EVGA 128-P2-KN01-TR Killer Xeno Pro Gaming Network Card

Here are some features printed on the box and my explanations:
1) "Gigabit ethernet". It only _connects_ at 1 gigabit speed. When you try to transfer a file over the network the real speed wouldn't be more than 7-9 Mb/s (less than 100Mbit/s). This is not a bug, this is how manufacturer originally developed the card and this is admitted on official forum.
2) "USB port for Torrent and FTP storage". Physically the port presents on the device but the problem is - it cannot be used since drivers (of any version for any OS) do not support it. It's unclear when the functionality will be supported.
3) "Hardware firewall". In current drivers' version it's just a simplest filtering application. Techincally you can call it "firewall" but in fact it isn't.
4) "Hardware accelerated voice chat". The acceleration only works for Teamspeak 1.0 and their own Xeno Chat. You cannot use benefits of the card if you're using any other application (like Ventrilo or ever Teamspeak 2)...Read more

Okay, I bought this primarily because the idea of a ppc linux box that I could hack in a PCIe slot was cool. I'd read lots of reviews, both positive and negative when the killer nic first came out, but I couldn't justify the price. Then they released Xeno Pro, which dropped the price substantially. As an embedded developer, I thought at worst this would end up being something I could use at work for Embedded PPC Linux testing. It isn't going to work, I won't let it leave my gaming machine.

To be fair this won't fix the internet. If you have a bad router between you and the game server you still will have a bad connection. However at this point, I know any problems are not from my gaming machine. My pings seem to vary less, especially under extreme graphical stress (lots of players in the same area, grenades exploding everywhere, aerial bombardment etc). This is not a placebo effect. It is an improvement. You will get your best improvments in games that use udp vs. tcp...Read more

I noticed absolutely no improvement at all in gaming or networking. I have other EVGA products and love them all, but this product is snake oil as stated in a previous post. Save your money and upgrade in areas that will actually help your performance.