You definitely should be able to sample at 5 kHz with your setup. To ensure of 16-bit accuracy, you will need to allow for 10 usec. of settling time and so the maximum sampling rate would be 100 kHz. You can sample at 333 kHz, but you won't have 16 bits of accuracy.
16-bit DAQ Boards and SCXI Accuracy
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/F6D3D99501D9893486256BF300838E7D?OpenDocument
It sounds like you might be running into a charge injection/cross-talk problem. Cross-talk can be caused by inputs with a high source impedance. If your inputs have a source impedance over 1 Kohm, then that might be causing the cross-talk. There are documents on our website that discuss ways to decrease the source impedance in order to eliminate cross-talk. I've incl
uded links below to these documents. I hope this helps.
Is Your Data Inaccurate Because of Instrumentation Amplifier Settling Time
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/devzoneweb. nsf/Opendoc?openagent& F7B07C1AEFAC727B8625686500693572
Using a Unity Gain Buffer (Voltage Follower) with a DAQ Device
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/ webmain/ CD57A73721E0612586256BAE0055CDD9?opendoc ument
Regards,
Todd D.