Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Brian Harte" Newsgroups: alt.graphics.photoshop,alt.photography,comp.periphs.printers,fj.comp.dev.digital-camera,rec.photo.35mm,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.marketplace.35mm References: Subject: Re: Please carefullt read my question and answer in kind Lines: 24 Organization: none X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:36:48 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.31.23.30 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1056213413 62.31.23.30 (Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:36:53 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:36:53 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:297 I think USB is measured at Burst rate meaning maximum ever achieved. Firewire and scsi are stream rate i think. So if this holds true then you will get faster bursts with USB2 and hence faster download speeds of those pictures. Brian "Eyron" wrote in message news:b2PIa.30567$111.10525@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com... > Is there a reason to go to USB2 with todays Compac flash > cards??????????????????????????????? > The fastest cards I think top out at 4mb/s? > Nowhere near the USB2,s nominal rate and about the same rate as USB1.1. > > Whats the point? > > Im getting between 4-5mb/s with both USB2 and firewire with my Abit nNs7-s > v2. > > Eyron > >