Gigabyte GA-FTI1394 FireWire Card Box

Why we need IEEE 1394?
Today, more consumer electronic products than ever before are going digital -- especially video and home theater products. Full-frame digital video contains an immense amount of information. And it requires a constant frame rate (usually 30 frames per second) to provide a high-quality image. To make it work, you need a really fast connection between your digital Video camera or VCR and your computer. At the same time, digital technology is becoming more affordable and digital formats are becoming more standardized. This is a positive trend, one that means much higher quality, better value and all kinds of nifty new capabilities for consumers. A universal, easy-to-use, high-speed digital interface has become a necessity. 1394 is that interface. 1394 can handle up to 400 megabits per second (with plans for up to 1.2 gigabits per second). That's the equivalent of around 25,000 pages of plain, unformatted text transmitted each second - or about 10 large dictionaries in small type. It's more than enough to handle digital video frame rates. In fact, it's the only interface available to-day that combines this kind of high speed with virtually foolproof ease of use.

Features:

• Texas Instruments IEEE 1396 chipset on board
• Supports up to 63 devices simultaneously
• Supports 100/200/400Mbit/sec transfer rate
• Supports Plug-and-Play (PnP) specification
• Peer-to-Peer Communication Structure
• PCI specification V2.2 compliant
• Provides 2 external 6pin plus 1 external 4 pin connectors
• Compliant IEEE 1394 and compatible with proposal 1394A
• Bus is Dynamically Reconfigurable and Active. Termination is not needed
• MGI VideoWave III SE(Video Editing Software Bundle)

Recommended minimum System Requirements:
OS : Windows 98SE/Windows 2000
CPU : Pentium II 266 or better
Memory : 64MB
HDD free space : 80MB

In Box

• GA-FTi1394 Firewire Card
• 4 -to- 4 Cable
• MGI VideoWave Software CD
• GA-FTI1394 Users Manual