Firewire advice

[Koolpc]

I need Firewire for my Camcorder but my Motherboard doesn't have any Connections for Firewire. Will this be ok to get:

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Thanks for any help.

[DDY]

That'll do just fine

[Koolpc]

Cheers. It works straight from the PCI socket then as i don't have Firewire connectors on my mobo.

[staffsMike]

yep no firewire required

[Koolpc]

Thanks guys.

[Webby]

Just a thought why not get this instead

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Then you get extra USB ports as well as Firewire all for 1 PCI slot and for an extra £2 that cant be a bad thing.

[amjedm]

I'd get one of the following

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12p more expensive, but should be a better chipset (NEC compared to the ALI you've linked to)

[mad_scot_99]

but your original would do the trick just fine :-)

[IAmATeaf]

I'd go with the NEC chipset card to be honest. Not sure if it still applies but I read ages ago with the ALI firewire cards and some mobo chipsets, the card would work fine but you'd get dropped frames when transferring DV across.

[Koolpc]

Yea, went with the NEC Chipset card in the end. Thanks guys.

[amjedm]

I'd go with the NEC chipset card to be honest. Not sure if it still applies but I read ages ago with the ALI firewire cards and some mobo chipsets, the card would work fine but you'd get dropped frames when transferring DV across.

I read something similar but it was about general performance IIRC.