• Registered: 2007-05-29
  • Posts: 11

Topic: Firewire via PCI or onboard?

Hi,

I'm about to invest in a new PC system and I obviously need for it to work properly with my RME FF800. I don't want to buy a Gigabyte mobo with onboard TI Firewire chipset, given that I'm afraid of the coil noise issues with many Gigabyte boards (my current computer has a Gigabyte mobo). So I'm looking at probably getting an ASUS board instead, but since that has a VIA firewire chipset I wanted to buy a PCI firewire card with a TI chipset. What I basically want to know is if there are any drawbacks to this solution. Should a PCI card work just as well as onboard firewire (like on the Gigabyte mobos) or is there something I'm missing?

I don't seem to be able to find a PCIe firewire card in Denmark, all I've found is the LaCie firewire 400 PCI card with TI chipset.

Cheers,

BlueSwan

  • Registered: 2007-05-29
  • Posts: 11

Re: Firewire via PCI or onboard?

I should probably say that I'll be running this on a PC running WIN 7 64 bit. Will this pose a problem with a PCI firewire card?

  • From: Germany
  • Registered: 2007-04-10
  • Posts: 9,774

Re: Firewire via PCI or onboard?

PCI FW cards will work fine in principle.


Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

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  • Registered: 2007-05-29
  • Posts: 11

Re: Firewire via PCI or onboard?

Right, but does the PCI card need to be a 64 bit card or am I missing something?

  • From: Houston, TX
  • Registered: 2007-05-11
  • Posts: 1,191

Re: Firewire via PCI or onboard?

You'll need 64-Bit Drivers.

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  • Registered: 2007-05-29
  • Posts: 11

Re: Firewire via PCI or onboard?

Thanks!