NitroAV's 5-Port, 2 Channel(2 Chip) FireWire 800/1394b Professional PCI Express(x1) Host Bus Adapter adds 2x powerful and independent Texas Instruments XIO2213 Chips giving a flexible and potent combination of 1394b(FireWire800) ports capable of up to double the transfer-speed efficiency of the original FireWire technology, provides both internal and external ports, header pin connection capability, and optional auxiliary power supplementation -AND- it provides a seamless connection and wipes out bottlenecking and strained FireWire chips, which result in reduced, dragging speeds and lower quality. This card is the perfect solution for audio and video devices, RAID and non-RAID drives, and allows you to connect custom implementations and standard devices of all kinds, simultaneously. The Texas Instruments XIO2213 chips provide real-time data-critical speed for streaming video and audio applications. The NitroAV 2 Channel PCIe Host Adapter Card provides excellent results for bandwidth-intensive transfers with high-speed digital audio and video devices, external disk drives, portable storage devices, and home entertainment components.

FireWire 800 is backward compatible, meaning your legacy devices will work with the new hardware. This NitroAV 5-port, 2 channel card, is the only FireWire card of its kind available.

• 2 Independent 1394b chips for Superior Performance and Quality
• The fastest ever Firewire speeds with native PCI Express TI XIO2213
• Like all FireWire, easy plug and play installation
• Backward compatibility with Firewire "A" standard devices and among the only cards to feature a legacy port
• PCI Express (x1) for blazing fast bandwidth capability
• Power supplied to the FireWire bus for running low power FireWire devices
• Provides the digital video and digital audio enhancements promised by FireWire800
• Compatible with high-speed digital audio and video devices, external disk drives, portable storage devices, and home entertainment components Specifications
  

  Type FireWire 800/1394b PCI Express ( PCIe) Card Chipset TI XIO2213 Bus Type PCI Express 1-lane (x1) FireWire 800 Port: 2x External FireWire 800/1394b, 1x FireWire 400/1394a, 1 Internal FireWire 400/1394a Port. Speed: Max. 800Mbps Throughput ~85 MB/sec (read), ~75 MB/sec (write) OS Support Macintosh OSX +10.2.5, Windows 2000/XP/2003, Linux 2.4.x/2.6.x MacOSX Support Mac Pro & Power Mac G5 Series with PCI-Express slots OSX Deep Sleep Does not support MacOSX 'deep-sleep'

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