On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 17:32 +0400, Dmitry Baikov wrote: > > yes, its much better: vastly higher bandwidth, much faster bus > clock. > > Theoretical(!) numbers are: FW-400 = 400MBits/s, USB2.0 = 480 MBits/s thats not a very fair comparison. USB2.0 is the "new USB", FW800 is the "new FW" :) but FW is also a better protocol, which means its easier to get close the theoretical maximum than it is with USB. > >From reading RME mailing lists, I know there were many problems with > Ricoh controllers (on PCI bursts). And everybody recommends TI. But > most notebooks to choose from have Ricoh controllers. Do you know if i have ENE controllers in my two HP laptops, as do a couple of other people on LAD. there *were* problems with these in the 2.4 kernel series, but they were fixable from user-space *and* are gone in 2.6 (AFAICT). if you were in the US, i could offer you the best prices on RME gear (i'm a dealer), but with a european location, thats not likely. --p
