QFP/002 - External NIC (PCIex Intel 9301CT) Vs. Onboard NIC (Killer e2200) (Frame Latency Testing)

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Welcome back, sorry it has taken me a while to do a video I have been sick and so has my family, but it is the weekend and I do have some free time to compile these results for you guys! Look forward to bringing more tech videos.

Games were used were all at 1080p:
Black ops 2 - 120hz v-sync, low settings, shadows off
Heroes of Newerth - 120hz v-sync, low settings, shadows off.
Neverwinter - 60hz v-sync, low settings, shadows off.

I will be pitting an Intel external PCIex NIC against the onboard MSI G45 "killer NIC e2200" and running it through various games to see if one is clearly better than the other, this will be done via testing through frame latency across 3 different games with 80 second runs to see if one is more consistent than the other. I will also test the Software vs No Software for people who are wondering if it makes a difference or not. So hopefully that should answer the question of "Does the onboard killer NIC software really work?"

Also this should hopefully answer a lot of other questions of onboard lan controller vs External NIC or pciex lan controller vs onboard nic etc., however keep in mind that this is the Killer onboard NIC which I am sure is better than the realtek solutions or broadcom onboard solutions.

In conclusion (if you don't have time to watch the video), I will say that both performed amazingly well, and the software does do what it was intended to do (prioritize game packets). I thought though that with the software off it produced a slightly better result and the Intel NIC was just solid alround providing amazing bullet reg in Black ops 2, so perhaps if you are a hardcore FPS guy then you might want to get an external solution.

The results showed that the Intel and the Killer with the software
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