Last step....the Firewire PCI Card

Damani311 · #1 12-26-2007, 08:53 PM

Don't have a port for my incoming Firebox.........so I need one....and I have no clue which one, there are lots just at the local store:

http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...20card&Ntk=All

I hear all of them are fine, but is there anything in particular I need to make sure it includes, or stay away from?

If someone would steer me in the right direction so I can go get one tomorrow that would be awesome, and if I need to order a certain brand off ebay that would be better than these, I'm up for that as well.

Thanks guys!

hunta · #2 12-27-2007, 04:31 PM

Not sure about that particular card, but you want one with a Texas Instruments firewire chip. Anything else will likely cause problems. Most cards won't say in the description who makes the chip, so it can take a little digging to find out. SIIG is usually the safest bet, I believe most/all of their firewire cards are TI. This is one of the cheaper options http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16800998056

CompUSA looks like they mostly have startech cards which I think use VIA instead of TI. Get TI at all costs. Figure out your options before you go to the store, most likely the people at CompUSA have no idea what chip their firewire cards use and it probably won't say on the box.

agreatheight · #3 12-27-2007, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunta

Not sure about that particular card, but you want one with a Texas Instruments firewire chip. Anything else will likely cause problems. Most cards won't say in the description who makes the chip, so it can take a little digging to find out.

+1.7 BILLION.

hunta · #4 12-27-2007, 04:56 PM

yay 1.7

msquared · #5 12-28-2007, 11:51 PM

Another +1 on the Texas Instruments chip. They are the FLAWLESS VICTORY when it comes to this stuff.

i_got_a_mohawk · #6 12-29-2007, 06:08 AM

Go for TI, when i was looking around i noticed that some Belkin ones use the TI chip.

This isnt to say that the TI chip is the only one that works, it just has far fewer occurances of problems than other makes

supermonkey · #7 12-31-2007, 12:41 PM

I have a SIIG firewire card, works great.
I've had good luck with pretty much every SIIG component I've owned.