5770 + Killer Nic

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 11:47 am

Together again, for the first time. Seriously I never ever woulda thought of that.
Kind of adds more ways for it to fail, but pretty cool nonetheless.

Flama22 · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 12:18 pm

Weird pairing. I've heard decent things about the Killer NIC cards but I think unless the NIC portion was thrown in for free, or close to it, I would rather have the cards separate as you'd be throwing out the Killer NIC part when you upgraded to your next video card. Also, it's not like you'd be saving space either as this is a two slot card.

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 12:32 pm

Are there single slot 5770 cards? If this were to be a 2nd card in crossfire and the nic still worked as advertised, I can see the use in it.

If they made a 5870 with one in it and in the future i'd want to crossfire, that model would go up to near the top of my "to get" list (although i'd probably just buy a 4GB 5970 instead).

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 5:37 pm

Looks like a crappy photochop to me, not that the real product would be all that great...

Ern88 · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 5:56 pm

I don't know why a company would do this. A NIC card is cheap anyways. This is a stupider idea then what these guys would come up with lol

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 6:34 pm

It's exactly an idea those guys would come with!

Phonix · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 10:45 pm

I beg to differ, Bubbles' Super Double Bunk BQ was a fantastic idea!!

Flama22 · **Posted:** Fri May 28, 2010 8:15 am

Dr_BenD_over wrote:

Looks like a crappy photochop to me, not that the real product would be all that great...

I looked it up to see what the pricing would be like and a few sites seem to be reporting it as well so who knows.

Ern88 wrote:

I don't know why a company would do this. A NIC card is cheap anyways.

As for NIC cards being cheap the Killer NIC ones are not. Probably the reason they didn't catch on very quickly thought.

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Fri May 28, 2010 8:41 am

If I was going to post some fake crap I'd make sure there was a lolcat attached to it.

Powercolor is also releasing one with a Lucid Hydra chip attached to it so one can use ATi/NV cards of whatever in hybrid sli/xfire (instead of buying an MSI Big Bang mobo).

So what if it's useless to most, some people will buy it. It's a good sign that there are enough spare chips floating around that OEMs can make goofy kick-ass cards. I'm pretty sure team green would have never ever allowed anyone to do that.

Jesterace · **Joined:** Mon May 07, 2007 4:36 pm **Posts:** 49

And it's now a reality!

http://www.visiontek.com/5000-series-cards/hd-5770-combo.html

Quote:

The VisionTek Killer™ HD 5770 card combines exceptional graphics and maximum networking performance for all your favorite online games. It combines AMD’s Radeon™ HD 5770 with DirectX® 11 Technology for the most immersive graphics and Bigfoot Networks’ Killer™ E2100 platform for the fastest possible game networking, all in one card, for the ultimate online gaming upgrade.

Game Networking DNA™ - Bigfoot Networks Killer™ E2100 platform has exclusive Game Networking DNA™ technology designed to maximize online gaming performance. Game Networking DNA™ combines the benefits of a dedicated network processor (NPU), Advanced Game Detect™, Windows network stack bypass, Visual Bandwidth Control™ and other technologies designed to deliver the best online gaming experience possible.

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:29 pm

LoL @ having the name "killer" in a product.

It should have a picture of a panda's severed head on the box and be lined with sealskin on the inside. As well as containing lots of old school sytrofoam and coming with a free pentagram-themed mousepad.

Jesterace · **Joined:** Mon May 07, 2007 4:36 pm **Posts:** 49

For some reason I can see myself passing on this product

although my onboard realtek nic has had it's share of issues.

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