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| Bigfoot Networks Begins Shipping Killer Gaming NIC Bigfoot Networks has begun shipping its flagship gaming product, the Killer Network Interface Card. The Killer NIC is the first network card specifically designed to improve performance for online gamers who demand less Ping (latency) and more Frames Per Second. The Killer improves gaming performance through its patent-pending Hardware Network Stack that bypasses the host operating system's networking stack completely. Online gaming enthusiasts will gain a significant competitive advantage through the Killer NIC's ability to reduce and control Ping times while increasing Frames Per Second. The Killer NIC has shown impressive performance improvements on CounterStrike, F.E.A.R., and World of Warcraft. For example, results have shown an average of 7 milliseconds of Ping improvement in CounterStrike: Source, and an FPS improvement of approximately 8 percent. World of Warcraft shows an average of 10 ms of Ping improvement and 7 percent improvements in FPS. Killer's LLR Technology also offers gamers the chance to write or run Linux programs on the NPU. This functionality, called Flexible Network Architecture, can be used by developers or inspired gamers to write their own applications and utilities. FNApps and the integrated USB port on Killer allow gamers to run programs like VoIP or file-sharing programs without impacting their host CPU or ever touching their gaming computer. The Killer NIC is a Network Interface Card powered by LLR Technology and offers gamers superior speed and performance in their online games. Killer's 400 MHz Network Processing Unit and 64 MB of dedicated DDR is one of the first applications of Corporate Network Acceleration Technology introduced to the consumer market. The Killer NIC offers improved gaming performance, standard NIC functionality, and has an onboard USB 2.0 port as part of its Flexible Network Architecture which allows gamers to write their own applications to run on the NPU. Killer runs on PCs that run the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Game News :: home page |