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  • wouldn’t someone here like to see MAC drivers for this USB3 card

    Posted by Bob Zelin on July 15, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    boy, I bet there are LOTS of people on this forum that would love to see MAC drivers written for this product (as seen on Creative Cow’s Sonnet forum)

    Bob Zelin

    Available With PCI Express® or ExpressCard® Interface, the Host Controllers Easily Add Two USB 3.0 Ports to Any Compatible Windows® Computer

    (Irvine, California–July 14, 2010) Sonnet Technologies today introduced its first USB 3.0 host controller cards — Allegro™ USB 3.0 PCIe and USB 3.0 ExpressCard®/34 — for Windows® desktop and notebook computers, respectively. These latest additions to Sonnet’s wide selection of PCI Express® and ExpressCard/34 adapters deliver faster performance when used with drives equipped with the USB 3.0 interface, yet support USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices for expanded backward compatibility.

    SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) is the next generation of the immensely popular USB interface, offering an up to 10x increase in data transfer speed over Hi-Speed USB 2.0, the decade-old interface found in practically every computer sold today. While handy, USB 2.0 is not well suited for supporting external storage devices, limiting their data transfer speeds to approximately 30 MB/sec, even when they are capable of speeds of 125 MB/sec and faster. Sonnet’s Allegro USB 3.0 PCIe and USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 adapters open this bottleneck to better support the speed potential of modern hard disk drives and solid state drives (SSDs).

    Both host controllers feature two USB 3.0 ports. The easy-to-install Allegro USB 3.0 PCIe desktop computer card features a PCIe interface for maximum performance, while the plug-in USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 adapter works in notebook computers with either an ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slot. Both cards support Windows 7, Windows Vista®, and Windows XP.

    Allegro USB 3.0 PCIe (part number USB3-E) and USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 (part number USB3-2P-E34) are available now with the suggested retail price of USD $49.95 each.

    For more information on Allegro USB 3.0 PCIe, visit the Sonnet website at https://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegrousb3pcie.html. More information on USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 can be found at https://www.sonnettech.com/product/usb3expresscard34.html.

    Jud Bordman replied 15 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Bob Zelin

    July 16, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    isn’t there ANYONE that would like to use the Blackmagic UltraStudioPro for the Macintosh ? Or are all of you strictly Intensity fans ?

    Bob Zelin

  • Simon Blackledge

    July 21, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    Yep

    but the card dont support osx though 🙁

    s

  • Jud Bordman

    July 23, 2010 at 4:55 am

    Bob,
    If I am trying to decide between AJA Kona LHe and the new decklink extreme 3d… what do you think? I am a FCP/mac guy… just not sure…

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