But despite the fact that the Killer seems to do just what it is designed to, justifying the $279 price tag will be difficult for all but the most hardcore on-line gamers. If you've got a high-end system and the funds, and a PCI slot available, installing a Killer will likely enhance your experience with many on-line games and it will do so right out of the box. If you can't justify the investment though, your integrated NIC will still do the same job just fine.

All of the reviews I've read have pretty much said the same thing - it does work, but the price is a bit high. I was able to snag it with a $30 coupon from Newegg, so it was a $250 network card, but still, when the FNApps start to be rolled out, not only will it increase gaming performance on-line, it will also be able to handle BitTorrent and DC++ traffic without impacting games, DVDs, etc.

If at some point in the future, new FNApps are released that give users the ability to run an IM client and VoIP application on the Killer, all the while downloading a Torrent and prioritizing game packets, without using any host CPU or system resources, we can see some users clambering over one of these cards just for those features alone.

URL: Bigfoot Networks Killer Network Interface Card - Hot Hardware