wheelema said:USB drivers are provided by the mobo manufactuer and are required to get USB devices to work... these drivers are not provided by WinXP.
you get USB2 drivers from XP SP2.
wheelema said:USB drivers are provided by the mobo manufactuer and are required to get USB devices to work... these drivers are not provided by WinXP.
onetrackmind7 said:so if i was to get a firewire card, what are the good ones to look at, i have about $450, have they been experiencing problems do you know?
thanks
touchstone001 said:Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was always under the opinion that PCI operated at 133MB/s. Firewire (400 at least) operates at 400MB/s. USB2.0 is marginally faster than firewire, but isn't capable of handling the extra bandwidth for multiple devices.
undrgrnd studio said:Side note PCI is without a doubt faster than USB or Firewire. When you upgrade your PC to add USB 2 or Firewire, you buy a PCI card. WHich means your firewire and usb goes through PCI to gain access to your system. It HAS to be faster to take advantage of firewire or USb, otherwise it wouldn't make any sense to add them through PCI slots.
It's my understanding that these are typically attached to the PCI bus.touchstone001 said:Point taken regarding interface speeds, however my USB2.0 and firewire ports are connected directly to the MOBO chipset, rather than going via PCI.