May 26, 2006 02:44 pm isn't 1394 the same as firewire?
pci firewire question
Posted on May 26, 2006 02:42 pm
General FYAH
Melodic Master Mind
Member Since: Apr 19, 2004
hey guys, ive seen some decent firewire sound interfaces these days, but my board doesnt have firewire built in, its a 939 socket gigabyte, a budget board...so i was wondering would a firewire sound interface work good on a 1394 pci card?
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May 26, 2006 02:44 pm isn't 1394 the same as firewire?
May 26, 2006 04:32 pm IEEE 1394 refers to the data transfer rate (I believe) and Firewire is a brand name. There are other manufacturers such as iLink that use the 1394 protocol. At least that is my understanding.
May 26, 2006 05:18 pm yes IEE1394 and Firewire is the same... hoever for audio Texas Instrument based cards are generally more reliable... or so I've heard...
May 27, 2006 03:31 pm One thing you will want to remember though is that using a PCI card to plug the firewire interface in will limit the firewire speed to the PCI buss speed. So it will not run as efficiantly as it would on a dedicated firewire port built into a motherboard.
May 27, 2006 11:03 pm oh one more question....i see some of the firewire mixers has 2 sockets....does that mean their needs to be 2 availble on the pc?
May 28, 2006 08:06 pm No, it is just an extra feed thru as they are wired to be on in the same. It allows you to connect another device in the chain if you wish. I think they are also capable of connecting to another HD recorder or something of that nature.
May 31, 2006 02:12 am "One thing you will want to remember though is that using a PCI card to plug the firewire interface in will limit the firewire speed to the PCI buss speed"
but noize isnt firewire 400mbps? and i see those pci 1394 cards specs read that too.....and i know pci ethernet cards that are capable of 1000mpbs transfer rate...
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