Dell offering Killer network card!!

FYI, my M14x just arrived with the 1103 and it has a solid 219 Mbpm link with my router 15 feet away. This is over 3x the best I have seen in my home for this distance. I will be using it upstairs later today about 30-40 feet away from the router through the floor and a couple of walls. I will post back what through-put I get then.

 

What router are you using?
That is some great results and what other cards did you test?

 

Did your 14 come with a 2 wire or 3 wire antennae?

 

The router I am using is the Linksys e3000 (Cisco). The card is the Bigfoot Killer 1103 and my invoice says it is the three wire version. I noticed the next day after my order that on the web site the three wire version was no longer offered but only the two wire version was available by the selections offered.

Upstairs today while exercising using Rowpro on my Concept Dynamic indoor rowing machine I had Rowpro on an external 17 inch screen while watching in HD on the M14x's 1600x900 screen an episode of Stargate SG-1. I checked the throughput to be almost the same as it was downstairs 15-20 feet away from the router at 216 Mbpm. This is much higher througput than I have ever seen in that room. I remember maybe 40 Mbpm on occasion but not even that very often.

Edit, I do remember a Asus m82 computer that I returned to Costco just before ordering the M14x having a solid 65 Mbps.

NICE.....

 

Does this card improve ping rates? I have a bt homehub (uk) and am wondering if it would make any real difference? Its a pretty basic router.

 

I am not monitoring ping rates, sorry.

 

Yes, it will reduce ping with any router.

 

I just installed a 1103 in my M17X R2 a few days ago. I played BFBC2 last night and noticed no change in ping times either at the server lobby or in game. In fact, my in game pings were slightly higher than normal and I noticed a bit of lag in both servers I joined.

I didn't have TCP No Delay enabled (I enabled it today to see if it will improve performance but won't test until later). But if it doesn't improve, I may be putting my stock Dell card back in. Are there any settings I should check to make sure it is setup properly?

 

Have you removed all Intel wiifi drivers and software prior to installing the killer?

 

I didn't have an Intel card. Just had the standard Dell DW1520 half mini card. Probably made by Broadcom, I don't remember. Didn't uninstall any drivers prior to installing the Killer.

I think I'll contact support tomorrow. Maybe put my old card back in and see if the lag continues.

 

I've always had my doubts about this card - it seems from the reviews on it that half of the effect is placebo

 

Well with the default Dell card I'd connect at 72mbps to my Airport Extreme. With this card I connect at 450mbps. I'd say it's worth it.

 

You have to uninstall the existing Wi-fi software prior to putting the killer in.

I dunno what part of what review made you think so and personally, I'm not a gamer, but after giving the killer a shot, I removed all Intel cards from my laptops.

 

Well I went ahead and uninstalled the Dell Wireless LAN Utility, uninstalled the Killer software, uninstalled VMPlayer and then rebooted and reinstalled Killer software. My wireless network at work offered no change in wireless connection speed. I am at signal strength 100% and only see 130mbs transmit and receive link speeds on the Network menu of the Killer Network Manager. I am connected to a Linksys WAP4410N. My wireless router at home is a WRT-4400N. I will test the results on gaming when I get home. Hopefully this will improve my connection. But so far, I am doubtful.

 

I have the Netgear DGND3300 and get 450Mbps with the Killer card. It's a very fast connection for internal connection to my other systems connected to the internal network.

Cheers,

 

OK. I did figure something else out. Apparently the Killer 1103 supports channel bonding, which basically lets you double the channel Mhz. I set my work WAP to 40MHz (channel bounding) and I instantly noticed a jump from 130Mbps to 300Mbps which is normal theoretical N speeds. Still not seeing 450 but perhaps this setting on my home router will increase my home performance and get rid of the lag. Is there a setting in W7 or in the Killer Network Manager that will do this?

 

Yes , I brought 1 from Aikimox , its so much faster then n6300. Compare to Signal , DL/UL speed , Gaming Ping and no wifi loading to desktop.

 

finally installed mine today.
works great. much better range than my previous intel 5300. (also my intel couldn't do more than 135mb/s for some reason, now i'm on 405mb/s on average and that's without touching the router's settings)
in terms of ping, it's pretty much the same as before. however i disable all other network activity during gaming. if you don't do this optimization with a rigorous firewall setting... chances are you will notice a nice drop in ping.

the software does exactly what it's intended to. prioritize for gaming. you can literally load up a download and continue playing multiplayer with much less interruption than before.

i had a program prior to this called cfosspeed which does essentially the same thing however it usually required some fiddling around to make it work. the killer network manager recognized my games and voice chat and put them top priority, everything else was on low... perfect!

unlike cfosspeed, i'm not sure if it can work co-operatively with other computers in the network (for instance if my dad's downloading something on his home pc and the software is cooperative, it will not affect my ping all that much)

 

No it cant, but Bigfoot may at some point make a router if there is enough interest in one.

 

not sure on what basis anyone disses this card: just took out the stock Intel 5300 from my M15 and installed an N1103. Connection went from a normal 90 to 120 Mbps with the 5300 to an automatic 300 Mbps with the N1103. In effect, I am now getting wireless N speed that I could only get on the 5300 when downstairs and on the same floor as my router -- now I get the same 300 Mbps speed on the second floor and far corner of my house. Get the full 450 when on the same floor.

So same range, same router, same working conditions, triple the connection speed. Best $70 investment in upgrading I could make!
Thanks to the guys at Fortnax.

 

I think the connection speed is misleading. If I'm connected at 120mbps or 300mbps I can only transfer files at a max of 10MB/s. Doesn't matter if it says 300mbps.

 

my intel centrino N 1000 is showing same results as ethernet when tested from speedtest.net

I don't think a wireless card can get any better than ethernet.