How much for the i7 again??? I clicked the Amazon link and it's close to $2.7k..... Oh, but that's bundle with HTC Vive.....okay, clicked one without Vive and it's ..... $2.1k.....? Surely, that's just b/c it's 3rd party price gouging, right?
OEMs are looking for a premium brand of almost every component in order to achieve product stratification (think RAM with heat spreaders versus plain vanilla PCBs or "gamer" power supplies and mouse pads with RGB lighting) in the name of justifying a higher selling price and bigger per-unit sales margin. Right now, the reality is that only Rivet Networks markets a so-called "gamer/premium" NIC with any name recognition so hardware companies are turning to them for part of their stratification efforts.
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PeachNCream - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
It's nice to know which products use Killer networking adapters so I know which products I should never, ever purchase. :DoRAirwolf - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
Troof. Intel, Aquantia, or GTFO.Piyodamari - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
How much for the i7 again??? I clicked the Amazon link and it's close to $2.7k..... Oh, but that's bundle with HTC Vive.....okay, clicked one without Vive and it's ..... $2.1k.....? Surely, that's just b/c it's 3rd party price gouging, right?cosmotic - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
I thought everyone agreed the Killer stuff is all smoke and mirrors.PeachNCream - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
OEMs are looking for a premium brand of almost every component in order to achieve product stratification (think RAM with heat spreaders versus plain vanilla PCBs or "gamer" power supplies and mouse pads with RGB lighting) in the name of justifying a higher selling price and bigger per-unit sales margin. Right now, the reality is that only Rivet Networks markets a so-called "gamer/premium" NIC with any name recognition so hardware companies are turning to them for part of their stratification efforts.cfenton - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
Is this supposed to be a positive announcement? I'd take an Intel NIC over Killer any day. Also, if you care about latency, run an ethernet cable.edzieba - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
It's not a feature, it's a bug.