USB vs Firewire card readers

[Saxi]

I read a lot that firewire readers are a lot faster but if you pick up a USB2.0 reader, are they all that much faster? An ultra III card is only 30MB/s well below the maximum throughput for USB.

Something like this is rated at 30Mb/s which will max out an Ultra III card which is one of the faster cards on the market.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDDRX3-CF-A31-Extreme-Reader-Black/dp/B0018OF88G/ref=pd_bbs_10?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1232901846&sr=8-10

[mellofelow]

I've always used USB 2.0 readers until I got the 50D. It would take forever to d/l hundreds of RAW files. All reviews pointed to Firewire as the speed king so I had to try it. And from day 1, I couldn't believe how fast it is. Absolutely is the way to go.

Technically behind the scenes, the rated throughput has to do with the hardware architecture.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9973894-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave

[Saxi]

I've always used USB 2.0 readers until I got the 50D. It would take forever to d/l hundreds of RAW files. All reviews pointed to Firewire as the speed king so I had to try it. And from day 1, I couldn't believe how fast it is. Absolutely is the way to go.

Technically behind the scenes, the rated throughput has to do with the hardware architecture.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9973894-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave

40% faster like this article says or more like 2-3x?