Does a Firewire 800 PCI card make sense in a 32-bit PCI slot?

[@drian]

The subject says it all. I'm under the impression that Firewire 800 only
works at full speed in a 64-bit slot. If I'm right and it's used in a
32-bit slot, what's the point paying the extra money for a speed you'll
never achieve in a 32-bit slot?

I'm looking at this link:

http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=399

@drian.

 

[proxima]

Get a Dell Precision 650. PCIx 64-bit slot rocks..

 

[Mike Walsh]

The page says the board runs at 33 Mhz, but the system requirements call for a 66 Mhz PCI slot. Does that make any sense? In any case a standard 32 bit 33 Mhz slot should be fast enough (just barely) for 800 Mbits/sec. If it runs at only 400 Mbits/sec it is because the designers of the card arbitrarily decided to limit the speed.

 

[@drian]

The page says the board runs at 33 Mhz, but the system requirements call

for a 66 Mhz PCI slot. Does that make any sense? In any case a standard 32
bit 33 Mhz slot should be fast enough (just barely) for 800 Mbits/sec. If it
runs at only 400 Mbits/sec it is because the designers of the card
arbitrarily decided to limit the speed.

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Yes, confusing, eh? I'm undecided on this. It may be a good idea to save
some money and go for a regular Firewire 400Mbps card.

@drian.