FireWire (IEEE-1394)

[amateuruser]

Is it better to use the onboard firewire port or get a separate PCI card downloading videos from digital camcorder?

1394 and 1394a are the same, aren't they?

 

[cmichael138]

Go with the onboard. No need spending money on something that won't be any faster.

 

[4745454b]

I assume 1394 and 1394a are the same. 1394b is the 800Mbps firewire, which is twice as fast. I'd also stick with onboard firewire.

 

[AKM880]

I'd stick with the onboard 1394 ports.

 

[amateuruser]

Thanks guys, will stick to that one then...the reason I was checking was, when I was looking at some of the pci cards on newegg, some of them had a ulead video editing software to create dvds with them and I used to have that software, now I cannot find it anywhere to install in on the Vista business edition. I will stick to the onboard card too.