[cod] Off Topic / Kinda Sorta

[DLinkOZ]

It's a TOE NIC.  I can't imagine there would be tangible benefits for
gaming.  They're a huge benefit for things like iSCSI-connected storage,
though.



-----Original Message-----
From: Viktor Kaup [mailto:furiousv9 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:09 PM
To: cod at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [cod] Off Topic / Kinda Sorta

Believe it or not, tests have actually shown that the KillerNIC has
slightly higher latency than your standard standard embedded Ethernet
controller. At least for CS:Source and Unreal Tournament according to
reviews.

2009/1/26 Sion Duncan <prism27 at gmail.com>:
> If you had the money to throw at this pc, then you may as well get one of
> these:
>
> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-001-KN
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> 2009/1/26 Steffen Tronstad <sttr at nextgentel.com>
>>
>> Why are people always talking about harddrives when it comes to gaming.
>> The game loads all the data to RAM anyway, so you do not need a fast
>> harddrive to play a game (only to save 1 or 2 seconds on load-time)
>>
>> A fast HDD will not give you FPS or lower ping. Spend a few more bucks
>> on your CPU and GPU instead.
>>
>> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
>> Fra: Hannu Kumpeli [mailto:hannu at shadowstyle.nl]
>> Sendt: 26. januar 2009 11:51
>> Til: cod at icculus.org
>> Emne: Re: [cod] Off Topic / Kinda Sorta
>>
>> sas 15k would be more efficient and faster
>>
>> > Setting up a game machine (to play COD4/5 of course).
>> >
>> > Which is faster 1 SAS 15k RPM drive or 4 x SATA II RAID 10?
>> >
>> > Thanks. :)
>> >
>> >
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