News - VisionTek fuses Killer NIC with AMD Radeon HD 5770

[HEXUS]

Combo card promises to increase frame rates and drop latencies.

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[cameronlite]

You say 'enthusiast' but its a 5770 which isn't an enthusiast card.

[MadduckUK]

clearing the way for low latencies and smooth, uninterrupted online gaming.

ugh

ps: Hi Cinrellik!

[bledd]

If those network cards were £20-25 a piece, they'd sell like hot cakes

The high price they have is impossible to justify

[dangel]

Utter toss.

Both the idea of 'killer nic' and fusing it to a graphic board strike me as resoundingly stupid.

[BullDogg]

You say 'enthusiast' but its a 5770 which isn't an enthusiast card.

It actually says that the mid-range GPU might put enthusiasts off.

the decidedly mid-range GPU [is] bound to put a lot of enthusiasts off.

[scaryjim]

I'm sure there are plenty of WOW bunnies out there who'd flock to buy one. In fact, run a promo with Blizzard for one of these with a funky sticker on a copy of WOW and you'd sell thousands.

I'll take 0.5% of the profits as a consultancy fee, thanks

[kingpotnoodle]

Killer NIC is the biggest waste of money, totally stupid, for so many reasons I can't even be bothered with.

[bledd]

Killer NIC is the biggest waste of money, totally stupid, for so many reasons I can't even be bothered with.

Well, it does work, as reviews have proven. But it's so much cost for so little performance gain

[mercyground]

Well, it does work, as reviews have proven. But it's so much cost for so little performance gain

^this.

Its nice little boost, but cost involved? no thanks. Wouldnt turn one down if i won one in a competition. But paying for one? no thanks. I'd rather spend it on better cpu/ram/gfx.
If your net is that crap. Upgrade or stop torrents before gaming.

Oh and another reason why wow ppl would buy it? Blizzard STILL hasnt allowed you to set a limit on your upstream when you are torrenting its patches. This of course HAMMERS the hell out of your connection and effectively throttles you.