benefit, the 66Mhz...

In case you missed the press: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb504722.htm Killer K1 is a more affordable version of the Killer NIC, and is available at select places (such as NewEgg, a [H] supporter) for $149.99 (after rebate). The difference between Killer NIC and Killer K1...

Yep, Much more affordable, FNA is "disabled" (and can be upgraded/enabled later), and 333Mhz NPU instead of 400Mhz NPU. In general, gaming improvement is about the same. You won't be able to run as many simultaneous FNA Torrent downloads at once with the Killer K1... but otherwise, it's a...

To Quote, the Anandtech review (which was actually very favorable): "we did a blind performance test in WoW with a third party. The third party had no idea their on-board NIC had been replaced with the Killer NIC. The first reaction was a question asking if an additional one gigabyte of RAM...

I would love to debate the pro's and con's and tech details of how Killer works... But to answer the posters question: Yes ,Killer K1 was just released!!! Same great Killer Performance (it is WAY MORE than 1FPS in WOW, more like 10-20 + 10-30ms lower latencies). 100$ cheaper. ($149...

lol, maybe i can send you one after the testing is done! Welcome to the [H] by the way DaleF!

As I understand it: our CEO said the first few folks did, the ones from the Adult Video conference...well... gaming? :) Still they Loved the K Bling. Tytus even said that people were offering crazy trades for the K Bling. Bar Tabs, personal favors, etc. etc. Yes, CES is a fun crazy party...

No, I know that it's either a new ASIC spin (2-3 years) or a possible bridge chip (1-2 years + added variable cost). So, it ain't great news. Fortunately AGEIA may be releaseing a PCI-E version soon, so your Physics accelerator (if you like that kind of thing) can get out of the way...

lmao. you got us! ironically, at the 'real' CES parties, people were more interested in the BitTorrent demo, than the booth babes!

forgot to mention, we also demo'd the BitTorrent Killer FNApp . Torrent's downloading inside the Killer NIC, all with 0% CPU utilization, made for a cool demo. it'll be in public beta pretty soon. Also, the Online Gaming PC's started popping up everywhere at CES as well...

And you thought your Killer NIC heatsink was just for show! http://digg.com/gaming_news/Killer_Bling_Babes_CES2007 Seriously, our CEO had some serious fun! And, as always, i'll answer questions about the Killer NIC, but I thought ya'll would enjoy seeing what you missed at CES.

noc_81, Thanks for the questions, hope I can answer them for you. 1.) Yes, Linux drivers are available from our website, and the community is in the progress of making them better. 2.) Right now, you can plug in any USB Flash device and it will auto-mount and is visilble from linux on...

sad you didn't find it useful. Hope we can win your business back soon! e.g.: more FNApps, more performance, and more features. We've got some GREAT feedback so far about FNA Firewall BTW... people really like the slick (and very lightweight) GUI, and the fact that the firewall itself...

Wow, great questions! We're selling this to people who love online games. (myself included). As for what you are missing: it's this...IMO Killer is a new product category that DOES impact online gameplay. I think Kyle's Award is MORE due to the fact that the testers he brought in...

Sorry you feel that way Yashu. I don't make the policies, but in this case I understand it.

Darakian, Yes, the firewall has recently been released (and it even has an easy to use control GUI)... The firewall is based on the popoular iptables linux program, and all runs inside the Killer. We call the feature FNA (Flexible Network Architecture). Another one is in the works, and...

noc_81, you talk as if you think you know something, but what you are stating are NOT facts, and in fact are quite baseless. I'm not going to respond to crap like that. I (and our entire engineering and support staff) work too hard to get treated like that. It's just not true. The...

Hey again everyone (I though this thread died!), I'm here to answer questions so here goes: 1.) I'm not on the marketing team, but I know our CEO wouldn't allow that kind of crap. 2.) We did try to do support via forums, but it got REALLY complex. So we changed the policy (clearly...

On the Linux question: There is a 'basic' linux driver in beta and free for download now on our website. FNApp support will be coming for Linux soon (I believe Q1 '07), and Linux stack bypass support is not yet in the queue. Hope that answers the question, if not pm me, and maybe we can...

I can't say what qualifies for an [H] award... I can say that this is a new kind of product, a whole new concept of gaming, and so much more will be happening with it going forward. We are very close to releasing the FNA BitTorrent client (to run torrents fully offloaded into killer, with...

NvidiotPrime, The HardOCP review was posted last week: you can't say that their "sneak peek" was a review, that's just not fair. A sure way to get them to stop doing sneak peeks. Especially since the problems you experienced have been worked out for quite some time... and the [h] folk...

Markintosh13 (cool name), no problem, it's not for everyone. Stats reported by lots of different reviews don't put it into the category your talking about...imo. Yah NvidiotPrime, I wasn't extremely happy with some of the issues you report either, but I can say it is way better now. I...

good discussion going on here everyone. Just want to respond to the comment about our flashing tool and early drivers: there were some problems. We've worked out a bunch of kinks in the last 3 months; and so I'm sorry that the NvidiotPrime had trouble, we've worked out a bunch of those...

First on costs.. I don't know the per-part costs, etc... I do know Killer has a 400Mhz NPU (embedded network processor), 64MB of DDR Ram, a custom Xilinx FPGA design, an 10/100/1000 Phy, 8Megs of Flash, EEPROM, and more. I also have worked on several Server Network Accelerator designs in my...

Forgot to mention, the analysis I just did was for RX only. TX works kinda the same, and so, the total benefit (round-trip-time benefit) would be TX + RX benefits. That's why when customers talk about Killer, they usually talk about 'hit registration'.

QuakerOatz, Preface: I'm in the Eng. dept. so I can't speak to how the card is marketed, etc. What I can say though is that the Calculation you propose is awesome. We do that calculation all the time (on a wide variety of systems + cpu's), and we do even more than that, we look at 'why' a...

spock, I love the tech. questions, so I'm happy to answer. One of the little known facts of game design is: How you ask windows for data matters A LOT. The windows network stack can add 2-15ms or more to the latency of a game. Everything from buffers and copies adds latency to more...

Hi everybody, just thought I'd jump in to answer any questions folks have on the technical side. I'm an engineer and I work at Bigfoot (though I wasn't present for the testing performed). What I can say is that we did give 1 (maybe 2) cards to HardOCP to take with them, and they've had them...

YARDofSTUF, just to be clear, regarding link-error corrections of Killer. It's a minor, and non-advertised feature, but a good example of the little things that can be done because there is Linux OS on the card. With Linux, we (and any users in fact) have the ability to run procs and cron...

reyalp, I'm bummed you see it that way: and I was hoping (and still hope) you were interested in discussion 'truth' of how the technology works, rather than any attacks. I'm an engineer, not a marketing exec., so I can't say if our 'claims' are too aggressive or not in the mktg. team: if...

Roger, no more double signing...

Yah we've been working on Vista for a while, and it is EXACTLY the same as XP (for UDP networking). TCP is changed quite a bit though. Linux is a different beast: we're not focusing on Stack Bypass or Gaming Optimization because gaming isn't done much in Linux, instead we're working to make...

Kaos, not sure if there was a question in there... though I think you have some good ideas! (the FNA firewall app is rather cool, and dual with pkt forwarding would be sweet). da_sponge, I love talking about this stuff, and it is my life! :) Yes, most games use UDP! And you are correct...

number69 is quoting the anandtech review, which verified TONS of the results were were suggesting (5+ms ping improvements, 5+fps improvement)... reyalp, here's a tech. explanation of packet loss recovery. The basic steps are always: 1.) Detect Packet Loss. 2.) Send Request for missing...

Gillette, Sorry your ISP is crappy. It is true that a crappy ISP can ruin a gaming experience.. (Killer helps some, by recovering from nasty packet loss better than other cards). I hope you can get a better ISP soon! However, I don't believe Killer will ever be ~$50: it's not...

Lol, yah, it kinda is, except that PC from 1999 didn't fit onto a single slot PCI card with passive cooling.. and Integrate seamlessly with your much more powerful CPU... :) Seriously though, i'm here if anyone has questions about how Killer works or what it does. Management at Bigfoot...

just to be clear, Maximum PC meant that they didn't think they could necessarily percieve (as in Feel) the MEASURED 5+ms ping benefits. But the FPS performance and ping benefits were real and tangible. I personally think they were holding out for FNApps (and they went to print just a few...

full source to the linux drivers will be made available (and can be gotten now via closed beta... just pm me in our forums or shoot me an email) We intend to put the drivers into the main linux distros when they are stable and have had more testing.

We (and our many reviewers) http://www.killernic.com/KillerNic/KillerNewsReviews.aspx have done tons of testing, in many of the configurations you mention. Some interesting findings. 1.) Traceroute and Ping DO NOT accurately estimate your in-game latency... they DO show if you have huge...

will work on that official bigfoot status idea. 2 ideas to 'try it out': First, if you buy from our website we offer a 30-day money back guarantee. Second, there are a lot of etailers, i don't know which have a restocking fee and which don't, but there may be some out there. TS