Re: PCIe card recommendation
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From: Clemens L. <cl...@la...> - 2012-04-25 08:14:26
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Carl Karsten wrote: > I need to buy 20 or so PCIe firewire 400 cards. (10 machines, 2 cards > each, or 1 card with 2 bus/chips - I need to plug in 2 dv video > devices) http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/HostControllers#Recommendations (Those are chips, not cards.) As far as I know, only IOI and Unibrain make dual-controller cards. The only S400 cards with multiple controllers, the FWX3-PCIE1XE120/-3, have three chips and are not widely available, so two cards might be cheaper overall. > Has anyone shopped around recently? Yes, in Germany. :) Which retailers would you consider? > Are there any I should avoid? The most problematic controllers aren't typically used on extension cards. Avoid cards with a PCI controller behind a PCIe/PCI bridge (cards with two visible chips). This also applies to the TI XIO2200A, which has a built-in PCIe/PCI bridge which is so slow and buggy that TI has discontinued this chip. Regards, Clemens |