Bigfoot Announces First Network Accelerator

by Chris Remo, Jul 13, 2006 11:27am PDT

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By: indiginator x Show Full Post

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As someone who almost has my Cisco CCNA certification, I have to laugh.

These guys are taking advantage of people who don't know better. They are going to end-up having a huge backlash in the gaming community against them, methinks.

Jul 13, 2006 1:09pm PDT

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As someone who almost has my Cisco CCNA certification, I have to laugh. These guys are taking advantag... : indiginator
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it's kinda funny now..

2+ GB ram on mobo's
1 GB video cards
64+ MB sound cards
64 MB network cards
128 MB physics cards

Is the main memory controller/bus really that ugly to deal with? Do we really need this much local memory for speed?

So we have a gigabit NIC now, peaking at 128 MB/second.. Are they really trying to tell us that they can't pull 128 MB/second through the bus?

Jul 13, 2006 8:54pm PDT

it's kinda funny now.. 2+ GB ram on mobo's 1 GB video cards 64+ MB sound cards 64 MB network cards ... : biofrog

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OMG this is teh bestest product evar!!! My overl0rd FATAL1TY tels meh to buy one and eye will. ay'll b3 soooo leet3st now.

Ok enough with that shit it hurts trying to type like the morons that would buy this and actually believe it would be useful. I can just see on some server down the road some nob who has one whining. Whining about how they are constantly getting owned by someone else who must be cheating because there's no way in hell their $5k comp can suck to let this happen.

Jul 13, 2006 7:30pm PDT

OMG this is teh bestest product evar!!! My overl0rd FATAL1TY tels meh to buy one and eye will. ay'll b3 ... : bored

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LOL! The ping throttle option is the best.... WTF is with that...

Jul 13, 2006 6:38pm PDT

LOL! The ping throttle option is the best.... WTF is with that... : ShadowRam

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Isn't April 1st in April???

Jul 13, 2006 6:25pm PDT

Isn't April 1st in April??? : RookieCAF

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is this a joke?

Jul 13, 2006 1:44pm PDT

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is this a joke? : downrightevil
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- obviously yes : NeoMoose

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Can I stream porn faster with this?

Jul 13, 2006 3:51pm PDT

Can I stream porn faster with this? : jonin

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Valve's PowerPlay called. It want its idea back

Jul 13, 2006 11:47am PDT

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Valve's PowerPlay called. It want its idea back : Zawath
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  Whatever happened to that thing? I guess broadband.. : -efx-
  - I think reality happened to it. : datoo

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http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lol9yw.jpg

Jul 13, 2006 12:26pm PDT

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- At least it sorta looks cool.... I guess. : FatBaby
- It even doubles as a weapon! Awesome! : SatansFist
- Wow that only comfirms the stupidity of this whole thing. : datoo

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By: TimeServ x Show Full Post

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Hey guys, I just got this awesome idea for a mouse that comes with a 2GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a custom PCI/PCI-Express interface card so you can code in your own hardware accelerated auto-aim!

Jul 13, 2006 3:18pm PDT

Hey guys, I just got this awesome idea for a mouse that comes with a 2GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a custom P... : TimeServ

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Can I stream HD with this...

Jul 13, 2006 1:29pm PDT

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Can I stream HD with this... : the rizzo
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  yes the card increases your bandwidth from your ISP to 2 megs a second : downrightevil
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    No across my network you stupid cunt : the rizzo
    - OMG PERSONAL ATTACK@!@!@ : Phreakin
- My Keyboard port needs an extra 128 megs of ram to accelerate my typing, I can only dream though : grandmasterlee

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What's next..a keyboard accelerator?

Jul 13, 2006 12:11pm PDT

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What's next..a keyboard accelerator? : annih1late
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- Yeah, it's a little thing you put on your network cable that accelerates the bits in the cable. Wireless ... : DrZettl

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Wow, A NIC card with more memory than my video card?

Jul 13, 2006 1:55pm PDT

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Wow, A NIC card with more memory than my video card? : dmiller
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  "NIC card"? I hate to be a tech-nazi but....well, ok I am one sometimes. :P : warcrow
  - F'ING RADICAL. I'M BUYING 3 : pyide
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    Yes NIC Card. I'm going to use the ATM Machine and input my PIN Number for the money. You got a problem... : theflux
    - lol : warcrow

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yeah I don't think this is really needed. If you are going to spend money, might as well just get a 2 core CPU.

what worries me is this:
PingThrottleÃ¢Â„Â¢ Technology Ã¢Â€Â“ allows gamers to adjust ping their Ping higher or lower depending on game play.

If I'm reading that right, you can adjust you're 'ping' to make you lag more. So basically it would let you exploit games that have bad netcode so you can lag around and gain some advantage?

Jul 13, 2006 11:38am PDT

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yeah I don't think this is really needed. If you are going to spend money, might as well just get a 2 cor : Modulus
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does anyone else think that letting users run custom apps on their FNapps thing (its fun to say outloud) it would open the gates to undetectable wall hacking and even aim adjusting?

Jul 13, 2006 1:16pm PDT

does anyone else think that letting users run custom apps on their FNapps thing (its fun to say outloud) ... : thomas jefferson

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So, TL;DR it's a high end corporate gigabit ethernet card with FATAL1TY BRANDING, except he was too expensive.

am i rite

Jul 13, 2006 12:43pm PDT

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So, TL;DR it's a high end corporate gigabit ethernet card with FATAL1TY BRANDING, except he was too expen... : Toraz Chryx
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- if it was a 10gb ethernet card, I would give it a chance. : indiginator

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The problem is not NICs themselves... its everything inbetween you and the server. Will this 'Killer' NIC fix my distance to the colo? My shotty upload speeds? House-hold aging wiring? Hiccups in the network? My 10/100Mbps NIC will be just fine, thanks. When everyone has Fiber to the home, then this might be useful.

Jul 13, 2006 1:02pm PDT

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The problem is not NICs themselves... its everything inbetween you and the server. Will this 'Killer' NIC... : Madwacker
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- correct, it's a problem with the 'weakest link' in the chain : indiginator

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Gussy it up all you want Trebek but the question is will it work? Will it really mighty my penis?

Jul 13, 2006 12:56pm PDT

Gussy it up all you want Trebek but the question is will it work? Will it really mighty my penis? : Tripps

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Hahahahahahahhahaahahahaahaaha!

Jul 13, 2006 12:46pm PDT

Hahahahahahahhahaahahahaahaaha! : omnova

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How would the option to raise your ping help unless you were trying to manipulate the server in a negative way making it harder to hit you or something to that effect.

Jul 13, 2006 12:23pm PDT

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  I think they intend it to be used to shut up the dudes calling you a LPB, because you can up you ping to ... : Stoned Gargoyle
  - Does that even happen yet? I mean, when everybody had pings like 200-500, everybody whined about the guy ... : zehh

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By: Cashh x Show Full Post

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I was just thinking the other day how we don't get to use "LPB" anymore. Well I guess they're back.

Jul 13, 2006 12:28pm PDT

I was just thinking the other day how we don't get to use "LPB" anymore. Well I guess they're back. : Cashh

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But wait guys, when purchasing one NETWORK ACCELERATOR, you get free one MOUSEPAD ACCELERATOR.

Jul 13, 2006 12:27pm PDT

But wait guys, when purchasing one NETWORK ACCELERATOR, you get free one MOUSEPAD ACCELERATOR. : zehh

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Let me guess...the low, low price of $199 or some such? Yea, I put this right up there with the physics thing.

Jul 13, 2006 11:29am PDT

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Let me guess...the low, low price of $199 or some such? Yea, I put this right up there with the physics t... : Visceral Monkey
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- I'd buy the physics thing before this. : node

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UltimatePing! OH SHIT!

Jul 13, 2006 12:02pm PDT

UltimatePing! OH SHIT! : crazywigga

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I don't understand this. You put this card in beside your existing card or does it replace your existing card entirely? If it's the latter, how does that work with just 64MB od RAM? Every game today needs minimum 128GB.

Jul 13, 2006 11:50am PDT

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I don't understand this. You put this card in beside your existing card or does it replace your existing ... : Silent Sorrow
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- You are kidding right? This is a NIC, not a video card. : Carstman

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ill buy one in six months on woot for $20

Jul 13, 2006 11:57am PDT

ill buy one in six months on woot for $20 : maulla

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By: filtersweep x Show Full Post

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This is going to be hilarious.

Jul 13, 2006 11:42am PDT

This is going to be hilarious. : filtersweep

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By: FatBaby x Show Full Post

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So just as the name says, your increase in performance will be that of legend.

amirite?

Jul 13, 2006 11:40am PDT

So just as the name says, your increase in performance will be that of legend. amirite? : FatBaby

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Jesus christ why?

Jul 13, 2006 11:36am PDT

Jesus christ why? : j33uk

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By: Angrakhan x Show Full Post

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What a complete scam. Your ping times have very little to do with the NIC that's in your PC. Oh and SoundBlaster tried the same scam with the 'offloading the cpu' line only to be proved that it had zero effect by HardOCP.com. Oh well.

Jul 13, 2006 11:34am PDT

What a complete scam. Your ping times have very little to do with the NIC that's in your PC. Oh and Sou... : Angrakhan

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