[citation][nom]LLJones[/nom]Thumb me down, say whatever. I have been using their products since they hit the market. I've never seen suddenly fantastic ping rates or huge increases in fps, what I have noticed is far smoother game play during heavy battle scenes. I have done my own backyard testing over the years and consistently see better performance with the killer. so the fact their product is at the top is no suprise.The best thing about them however is their customer support. Second to none. Email in morning, response next day. Once contact was established, responses were no more than 1 day. They went above and beyond to help me out with my dead card. 5 stars 10/10 etc. The best support ever.[/citation]
The killer NIC's improved performance is just as good as free third party software that optimizes network traffic and Tom's proved that already. This Killer is a different story because it is wireless and there are a lot more ways for a company to improve wireless performance than there are to improve wired performance.
[citation][nom]qiuwan298[/nom]I would like to try this out. If they can make a good pci-e/pci version of this card then definitely[/citation]
Why make a PCI version when almost every PC made in the last ten years has PCIe support? That would simply be supporting an old, outdated bus that is oftentimes not even included on newer motherboards anymore. Sure, PCI is fast enough for this, but it's getting phased out and no one who wants something like this for performance would use a computer so old that it doesn't even have PCIe slots.
[citation][nom]mortsmi7[/nom]I think someone just simply feels the need to have the last word in for every single comment made.In contrast, replacing a wireless card on my pc is a total pain in the ass. It takes a whole ten minutes most of which is figuring out which cord is the keyboard and getting it plugged in to the one USB that runs during start-up so I can skip the 9 sec wait on the Linux boot menu.[/citation]
It's not about having the last word, it's about something being resolved. We're talking about laptops, not desktops and your desktop seems to have some serious problems. Even if desktops were the topic, your wouldn't even be relevant to the conversation if it is that messed up. Also, if you don't mind me asking, why does it take you so long to find out what each cord is? Even then, why do you think it's okay to blame something that is not the PC's fault (the PC probably didn't tangle any wires or whatever the problem is).
Also, if you have such trouble finding out what each wire goes to, why don't you label them? Just get a piece of tape or whatever and write what it is like "keyboard", "mouse", etc.