IEEE1394 Vs USB

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I have just bought a DVD burner and it has the option to connect by usb or by
IEEE1394. Which is best I am assuming the better one will be the fastest
transfer rate. Please could someone let me know which one is the best option?
 
Useless_computer_guy said:
I have just bought a DVD burner and it has the option to connect by usb or by
IEEE1394. Which is best I am assuming the better one will be the fastest
transfer rate. Please could someone let me know which one is the best
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option?


if you just have USB 1.1 then use IEEE1394

but if you have USB2 you might as well use that...
however USB2 and IEEE 1394 are both fast...especially compared to USB1.1

here is one opinion

http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/computing/usb-vs-firewire/
 
Useless_computer_guy said:
I have just bought a DVD burner and it has the option to connect by usb or
by
IEEE1394. Which is best I am assuming the better one will be the fastest
transfer rate. Please could someone let me know which one is the best
option?
Click to expand...

One thing to remember is that FireWire does all it's processing on the
FireWire chip, USB uses the CPU for some processing. So USB will cause an
overhead load on your processor that FireWire will not. So, while USB has a
slightly larger pipe (480mbs vs 400 mbs) the processor loading issue often
makes FireWire the better answer. For example, a USB hard drive used on a
server for backup will cause potentially cause problems when a restore is
done in the middle of the day. A FireWire drive used the same way has fewer
issues. Or, in your case, if you use say a USB DVD and a USB or onboard
sound card (both of which involve a CPU load) you will not see as good a
performance as if you had a FireWire drive and either a FireWire or PCI
sound card. Depending on what all is running in the back ground, even one
USB device could cause pauses or dropped sound or whatever.
FWIW, every professional sound engineer I know refuses to use FireWire400
professional, and will use FireWire800 instead, even with a FireWire400 port
on the machine. Seems the oxford911 chip that drives a FireWire400 device is
just not up to the task like the Oxford933/FireWire400 option. And USB? Not
a chance. Not even a thought.
So, for mice, and keyboards, and flash drives, and printers, go with USB.
For large data streams, go with FireWire. And for important large data
streams, go with FireWire800, at least at the external device end. you get
rock stable FireWire400 speeds then, and a FireWire800 card later is a solid
upgrade.

Best,
Gordon
 
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