One of the things I like about the PC is the fact that I can just put new cards in it all day long if needed, or tear down any part of it and replace with something faster if needed.
FWIW, the Firewire chipset on my mobo is apparently VIA and it works flawlessly. I do remember reading something about the TI chipset being preferred with Focusrite interfaces but maybe they've worked that out or I just got lucky? I had some initial speedbumps with that PC, but they all went away when I removed the Creative X-Fi card that was apparently causing conflicts.
As far as why TI is better, it's most likely just a recommendation for those buying new today maybe? Sometimes a manufacturer will make a recommendation like that if they run into a situation where, during initial testing, a device works properly 95% of the time with one chipset but only 70% of the time with another chipset.... but then the chipset in question gets a flash update or whatever such that equal compatibility in both is eventually reached, yet all of those internet posts remain and even sometimes official documentation is never updated, the chipset is just deemed incompatible and lives on. I was fully prepared to drop another card in if needed to get it off the USB bus, its probably like a $10 card but the gods were on my side on that one and I never needed to.
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