Buslink PCIFW FW320-05 (4 Pin Power)
Pinnacle Link Linx PCI FW323-05 (4 Pin Power)
Syba SD-FW323-3I FW323-05 (4 Pin Power)
Belkin F5U501 FW323-04 (4 Pin Power)
RATOC PCIFU2 TSB43AA22 (4 Pin Power)
Pinnacle 1394 DV TSB43AA22 (4 Pin Power)
Digital Research DRFIREWIRE TSB41LVQ3 (Bus Power)
SIIG NN-400012 TSB43AB23 (Bus Power)
Adaptec AUA-3121 TSB41AB3 (4 Pin Power)
I-Will eLink1394 VT6306 (4 Pin Power)
SIIG NN2633 VT6306 (Bus Power)

Why does M-Audio recommend different cards that appear to have similar manufactured 1394A chipsets on them, isn’t there just one that your recommend for the FireWire 410?

There are many different resellers of 1394 adaptor cards, but only a handful of 1394 chipset manufacturers. These chipset manufacturers include VIA, Lucent, Agere, Texas Instruments (TI) and NEC. Therefore it is possible to find the same model chipset on multiple resellers’ cards. The performance of cards with identical chipsets will be virtually identical. The reason for the performance similarities is that for Microsoft Windows operating systems, there is no driver to install and instead the card uses an embedded 1394 driver to communicate with these adaptors.

On the other hand, some adapter card manufacturers produce multiple model adapter cards with different chipsets on them. Performance is likely not similar between cards that use different chipsets. The chipset is the key to compatibility and guaranteed performance.