There are indeed some certain brands of FireWire cards that do say that the TI chipset is the recommended one.

I don't know if the M-Audio is one of those cards, perhaps it is not.

Best place to check is directly with M-Audio, on the M-Audio Support Forum.

A quick Websearch using Bing brings up the following ("firewire pci card ti chipset):

http://www.bing.com/search?q=firewire+pci+card+ti+chipset&src=IE-SearchBox


--Mac