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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on April 07, 2020, 20:35:59

Title: Rivet Killer E3100 2.5 Gbps Ethernet controller will debut on upcoming Comet Lake-H Acer and MSI laptops
Post by: Redaktion on April 07, 2020, 20:35:59
The new controller will come with the familiar Killer Control Center 2.0 software alongside all existing features like DoubleShot Pro, Killer Intelligence, and GameFast.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Rivet-Killer-E3100-2-5-Gbps-Ethernet-controller-will-debut-on-upcoming-Comet-Lake-H-Acer-and-MSI-laptops.460153.0.html
Title: Re: Rivet Killer E3100 2.5 Gbps Ethernet controller will debut on upcoming Comet Lake-H Acer and MSI
Post by: jeremy on April 08, 2020, 00:34:22
Small text at the bottom of the website makes it clear that Rivet is wasting a perfectly good Intel 2.5GbE chipset with their software.

- Wish Intel would offer a way to reflash the firmware to be 100% stock Intel, instead of having Rivet/Killer's DEV ID that forces the Killer drivers.
- Wish MSFT Windows Update would stop forcing Rivet/Killer junk down onto my laptop.
- Wish Rivet/Killer's "uninstaller/blocker" actually worked (not to mention, it installs yet another driver/service just to do the "blocking").

If any of the these wishes came true, I'd have no complaints about Killer junk being laid ontop of good Intel Networking parts. Any laptop that has Killer = no buy.