USB 2.0 and ports on the PC

[Xtreme2001]

My motherboard allows USB 2.0 and i've verified this through my device manager.

I have a memory card reader for my Compact Flash card and when I connect the card reader and transfer the files I find the speed is the exact same as it would be if I transfered the CF card still in my camera.

Are there only certain USB ports on my tower that allow 2.0? I have 4 available, 2 of which are on the side of the tower and two directly from the motherboard. Does it make a difference?

Thanks

[willy]

How fast the transfer speed are you talking about here ? It could be the bottleneck is your CF card ...

[goofball]

What speed is your CF card?
What reader specifically?
What camera specifically?

[Codegen]

On most older machines, it's only the rear motherboard ports that are USB 2.0. I know this is the case with my machine and the motherboard is about 2-3
years old.

[Xtreme2001]

1- 120x Cf Card
2- No name card reader from ebay (all in one type), but stated compatible up to 480mb/sec, verified with seller and compatible with my card.
3- Camera is a Canon Xt.

[goofball]

Both your camera and reader are probably USB 2.0 High Speed capable, so you shouldn't really see any difference in speed.
How long does it take you to move files?

[Xtreme2001]

600-700mb took around 3-4minutes.

I've never used usb 2.0 so I'm not sure if that is fast or not. But at 460mb/sec (as the product states), it should be done within seconds.

I will have to try the back port as well, but should this be an issue? my mobo is an Asus deluxe - 5years old.

[Icedawn]

the 480mbps is in megabits...

real world performance is commonly limited to a max of 30 megabytes per second... (that's what my research into webcams said anyways).

and for transfering from stuff such as flash cards? I have no idea where the bottleneck is...

[goofball]

600-700mb took around 3-4minutes.

I've never used usb 2.0 so I'm not sure if that is fast or not. But at 460mb/sec (as the product states), it should be done within seconds.

I will have to try the back port as well, but should this be an issue? my mobo is an Asus deluxe - 5years old.

That is definitely slow. Use the back ports, as the ports on your CASE may not be 2.0 high speed.

FWIW, I use a Ritek 150x CF card with a cheap $6.99 reader from LED Shoppe and move roughly 1GB in 1min. Average around 12-15 MB/sec (translates to ~96-120Mbit/sec).

USB 2.0 theoretical maximum of 480Mbit/sec translates to 60Mbit/sec. You'll never get this number as it's theoretical max. Practical max is probably around half of 75% of that.