what are the best usb2.0 and 1394A/B Firewire-800 chipsets in PCI expansion cards

[Ghetto_Child]

Hi everyone, title pretty much says it all, I'm trying to find out which chipsets are the best and fastest for USB2.0 and the best and fastest for IEEE-1394A/B aka Firewire-800 which runs at 800Mbits/s (twice the speed of USB2.0). I prefer a combo card so that I can have all the ports from 1 PCI card. Over a year ago I was told the NEC chipset was the best for USB2.0. So someone help me out with this.

This card here is exactly what I'm looking for:
http://www.ioiusb.com/products/prod_...me=FWBU2-PCI01
Thanks

BTW Where can I look for benchmarks or comparison tests of different cards?

[Ghetto_Child]

Help

[Ghetto_Child]

Help please?

[Cafe_333]

TI (Texas Instruments) chipsets are the best for firewire.
USB2.0 it doesn't really matter, I think they're all more or less about the same. But if you have to choose one, VIA is pretty good.

[audit13]

I like Nec for usb 2.0 chipsets because most of the cards would be Mac-compatible.

For 1394, I'd go with Texas as well.

[Ghetto_Child]

Thanks guys, so at the moment I'll look for NEC/VIA usb2.0 and Texas Instruments for 1394A. Does TI make Firewire-800 (IEEE-1394B)? What would you guys recommend for a combo card btw? I prefer USB2.0 and Firewire-800 on one card if you know of anyone that makes that?

[Ghetto_Child]

anymore suggestions anyone? Thanks

[JAC]

The last time I shopped for one, VIA sucked and NEC was on top.

Check out viaarena forums for latest info.
http://forums.viaarena.com/

[jerryhung]

I am selling one, see my signature thread
haven't put up the pictures/specs yet, will do that later

but it's VIA Chipset
2 external FW, 4 external USB
1 internal FW, 1 internal USB

[Ghetto_Child]

still looking for more ideas, especially a usb2.0 & Firewire-800 IEEE-1394B combo PCI card.

[Ghetto_Child]

help

[Ghetto_Child]

some chipset model numbers would be nice...

[Ghetto_Child]

[Cafe_333]

Just picky anything... unless you're planning to do something professional with it, you won't really see any real improvements over one brand from another.