[clug] USB 2.0 vs Firewire CPU overhead query.

[Duncan Roe]

You could try running xcpustate in a corner of your screen.

That way you'd see immediately whether your CPU is busy or not.

I run it all the time - Sticky and StaysOnTop (FVWMspeak).

Cheers ... Duncan.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:34:29AM +1100, Telek, John wrote:
> Is it true that there is more CPU overhead with usb than firewire ?
>
> If so, why cant we have like a hardware enhaced usb that has it's own
> local memory and DMA support ???
>
> The reason I ask is I have noticed that my USB/FW external drive seems a
> lot quicker when I use FW as opposed to USB 2.0.
>
>   John
>
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