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Guru3D Rig of the Month - October 2018
Aquantia 10G Ethernet Adapters for Gamers Available for $89.99
10 GigE keeps dropping in price, and we like that (as well as the new black colored PCB! Aquantia, a leader in Multi-Gigabit Ethernet, is pumping new life into networked gaming. Today the company announced the availability of a special gamer edition AQtion AQN-107 Ethernet adapter for an introductory price of $89.99.
The AQN-107 10Gigabit adapter takes high-speed Multi-Gig networking to the next level, and the gamer edition provides exclusive access to new Aquantia gaming prioritization software. The AQtion AQN-107 gamer edition hardware is clad in classic black and comes with both full-height and half-height powder coated black brackets for the gamer who wants a beautiful, fragging machine. LK Bhupathi, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Aquantia: “We listened to feedback from the guru community – they want easy access to high-performance Multi-Gig Ethernet hardware at competitive price points. Amazon provides us with the customer-focused approach that gamers and PC enthusiasts demand. Aquantia decided to kick off our Amazon presence with a special gaming edition of our 10G AQtion Ethernet Adapter combined with the beta version of Aquantia’s prioritization software so users can tightly control latency and lag.”
- Available exclusively on Amazon
The combination of the gamer edition AQN-107 with the new Aquantia software will allow gamers to prioritize gameplay over other LAN activity. The reduction in lag and latency provides the reaction time advantage which can mean the difference between living on to play more and a “Game Over” situation. Twitch streamers, in particular, will benefit from dynamically controlling both the upload and download speeds through the prioritization interface.
About the Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107
The Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107 in classic black supports 10GBASE-T Ethernet in compliance with the IEEE 802.3an standard. It is also backward compatible with legacy cabling and Ethernet standards and supports 5GBASE-T and 2.5GBASE-T Ethernet per the IEEE 802.3bz standard. By supporting PCI Express x4 with a single RJ45 port, AQtion NICs can easily upgrade most existing tower PCs, supplanting outdated Gigabit Ethernet. It also fully utilizes the bandwidth capabilities of the latest CPUs and GPUs. Go here to learn more about the gamer edition of the AQtion AQN-107
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If you have read our ASRock ASRock X370 Gaming Professional review you will have noticed how much I appreciated the implementation of the Aquantia 5 GbE ethernet jack. If you have read my MSI, Giga...
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#5564086 Posted on: 07/11/2018 02:27 PM
Ah yes 10Gb internet, it's a shame UK limit is still at 0.350Gb... one day we might have good internet one day
No RGB i want a refund! not gamer unless it can shine like a rainbow!
Ah yes 10Gb internet, it's a shame UK limit is still at 0.350Gb... one day we might have good internet one day
Since they keep slapping "gamer" labels on random products, I guess people really must be falling for it.
No RGB i want a refund! not gamer unless it can shine like a rainbow!
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#5564088 Posted on: 07/11/2018 02:31 PM
Well it sucks having 550MB/s SSDs in everything then being limited 125MB/s by Gigabit LAN when moving files about.
I've been looking at Intel Teaming to get 2 Gigabit at least...
Well it sucks having 550MB/s SSDs in everything then being limited 125MB/s by Gigabit LAN when moving files about.
I've been looking at Intel Teaming to get 2 Gigabit at least...
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#5564092 Posted on: 07/11/2018 02:36 PM
Well it sucks having 550MB/s SSDs in everything then being limited 125MB/s by Gigabit LAN when moving files about.
I've been looking at Intel Teaming to get 2 Gigabit at least...
Don't some of the newer boards have 5Gb built in? or did i dream that
Well it sucks having 550MB/s SSDs in everything then being limited 125MB/s by Gigabit LAN when moving files about.
I've been looking at Intel Teaming to get 2 Gigabit at least...
Don't some of the newer boards have 5Gb built in? or did i dream that
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#5564111 Posted on: 07/11/2018 03:25 PM
Kind of useless for home use till NAS's, Routers & motherboards start supporting this mainstream (at least for home use).
Kind of useless for home use till NAS's, Routers & motherboards start supporting this mainstream (at least for home use).
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#5564123 Posted on: 07/11/2018 03:55 PM
You can connect it directly to your NAS
Kind of useless for home use till NAS's, Routers & motherboards start supporting this mainstream (at least for home use).
You can connect it directly to your NAS
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#5564126 Posted on: 07/11/2018 04:09 PM
Well it sucks having 550MB/s SSDs in everything then being limited 125MB/s by Gigabit LAN when moving files about.
I've been looking at Intel Teaming to get 2 Gigabit at least...
This is why i am happy my server has dual GB ports at least. Bridged them, and I get about 230mb/s avg with SSD transfers. Still not 10GB but still nice. 1GB ethernet is just enough for GB fiber I had last year.
Well it sucks having 550MB/s SSDs in everything then being limited 125MB/s by Gigabit LAN when moving files about.
I've been looking at Intel Teaming to get 2 Gigabit at least...
This is why i am happy my server has dual GB ports at least. Bridged them, and I get about 230mb/s avg with SSD transfers. Still not 10GB but still nice. 1GB ethernet is just enough for GB fiber I had last year.
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#5564127 Posted on: 07/11/2018 04:10 PM
Probably. What's funny is there isnt a single "gamer" feature in the marketing they just put gamer in the title. I mean come on if you are going there at least say some crap about game optimized QOS, have some racing stripes, or LED's.
Since they keep slapping "gamer" labels on random products, I guess people really must be falling for it.
Probably. What's funny is there isnt a single "gamer" feature in the marketing they just put gamer in the title. I mean come on if you are going there at least say some crap about game optimized QOS, have some racing stripes, or LED's.
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#5564134 Posted on: 07/11/2018 04:24 PM
(Home) Networks speeds are long overdue for a speed increase!
I remember having my first direct PC to PC 1gbps using two cards in 2004-2005. (1gbps Switches were still way too expensive back then)
But damn, it was a blast to transfer things at 100 megs /second! (Using RAID on both PC's, as a single HDD could not keep up)
(over) 13 years later and we're still using the same speeds. Uh.
However, $90 is still way too much for a network card, and 10gbps switches still cost hundreds of $.
This is far, far from mainstream.
Guess we will wait a few years more
(Home) Networks speeds are long overdue for a speed increase!
I remember having my first direct PC to PC 1gbps using two cards in 2004-2005. (1gbps Switches were still way too expensive back then)
But damn, it was a blast to transfer things at 100 megs /second! (Using RAID on both PC's, as a single HDD could not keep up)
(over) 13 years later and we're still using the same speeds. Uh.
However, $90 is still way too much for a network card, and 10gbps switches still cost hundreds of $.
This is far, far from mainstream.
Guess we will wait a few years more
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#5564142 Posted on: 07/11/2018 04:49 PM
It's even more useless for gaming purposes, since even 100Mbps is good enough for the vast majority of games out there. Latency is all that matters; increasing bandwidth doesn't mean latency improves too.
So, making slapping the word "gaming" on a 10Gbps NIC doesn't mean it is better for gaming.
Kind of useless for home use till NAS's, Routers & motherboards start supporting this mainstream (at least for home use).
It's even more useless for gaming purposes, since even 100Mbps is good enough for the vast majority of games out there. Latency is all that matters; increasing bandwidth doesn't mean latency improves too.
So, making slapping the word "gaming" on a 10Gbps NIC doesn't mean it is better for gaming.
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#5564146 Posted on: 07/11/2018 05:10 PM
I wonder if this thing makes a difference if you have a Killer E2400/2500 on your Mobo.
I wonder if this thing makes a difference if you have a Killer E2400/2500 on your Mobo.
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#5564155 Posted on: 07/11/2018 05:54 PM
No.
I wonder if this thing makes a difference if you have a Killer E2400/2500 on your Mobo.
No.
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#5564170 Posted on: 07/11/2018 06:16 PM
So, does this provide user with noticeably lower latency? In the end ethernet MTU is 1500bytes. And games send/receive like 20~80kB/s.
Latency between PC and router is usually under 1ms and reported as 1ms. But then one has internet server latency 25ms and more.
My guess is that in best case scenario, 10GBps home network decreases latency for online gaming by 3%. Usually by 1%. Does absolutely nothing for latency spikes.
So, does this provide user with noticeably lower latency? In the end ethernet MTU is 1500bytes. And games send/receive like 20~80kB/s.
Latency between PC and router is usually under 1ms and reported as 1ms. But then one has internet server latency 25ms and more.
My guess is that in best case scenario, 10GBps home network decreases latency for online gaming by 3%. Usually by 1%. Does absolutely nothing for latency spikes.
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#5564213 Posted on: 07/11/2018 07:59 PM
Are there actual benchmarks where this thing actually improves the ping? What are the benefits of this so called "software".
I have killer ethernet on my mobo, all I always did was to remove the software asap and just use the driver. Software was buggy as hell and caused more problems than benefits.
Are there actual benchmarks where this thing actually improves the ping? What are the benefits of this so called "software".
I have killer ethernet on my mobo, all I always did was to remove the software asap and just use the driver. Software was buggy as hell and caused more problems than benefits.
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#5564218 Posted on: 07/11/2018 08:22 PM
Are there actual benchmarks where this thing actually improves the ping? What are the benefits of this so called "software".
I have killer ethernet on my mobo, all I always did was to remove the software asap and just use the driver. Software was buggy as hell and caused more problems than benefits.
I used to use killer and other brands but intel nic's for me are good. Even in laptops the bluetooth and wifi turned on and off faster then other brands and pairing in windows 10 with xbox controllers works more seamless for me.I have used for gaming only and I don't know about other uses but the intel chips always gave just a bit lower ping and a few % less cpu cycles. In the end unless you are super anal it's not gonna matter unless you are using some older on board stuff.
Are there actual benchmarks where this thing actually improves the ping? What are the benefits of this so called "software".
I have killer ethernet on my mobo, all I always did was to remove the software asap and just use the driver. Software was buggy as hell and caused more problems than benefits.
I used to use killer and other brands but intel nic's for me are good. Even in laptops the bluetooth and wifi turned on and off faster then other brands and pairing in windows 10 with xbox controllers works more seamless for me.I have used for gaming only and I don't know about other uses but the intel chips always gave just a bit lower ping and a few % less cpu cycles. In the end unless you are super anal it's not gonna matter unless you are using some older on board stuff.
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Since they keep slapping "gamer" labels on random products, I guess people really must be falling for it.