Killer NIC Benefit?

[SaintGTR]

Would this benefit SRCDS at all?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833189002&cm_re=killer_nic-_-33-189-002-_-Product

Are there any NIC Cards that would help game servers?

[Mooga]

I personally feel that "gamer NICs" are nothing more then a scam. While have neat features (Dedicated ram or a small Linux system installed), I don't think it will give you much in the long run.

[SaintGTR]

I have no usage for it for personal use, but if it helps players get lower pings, better reg or latency, then its good for me, I am just wondering if anyone knows if it will benefit game servers at all.

If not, whats the best NIC to get?

[MIG]

you will get a much better result with a good server class network card and a good router "with QoS"/internet connection. most of the latency comes from the cable between your modem and your isp, not between your computer and the modem.

[loopyman]

^^^^^

And anyways, more latency comes from distance and travel over other networks.

Unless everybody is on a LAN together and latencies are less than 5ms I don't this card is going to make much a difference.

[SaintGTR]

(01-18-2011, 03:28 PM)MIG Wrote:  you will get a much better result with a good server class network card and a good router "with QoS"/internet connection. most of the latency comes from the cable between your modem and your isp, not between your computer and the modem.

I have a modem/router, adding an additional router won't help, any recommendations for network cards?

[MIG]

(01-18-2011, 05:29 PM)SaintGTR Wrote:  I have a modem/router, adding an additional router won't help, any recommendations for network cards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033&cm_re=intel_network_card-_-33-106-033-_-Product
will be fine if you have a PCI-E slot
and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106121&cm_re=intel_nic-_-33-106-121-_-Product if you only have a PCI slot.

The "good" router i was talking about was not to have a additional one, but to have one that supports QoS.

[SaintGTR]

My current one has QoS, but its confusing to setup in the admin panel.

[lol554]

Seriously.. Don't buy those kind of cards, it will only be a waste of money. Your latency IS depending on the technology and distance between your home and your ISP's communication-central. You cannot do anything about this, the only thing you can do is asking your ISP if it's possible to route your internet in a better way or get a better technology.

[Monk]

No matter what 'card' you buy, games still call things like sendto() for packets, which goes to the OS, then to the PCI address space, then out to the net. No matter what 'hardware', the OS is -always- going to be the slowest component.

[BehaartesEtwas]

even worse, the slowest component is usually the DSL connection (or whatever you use to connect your home to the internet). latency between the software using send() or whatever to send the data and the hardware ethernet port to really send the electrical signals will be far below 1ms (probably in the region of some 10 microseconds) while the internet connection usually has some 10 milliseconds latency. you can have a benefit in the percent region at best.

btw: QoS really makes only sense in the internet router which connects a fast LAN network with a much slower DSL/whatever network and thus has to decide what should get out first. that is pretty useful if you share the internet line with others but will not improve anything if the game makes the only traffic...