which lan is better for gaming ?

[Hassan Shahid]

Intel® I219V vs Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN controller which is better for gaming ?

 

[glamdringfh]

Here is a similar thread on overclock.net if you're interested:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1575157/intel-i219v-vs-killer-e2400

The general summary is that aside from a few neat features of the E2400 like Wi-Fi teaming there really isn't much in it. Unless you're pusing your gigabit ethernet to it's extreme capacity you probably won't be able to notice any improvement in performance between the two.

 

[jsmithepa]

Go Intel.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN controller
http://www.killernetworking.com/products/e2400 😀

The board itself uses 12-phase power design as on the Extreme 7+, so don’t be looking for an inordinate amount of power phases and overclocking chops in the Gaming series. Networking is handled by the new Killer E2400 Ethernet controller that we also saw on boards from Gigabyte and MSI. The new controller adds features like the ability to prioritize web traffic and offers lower latencies, a boon to gamers out to shave milliseconds off their ping.

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/feature-asrock-launches-new-intel-z170-motherboards-gamers-and-overclockers

 

[gkdiamond]

Intel® I219V vs Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN controller which is better for gaming ?

This is quoted from a GIGABYTE Z170X Gaming 7 Motherboard Review at http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/09/24/gigabyte_z170x_gaming_7_lga_1151_motherboard_review/4#.VqE-pU8oGh0

"Of course being a gaming focused motherboard, GIGABYTE would choose to integrate my nemesis, the Killer NIC. The standard E2200 we are used to seeing has been replaced with the newer E2400. Ordinarily I have trouble with the drivers for these things but I didn’t in this case. It just worked. This was a nice change as my last outing with the E2400 was on the X99 GODLIKE which was nothing short of painful. A driver only installation of the Killer NIC was performed as I didn’t want to deal with the Killer NIC application. I’ve had mixed results with this in the past but it worked in this case. We also have the usual Intel i219v which is an update to the i218v. The i219v is basically the PCIe 3.0 version of the i218v. This controller needs no introduction as they just work.

LAN1 (Intel i219v)
The average transfer rate in our upload test was 38.29MB/s. The average download test had a transfer rate of 66.76MB/s. The maximum upload transfer speed for this adapter was 46.92MB/s upload and in the 68.56MB/s download test. The minimum transfer rates are 35.97MB/s in the upload test and 64.59MB/s in the download test. CPU usage in the upload test was around 1% with very regular fluctuations in usage that fit an almost exacting pattern. In contrast the CPU usage during the download test was a solid 12%. As you can see in the graph, the line is almost perfectly straight.

LAN2 (Killer E2400
In the upload test, the average transfer rate was 40.86MB/s. In the download test we saw an average transfer speed of 71.99MB/s. The maximum upload speed 48.10MB/s while the download speed was 73.20MB/s. The minimum transfer rate was 39.06MB/s in the upload test and 70.76MB/s in the download test. CPU usage in the upload test was a staggering 11%. As was the case with the Intel NIC, the CPU usage on the graph fluctuated in an almost perfect zigzag pattern. CPU usage was less consistent in the download test at 16% give or take.

The CPU usage is in part as high as it is because the 6600K lacks HyperThreading. CPUs with HyperThreading produce lower CPU utilization rates. I expected better from Windows 10 in this area though. Performance-wise the transfer rates were up more or less across the whole spectrum of testing. Interestingly enough, for the first time ever the Killer NIC actually outperformed the Intel controller, but not by a lot. This wasn’t the case in Windows 7, but in Windows 10 the Killer NIC drivers seem to be quite good on the performance front. I’d still like to see less CPU usage or at least more consistency in some of the tests however. As drivers and the OS mature we will probably see improvements on that front."

 

[gkdiamond]

Intel® I219V vs Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN controller which is better for gaming ?

Since I was wondering the same thing I have been looking at the differences, here is a good comparison article I just read on the 2 controllers that will give some further insight:

http://techreport.com/review/29144/revisiting-the-killer-nic-eight-years-on