Firewire implementations use dedicated hardware. USB implementations usually use the host's CPU to move data. Therefore, Firewire will always be faster unless the host CPU does nothing except handle USB functionality.
Also, are you sure you are not hitting the I/O limit of the HD or disk enclosures when testing Firewire 800?
In reply to: "Are FireWire connections crave-worthy?"
July 17, 2008
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