l0gic Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 For those of you who haven't had the comedic encounter with Bigfoot's "overlocked," "gamer-oriented" network card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16833342001 That's right, folks! For a mere $280, you can completely disregard the laws of physics! Shave hundreds of milliseconds off your round-trip response time through a dozen graphically disparate routers by enabling TCP/IP checksum offloading on the local link! Anandtech even has an eleven-page product review, without those annoying buzzwords like "baseline" or "control group". Hell, why bother measuring in confusing terms like "bitrate" and "error count" when we can measure the frames per second in random, multiplayer Battlefield 2?! I kid you not, read the review. I, for one, have completely lost faith in Anandtech as an independent reviewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 For a mere $280 dollars you can also purchase a very very expensive steak. Ill take the steak over defying the laws of physics The FNA thing seems like the shit to me. I want onw of these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotChild Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Have you seen what it looks like!? I've ALWAYS wanted a giant K on my NIC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Wow, this will go well with my beach house in Switzerland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Zaius Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I have yet to see a non-biased realistic review for this thing, it's either the reviewers are saying this is the NIC that Jesus would use or that it's not even good enough for a Christmas Tree decoration. It certainly seems like bullshit in attractive packing with a oversized pricetag on it. But I still find it hard to believe that a company would do all the R&D and marketing to sell something out of most peoples price range for an NIC, and yet the product apparently offers no significant benefit for gaming at all. Regardless I won't be rushing out to buy one anytime soon. Instead of wasting our money on this why doesn't everyone just donate their $280 towards getting fibre to your doorstep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycho Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 even with a game comming with it, way too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Toxie Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 The most unfortunate and scary part, is I am sure that there are people who would drop the coin to get it. I can't imagine what the support calls would like. I guess I should reserve judgment until someone I know and trust reviews it, needless to say; I am skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 The quality of the cable is far more important, but when you are sending data over the Internet it realy dosn't matter as long as it works well enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macker Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 If it offered 10 gigabit Ethernet over CAT6a or CAT7 it might be worth it, but it seems like a waste of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I think it is cool how it is a Linux running system on a NIC. I would buy one it it was a $100.00, maby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I'd rather spend the cash on a server grade NIC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 There is no point on spending so much money on a NIC unless you absalutly must have the maximum possible through put (i.e. you have a server that serves 200 or more computers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I think running software on a PCI card could be very useful. I like how it run Linux on board and you can have it run your own software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 True dat... but if I had cash to burn, I'd rather spend it on server grade kit that over priced gamer kit. One thing i have noticed is that hardware designed for buisness users is always better quality, not nessacarly faster though, just solid and reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 If you search around the Internet there are a number of dual channel fibre optic PCIe 16x cards that look pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 mmm... fiber. I would love fiber networking, but it would be too fast, I wouldn't be able to use it to it's full potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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