Rivet Networks Announces Killer Ethernet E3100-series 2.5GbE

Rivet Networks right this moment formally launched its 2.5 Gbps Killer Ethernet E3100-series NICs focused at gaming notebooks and motherboards. These 2.5 GbE options are based mostly on Intel’s i225-series “Foxville” PHY chips. The new E3100G is predicated on the i225-V, and is focused at platforms which have chipset-integrated MAC (most Intel chipsets). The E3100X is predicated on the i225-LM, and has an built-in MAC, making it higher fitted to gaming notebooks with Ryzen 4000H-series processors. The software program facet of issues is the place Rivet’s improvements are.

The Killer Prioritization Engine detects community visitors from video games and prioritizes it. This ought to enhance latencies when aggressive players are additionally streaming on the facet. Under excessive community stress (assume gaming+streaming+downloads), Rivet claims the tech can enhance gaming latencies by three occasions. Next up is GameFast tech, an optimized HSP element of the driving force that reduces CPU utilization by as much as 10% and the community stack’s reminiscence footprint by 20%, in comparison with different 2.5 GbE options. Lastly, there’s assist for DoubleShot Pro, Killer’s community teaming tech that permits you to mix bandwidth of your wired and wi-fi community interface for as much as 4.9 Gbps bandwidth. The Killer Control Center 2.zero app offers you management over this and the opposite options.