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Title: This is an ordinary card, nothing special
Review: The VIA chipset is strictly for low level work = 2 video streams max throughput. Better to find a card with the Agere' or Lucient chipset which can pass as many as 8 video streams at once. The price is OK, but you can do better for the same elsewhere. Easy install? All modern FireWire 1394a and 1394b cards are plug and play = no driver required, so this is no advantage here. Reliability? you would be better off finding a card with internal power connector as the FireWire 1394 power drain can be quite a strain on cheap PC motherboards, especially with external drivers and burners.
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