Bigfoot Networks™, Inc., makers of the award winning Killer™ NIC high-performance gaming network card, today announced Killer Bandwidth Control, a powerful new feature that lets gamers fine-tune how their Killer network card dedicates bandwidth to their games and other applications. Through a simple GUI interface, users can set how Killer should allocate bandwidth usage from other applications when necessary for optimal in-game performance. This insures that no matter the situation the game receives the maximum bandwidth it needs for highly responsive, consistently smooth performance.

"Every Windows® gaming PC has other non-gaming tasks running in the background vying for network resources," said Harlan Beverly, co-founder and CEO of Bigfoot Networks. "Killer Bandwidth Control can for example, stop PunkBuster™ or annoying Windows® updates from ruining the experience by limiting the bandwidth they can use."

The Killer NIC gaming network card is designed to reduce the lag and latency associated with high action MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) and FPS (First Person Shooter) games. With a dedicated Network Processing Unit (NPU), Killer NIC offloads network processing from the CPU, bypasses the Windows ® Network Stack and prioritizes game packets to boost average frame-rates and smooth gameplay during intense game situations.

With Bandwidth Control gamers can manage the bandwidth across all applications to further maximize their game performance. Key features include: (1) Bandwidth Priority settings tell Killer NIC which applications should get preferential access when multiple applications are vying for the same bandwidth, (2) Bandwidth Limits set a minimum/maximum upload and download bandwidth speed for any game or application.

Availability:
The Killer Bandwidth Control is available today and is now a standard feature on all Killer NIC models. Existing Killer NIC owners can upgrade to the new feature at no charge at Killer Software Update.

About Bigfoot Networks:
Bigfoot Networks develops technologies designed to fight Lag in online games. The company's mission is to enhance Internet-based online game experiences in multiplayer action games. The company's hardware and software solutions are targeted at gamer PCs and game hosting servers. Powered by its highly acclaimed (patent-pending) LLR™ Technology, the flagship Killer™ NIC is the industry's first network interface card (NIC) designed specifically to improve PC game network performance for a smoother, more responsive online game experience. Bigfoot Networks is headquartered in Austin, TX. To learn more visit www.killernic.com.