on board USB2 & Firewire connectors

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Hello,

I have an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Board. I am curious to know if there would
be a performance boost (less usage of CPU) if I did not use the on board
USB2/Firewire connectors that the optional adapters connect to and use a
Belkin PCI combo card instead(has both firewire & USB2).

Thanks,
Shane

 

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no spam wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Board. I am curious to know if there would
> be a performance boost (less usage of CPU) if I did not use the on board
> USB2/Firewire connectors that the optional adapters connect to and use a
> Belkin PCI combo card instead(has both firewire & USB2).
>
> Thanks,
> Shane
>
>

Since the onboard USB/Firewire connectors run off the same bus,
it should not make a difference in terms of performance. If so,
then why waste a peripheral slot?