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Frequently Asked Questions almost Intel® Killer™ Control Center

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Content Type Product Information & Documentation

Article ID 000058936

Concluding Reviewed 01/05/2022

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What is the Intel Killer Control Centre? What does the Intel Killer Command Center practise?

The Intel Killer Control Eye is the program that examines your applications and sets priority then that your virtually speed-critical applications get first access to your bandwidth. Without it, every awarding that uses your Net connection gets equal treatment, which tin cause noticeably slower speeds. For example, say you are playing a data-intensive game, also streaming a YouTube video, and downloading a big file. Without the Intel Killer Command Center, your game might have problems equally information technology has to share its bandwidth equally. With the Intel Killer Control Center, the game volition be given all the bandwidth it wants, while the video is slowed (which means it'll likely buffer a chip more to starting time, and then piece of work correctly), and your download is the lowest priority.

If you are watching a streaming video but non gaming, priority will be given to that streaming video, which will result in noticeably smoother playback and less buffering

How does the Intel Killer Control Center work?

The Intel Killer Control Heart takes each data packet and assigns it a priority. The higher the priority (with one being the highest), the sooner that specific information packet exits your machine. This prioritization results in the response returning more rapidly, too. Since about Cyberspace applications and services rely not on large transfers, but many small transfers, the overall effect of this packet ordering is noticeably improved latency, which tin can heighten gaming, video streaming, and spider web browsing

Can this help even if my connection is more than fast plenty for my needs?

Yes. Your Internet service provider-provided Internet speed, and results from online speed tests, are only an indication of how quickly modest packets of data can be transferred. These values are useful for comparison, and for knowing if your connectedness is salubrious but, no matter how fast your Internet connection, your network adapter, networking equipment, and modem all still send and receive data in streams. Ordering the packets within that stream can upshot in significantly faster speeds from applications and services that can benefit from lower latency.

Why should I set up speed limits in the Intel Killer Control Middle? Isn't information technology improve to just let my figurer use equally much bandwidth every bit it can ?

The Intel Killer Control Center uses the speed limits set in the Settings menu to determine if a low priority awarding or service needs to be slowed to minimize latency for high priority applications or services. Although it tin can too arrange dynamically based on current conditions, the speed limit setting gives it a baseline from which to guess whether it needs to make adjustments. For example, if you have your speed limits ready to 500 Mbps, and yous have a Steam download using that full 500 Mbps, and you load up another game to play, the Intel Killer Control Center volition slightly throttle the Steam download to brand certain that the data packets for the game accept plenty of bandwidth bachelor to reduce latency as much equally possible. This issue is somewhat dependent on your Isp, as well, as some ISPs volition boring the responsiveness of your connexion if you lot are downloading a large amount of data. In that case, y'all tin can use the Killer Control Eye to tweak the download speed of the big file to recoup. The sliders in the Intel Killer Control Center's Apps carte du jour are based on percentages of the limits that you set.

My router already has a QoS (Quality of Service) system that works well. Can I benefit from the Intel Killer Control Center while using my router's QoS?

Yes. The Intel Killer Control Middle may seem to be a client-side QoS awarding and, if needed, it tin can serve that purpose for the machine on which it is installed, but the real power comes from the ordering of the data packets using information gathered on your computer. The Killer Control Middle tin run across which websites and applications are connecting and prioritize them appropriately. Internet Router and modem QoS systems do not accept this data, and cannot prioritize packets with the aforementioned level of accuracy. Router and modem QoS systems can only prioritize based on IP or port number, and generally, need to exist individually tailored to work correctly. The Intel Killer Control Center does all of this automatically, and with far more accuracy.

If y'all do near total usage of your bachelor bandwidth, the Killer Command Center will throttle lower priority applications and services first. You can too exert granular control over your computer'due south data streams on-the-wing, every bit opposed to using only router QoS, which require individual rules to be established for each application, service, or port. This feature can be incredibly user-friendly. For instance, if you initiate a large update to a game, but don't desire to tiresome the network downward for everyone else, you tin move the slider in the Intel Killer Control Center from maximum to 80% or then, completely removing whatsoever touch on of the download on everyone else's bandwidth. As opposed to using only router-based QoS, this can be done without the need to log in to your router's user interface, make a specific dominion, define it, and restart your router.

The Intel Killer Control Center's prioritization is also superior to router-based QoS in that router-based QoS usually doesn't throttle lower priority applications or services until you hit your bandwidth limit. Fifty-fifty then, there is frequently some fourth dimension before the adjustments are made, and if your bandwidth isn't as high every bit usual because, for instance, your connection to your Isp is not quite as adept every bit information technology was when yous final tested, router-based QoS is typically rendered useless. The Intel Killer Control Center measures bandwidth dynamically, in addition to the limits you set up in the settings page.

Will the Intel Killer Networking adapter piece of work without the Control Center, running only the .INF version of the drivers or a driver-merely package?

Aye, but yous are missing out on your adapter's best features!

You lot tin can find the latest Intel Killer Control Centre, with the latest drivers, here for all currently supported Intel Killer Wireless and Ethernet adapters with electric current versions of Windows® 10 (1803+).

If you feel any issues installing the Intel Killer Command Eye, we suggest clean installing the latest version.

If you have a question that not listed hither? If and then, reach out to the states using the Contact support link in the blue imprint beneath.