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Old 01-10-2008, 09:50 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Yes, NIC = Network Interface Card. The Killer NIC has it's own dedicated processor to off load networking duties from the CPU to it's own processor.

Increased framerates may have been more significant when single core processors were the norm, however with dual/quad core processors, the slight bit of CPU usage that onboard sound uses isn't really enough to notice a difference.
Is a LAN card the same thing as a NIC? I'm not really familiar with someone have a "Killer Network Interface Card."
Fill me in, thanks.

Can someone give me some links to these nice gaming sound cards? Thanks.
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