TCP/UDP IP Offload NIC for gamers?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the list, but have experience
coding games and networking (especially networking
code).

My question for the group is this: what features would
be useful to gamers in an ADVANCED NETWORK PROCESSING
Network Card (NIC)?

Would TCP/IP Offload be of benefit?  (my thought is
not much, since most games are UDP)...

What about a UDP/IP Offload engine?  (for example:)
what if all it did was hardware support for IP
REASSEMBLY? 

Any other ideas for features in such a product? 
e.g. what do gamers want in a networking card? 

Also, I'm trying to reach a contact or two at a MMORPG
and/or networked gaming company to ask them this
question as well.

Thanks, 
Harlan


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