Looking Back on the 'Killer NIC'
Summary
Many gamers ended up putting these into the category of another type of “Gaming snake oil,” the PhsyX card, and neither product gained widespread acceptance for good reason. Fast forward some years and, Qualcomm acquires Bigfoot, and expands the product offerings for both wired and wireless solutions. Fast forward some years and, Qualcomm acquires Bigfoot, and expands the product offerings for both wired and wireless solutions. It is akin to what a good router can do with QoS (Quality of Service), where data from applications that are time sensitive, such as VoIP, gaming and video streaming will get priority over bulk downloads such as from Box, Torrents or Windows Updates, as well as general web surfing. The good news is that Killer NIC is already integrated into devices from their partner companies, including MSI, Acer, ASRock and Gigabyte.