OT: FireWire card

RZ wrote on 2/17/2014, 11:02 AM

Greetings,

I am looking for a FireWire PCI e card to permit video capture/ transfer. Any suggestions on a good quality card. Thx

RZ

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Hulk wrote on 2/17/2014, 11:33 AM

I recently did quite a bit of research on this and came up with this one which has been working well for me with Windows 7 x64.

This is a good one in my opinion. I have it. TI chipset.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800998059

TI chipset and supposedly the limited number of ports make for better reliability/compatibility.

Larry Clifford wrote on 2/17/2014, 2:18 PM

I use this on my new Windows 7 Pro 64-bit:

http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-FireWire-PCIe-Combo-UGT-FW210/dp/B004QY7M3Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361986068&sr=8-2&keywords=firewire+800+card

I am not using Vegas Pro, so I can't verify that program.

I use it primarily for a backup hard drive.

Chienworks wrote on 2/17/2014, 2:44 PM

The general consensus has always been that if you get one with the TI chipset you'll be fine. Also, at least through WinXP, the best advice was to throw away the driver that came with the card and let Windows install it's own. I don't know that that still applies with Win7 and newer.

johnmeyer wrote on 2/17/2014, 4:04 PM

[edit] Don't bother to read this post. After I hit send, I re-read the OP's post to make sure I answered all of his questions and realized he wants a PCI card, not a laptop PC Card. [/end edit]

This was discussed in this thread two months ago:

killer laptop

This is what I recommended back then, and is what I use:

StarTech.com 2 Port ExpressCard Laptop 1394a Firewire Adapter Card (EC13942)

John_Cline wrote on 2/17/2014, 4:31 PM

+1 on the recommendation for the SIIG PCIe card. I have had issues with other cards but the SIIG cards have always performed flawlessly. I run them in all my machines.

http://www.siig.com/it-products/firewire/firewire-400/pcie/dp-firewire-2-port-pcie.html

craftech wrote on 2/17/2014, 5:18 PM

Ditto on the Siig card.

John

RZ wrote on 2/18/2014, 7:43 AM

Thanks for the input. I will go for the SIIG card.

RZ

Hulk wrote on 2/18/2014, 8:05 AM

And I agree with Chienworks, let Windows install the driver. Just pop the card in and when windows starts it'll install the drivers and that should be the last time you ever think about that card.