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Does a Firewire 800 PCI card make sense in a 32-bit PCI slot?
The subject says it all. I'm under the impression that Firewire 800 only
works at full speed in a 64-bit slot. If I'm right and it's used in a 32-bit slot, what's the point paying the extra money for a speed you'll never achieve in a 32-bit slot? I'm looking at this link: http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/...roducts_id=399 @drian. |
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Get a Dell Precision 650. PCIx 64-bit slot rocks..
"@drian" wrote in message ... The subject says it all. I'm under the impression that Firewire 800 only works at full speed in a 64-bit slot. If I'm right and it's used in a 32-bit slot, what's the point paying the extra money for a speed you'll never achieve in a 32-bit slot? I'm looking at this link: http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/...roducts_id=399 @drian. |
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The page says the board runs at 33 Mhz, but the system requirements call for a 66 Mhz PCI slot. Does that make any sense? In any case a standard 32 bit 33 Mhz slot should be fast enough (just barely) for 800 Mbits/sec. If it runs at only 400 Mbits/sec it is because the designers of the card arbitrarily decided to limit the speed. "@drian" wrote: The subject says it all. I'm under the impression that Firewire 800 only works at full speed in a 64-bit slot. If I'm right and it's used in a 32-bit slot, what's the point paying the extra money for a speed you'll never achieve in a 32-bit slot? I'm looking at this link: http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/...roducts_id=399 @drian. -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. |
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"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
... The page says the board runs at 33 Mhz, but the system requirements call for a 66 Mhz PCI slot. Does that make any sense? In any case a standard 32 bit 33 Mhz slot should be fast enough (just barely) for 800 Mbits/sec. If it runs at only 400 Mbits/sec it is because the designers of the card arbitrarily decided to limit the speed. --- Yes, confusing, eh? I'm undecided on this. It may be a good idea to save some money and go for a regular Firewire 400Mbps card. @drian. |
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