Re: Firewire Question

amerar@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi All,

A couple of questions please.......

I just bought an Asus P5B to upgrade my system. Previously I had an
Asus A8N-SLI.

Now,m I'm not great at this stuff, but I'm not sure that was an
upgrade?? Maybe I was taken... Anyhow, I have a GeForce 8800.
Don't I need an SLI MB to work with that?

Also, I noticed that this new MB has no firewire connection on it.
So, I was debating on whether or not to buy a Firewire controller
card, OR, but a new MB (like the ASUS P5N-E SLI) and use the on-board
394 connector.

Is there any advantage to the onboard controller over the controller
card???

Thanks for your feedback.

Firewire on a PCI card, is as good as Firewire right on the motherboard.
Using a separate PCI card, allows the card to be replaced, if you damage
the card. It also allows the buyer to purchase a particular type of
Firewire chip (TI or Agere, versus VIA for example). Experiences vary,
as to which cameras work with which Firewire chips - Google to get more
details about good chip choices. If I had to buy one today, I'd search
for a PCI card with a TI chip on it. You can also check the Newegg
customer reviews, for feedback on the various chips on the Firewire PCI
cards.

A Geforce 8800 single card, should work with any PCI Express x16 slot.
"SLI" is not needed to make a single card work.

SLI and Crossfire are schemes involving the use of two cards in tandem.
The scale up is not always a doubling of performance, so may not
represent the best usage of your money. Check some benchmark pages,
before buying or considering such a configuration. Since not all the
benchmarks were put on one big chart, you have to look at two pages to
do the comparison.

One card benchmarks
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

Two card benchmarks
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_sli2007.html

Paul
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