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Mama always said that one was never enough, and just five months after
revealing its first NIC / GPU combo card to us at Computex, Bigfoot
Networks has taken the wraps off of its second. This go 'round, the
outfit is partnering with VisionTek to produce the VisionTek Killer HD
5770, a single PCIe card that combines an AMD Radeon HD 5770 GPU (with
1GB of GDDR5 memory) and a Killer E2100 networking card. All told,
buyers are presented with two DVI ports, a single HDMI output and a
gigabit Ethernet jack. The card is compatible with Windows 7, Vista
and XP, and put simply, it's designed to both improve your frame rates
(that's AMD's role) and lower your latency / jitter (hello, Bigfoot!).
The NIC portion actually has a 400MHz onboard processor that helps
minimize the impact of slight changes in your connection, and
Bigfoot's management software will be thrown in for good measure. The
board is expected to hit North American retail shops within a
fortnight or so, with the $199.99 asking price representing a ~$10
savings compared to buying an HD 5770 GPU and Killer 2100 separately.
Oh, and you get a pretty sick dragon, too.
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