Rosewill RC-502 NEC 3+1 Port Firewire/1394a Low-Profile PCI Card (ULEAD 8.0 VS-SE + Cable Bundle) Model RC-502

Pros: Internal port to wire to front of PC, comes with cable and Ulead software, installation was a breeze with XP

Cons: None yet

Overall Review: Has a power supply input but didn't need it. The Ulead software is two versions old, but you can get a good discount off the new stuff for having the old version.

Pros: It works , great price

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: I was pulling my hair out trying to get my new Samsung DV camcorder to talk to my WinXP. I tried 2 different high priced Firewire cards with no luck. After doing a few searches I found a lot of issues with different cameras and the VIA chipset on my cards. I took a shot on this cheap card because of the NEC chipset and after popping it in Windows instantly recognized my camcorder and I was capturing my videos.

Pros: I had this card installed in my pentium 4 computer 3 weeks ago and it's working great! There's no need to involve the tech support! Yeah it's that simple! Plug and play! I save a lot by purchasing this card. Compare to Best Buy you'll be paying $40 plus tax and you don't even get the cable or the software! Buy this card and you'll get everything!

Cons: none

Overall Review: I haven't bought anything from Newegg.com that didn't work.I'm satisfied everything I bought.

Pros: Cheap. Works. WinXP SP2 sees and can use the card without installing any drivers. Draws power from power supply to provide sufficient power to bus-powered devices.

Cons: Company has HORRIBLE support practices. Sent three emails asking about the card; got no responses. When I finally called them and asked if this low-profile card also includes the low-profile back-panel, I was told it did. In reality, it doesn't. When I called them to point this out I was told, quote, "So what? The card works, doesn't it?" When I pointed out that it wouldn't fit in the PC I bought it for, I was told to "stop complaining so much" and unceremoniously hung up on.

Overall Review: I would rather get a hot lead enema than buy another product from this company.

Pros: Plugged in, and it just plain worked! Windows 7 build 6801 x64 crashed installing drivers, but it always does that, so I cannot complain. I really like the extra power adapter, which allows for higher amperage. The included cable allows me to hook up my laptop to my external disk, or direct wire my laptop to my desktop system. I get INSANE transfer speeds from my external disk to my internal disks (50MB\200Mb) and it is nice to finally get some speed out of my system. It also includes the low profile bracket in the box, I read other reviews saying that

Cons: The Molex connector on the card is extremely flimsy, when attaching the power to it, it decided to dislocate, putting the jack at a 45 degree angle (not good, because it would bump into my other cards in my pc. Drivers are not complete, Windows 7 keeps crashing when i try to hotplug Ubuntu to my system, probably a windows 7 problem (except it crashes with a driver error) I dont know if this is a con, but it did not include a screw to screw it in, not a problem for me, i just picked on off the floor of my workshop.

Overall Review: It gives me a great amount of speed, without compromising power. the card is small, and includes an internal Firewire port for use if i ever need it. I love the idea of just plugging in the card and making it work, Thanks newegg for another great card (Windows 7 certified by Pizzaboy192 at Eggxpert.com)

Pros: I must admit, I'm not in to generic stuff usually. but Rosewill has never failed me on any products. always low prices, and always work great. pleasant surprise again from Rosewill. even came with a cable.

Cons: internal 4th port seems a bit useless to me. so i give it 4 eggs. but 3 is more than ample anyway. the 4th is actually ON the card internally so you'd have to open the case to plug anything into it.

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: Causes hardware driver problems with Windows 7. Will experience blue screen randomly when using a sound recording pre-buffer peripheral attached to the card. Rosewill site has no information or drivers for the card at all, let alone a Win 7 update driver.

Overall Review: If you have Win 7, this is the third 1394 card I have bought that was not compatible with Win 7, on 3 separate computers. No problems with the sound pre-buffer when running it on a laptop with Win 7 that has a built in 1394 port.

Pros: works as advertise

Cons: slow free shipping

Overall Review: none