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I bought a Killer NIC 2100 recently to try it out vs. the onboard NIC, and I thought I'd post the ping results for 4 different servers across 4 different games that I tried.
System:
q9550 quad core
gigabyte 965p-ds3 (marvel yukon something onboard NIC)
4gigs ram ddr2
radeon 4890
killer nic 2100 with latest firmware/drivers
Ping results for 4 games that I play the most, in 4 servers that I play the most...
Battlefield: Vietnam - server: HHK Hastings 24/7
Onboard pings: 41 to 82 hovers between
Killer NIC pings: 43 to 97 hovers between, nasty spike to 113
Call of Duty: World at War - server: [Fire] Zoo York
Onboard pings: 64 to 95 hovers between
Killer NIC pings: 85 to 114 hovers between
Unreal Tournament 3 - server: Beer Drinkers Deathmatch
Onboard pings: 64 to 76
Killer NIC pings: 56 to 68
Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam - server: Campers Paradise
Onboard pings: 98 to 103
Killer NIC pings: 105 to 116
To me, this is obviously a waste of money. The only game out of the 4 it helped in was Unreal Tournament 3 which helped by about 8 ping. It made BFBC2, BF:V, and COD:WAW worse than with the onboard. Since I mainly play BFBC2 atm, and it bumps my ping UP instead of helping, this thing is getting returned.
System:
q9550 quad core
gigabyte 965p-ds3 (marvel yukon something onboard NIC)
4gigs ram ddr2
radeon 4890
killer nic 2100 with latest firmware/drivers
Ping results for 4 games that I play the most, in 4 servers that I play the most...
Battlefield: Vietnam - server: HHK Hastings 24/7
Onboard pings: 41 to 82 hovers between
Killer NIC pings: 43 to 97 hovers between, nasty spike to 113
Call of Duty: World at War - server: [Fire] Zoo York
Onboard pings: 64 to 95 hovers between
Killer NIC pings: 85 to 114 hovers between
Unreal Tournament 3 - server: Beer Drinkers Deathmatch
Onboard pings: 64 to 76
Killer NIC pings: 56 to 68
Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam - server: Campers Paradise
Onboard pings: 98 to 103
Killer NIC pings: 105 to 116
To me, this is obviously a waste of money. The only game out of the 4 it helped in was Unreal Tournament 3 which helped by about 8 ping. It made BFBC2, BF:V, and COD:WAW worse than with the onboard. Since I mainly play BFBC2 atm, and it bumps my ping UP instead of helping, this thing is getting returned.