This card is based on a VIA chipset vt-6307. The latter has the advantage of perfect work with Firewire audio interfaces. VIA seems to have corrected the bugs of previous ones MODELS.

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Finally, small dtail INTERESTED: the PCI 2.2 compatibility, allowing installing it on a slot as 3.3V PCI-X example (not to be confused with PCI-E).