Is this card compatible with a 2010 Hex?
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...-details.asp?EdpNo=6509554&csid=ITD&body=MAIN
Oi! Get to work.
Meh.... Who needs clean clothes. You were supposed to stuff the MP in the suitcase instead (OK, maybe some clean underwear and socks, as they make good packing material).Let me get home first.
Told ya, I need some weeks.
Apple is releasing USB driver support next month.
Meaning, you can use any USB card on your Mac.
Given that USB 3.0 requires additional drivers to work with OS X, and the fact that there is no indication for that product that it comes with such a driver, no, probably not.
Lacie and Caldigit have compatible cards that come with drivers. Should be a hassle free installation.
You can, however, try this card with hacked Lacie drivers. The card you linked uses the same NEC chip, so you might get it working. Again, MIGHT! This has not been confirmed yet.
Friend works in a OEM factory for Apple.Where did you get this info from?
Meh.... Who needs clean clothes. You were supposed to stuff the MP in the suitcase instead (OK, maybe some clean underwear and socks, as they make good packing material).
We may have to wait for Sandy Bridge to get USB 3.0 to perform to its full potential under OSX.
Fair enough. But you have to give me tutoring on how to get the Pro in my hand luggage next time.
The Caldigit driver is now no longer locked to Caldigit peripherals, however initial tests seem to indicate disapointing speeds compared with Windows.
We may have to wait for Sandy Bridge to get USB 3.0 to perform to its full potential under OSX.
How did you test to get your speeds? What were your speeds? I have one and when I tested it with AJA, I got around 140. Pretty good if you ask me. I also did a transfer test using a good sized file (quicktime movie) and the speeds of USB 3 were almost 50% faster than when I used FW800.
Overall, I'm happy with my card. Haven't had any problems with it so far.
The current USB 3.0 chips use a single PCIe lane, so the max bandwidth between the card and system is 500MB/s (Gen. 2.0 lanes for all slots in the 2009/10 systems). Worse yet, the drivers used could be slowing you down even further.I tested mine with some supertalent usb 3.0 flash drives. It is still definitely faster than usb 2.0 but not nearly as fast as what an on-board usb 3.0 option is on a PC. Even when testing on a mac pro booting win 7. I just think the pci express slot is slowing things down a bit. I see the same slow down on a PCI Express usb 3.0 card on a PC. I think it's the nature of these NEC based cards.