Please Help!! Does anyone know the difference between these two computer components

[jkellynewyork]

I am looking for a firewire card so I can transfer video from my video camara to my computer. Does the USB firewire work the same way as the firewire card? I would rather get the USB firewire one so I could move it from computer to computer.

Thanks for help

Oh here is the specific items I was looking at from newegg

CHP Mini 7-port Firewire/USB Combo Hub Model FIJH-340 w/ AC Adapter, Firewire & USB Cables, Interface standard: USB v. 1.1, USB connectors: 7 A type female connectors and 1 B type female connector, Data transfer rate: Full-speed at 12Mb/sec and low-speed at 1.5Mb/sec. Fedex Saver Shipping $10.00
-See It! (N82E16817111301)

and

FireWire IEEE 1394 Controller Card( KW-582V2 ), 3+1(2 independent external ports + 1 internal/external shared port) with cable & Video Editing Software Retail Version for PCI Slot. Model #: IOFLEX-FW4 Fedex Saver Shipping $7.00
- Product Link -See It! (N82E16815103103)
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[ViperSSD]

the usb version would be a very bad thing to do, the bandwidth on firewire is much much faster than the bandwidth of usb.

 

[Gunbuster]

Firewire over USB, OMG that would suck

 

[vampiro]

I agree. Get the card because I have a feeling the USB firewire wouldn't work very well due to a backup of data from the slower transfer rate of USB devices.

 

[bocamojo]

If it's not usb 2.0, then it is, in fact, slower than ieee firewire.

 

[samgau]

Get the card.... Firewire to USB is a bad idea 400 Mbits to 12 Mbits........ ewww
now USB 2.0 would have been a different story.... but not todays reality.. 🙁

 

[jkellynewyork]

Even if I wont be transferring that much stuff it is still better to get the firewire card?

Also does that USB item that I mentioned above transfer video to the computer. The newegg site does not give a good desrcription of what it does.

Thanks so much for all your help!!