Killer Nic?

I have used Killer Nics in my last two home builds and also opted for the wireless in my x17 that I recently ordered. I have heard a few people here saying they have not heard anything good about them, where I did with my other builds. Is it that pointless? Just have not seen anything so far in DS's choices that were just mere fluff, besides the personalizing things like lighting, engraving, and case choices.

I own the Killer 2100. It is the only Killer product I own, so I cannot attest to any other products. I purchased it largely because I wanted to test it out, and I had already reduced my rig's cost by over 2,000$ so I figured a little unnecessary expenditure wasn't going to hurt. 

I will say that for me it has resulted in an increase in speed. The amount of increase has fluctuated, varying from as low as a 6% increase up to as much as a 15% increase. These were not laboratory conditions, so its its possible other variables were in play, but that being said, I did go way out of my way to reduce as many of them as possible.

At the end of the day, I do not regret my decision to purchase the card, because I cut nothing else out for it, nor was I expecting anything great of it. In spite of that, I would probably not recommend the card unless you, as bprat22 has mentioned, know someone in your immediate area, that uses the same service, that gets noticeable results.

 In games I can only think of maybe a couple of times where the NIC vs. the Onboard made a noticeable difference, and this was out of dozens of tests. I never once had the Killer hurt my performance or speed (as some people seemed to have had) but unless you really know it will help and want to pay that much for the increase, skip and save the money for another upgrade or for something else nice.


Edited by Tidgxor - 29 Sep 2012 at 5:56pm

Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it.

Wow, yeah I somehow missed that