From: okto (oktology_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Aug 04 2005 - 13:14:16 PDT
The issue with the transfer speeds is not size, but how fast the
controller in each card can spit data back and forth. All cards are
not created equal: I have an oooold (1996) SimpleTech 16MB CF, a
newer Lexar 16MB 4x speed USB enabled ultra super duper CF, and a new
SanDisk 64MB plain vanilla CF.
The ancient SimpleTech card is the fastest of the bunch. No reason
for it to be, but it is. And ironically, the Lexar "high speed" card
is the slowest: 200kBps read, __64kBps__ write. That's like floppy
drive speed, and it's COMPLETELY ridiculous. For reference, the
SimpleTech card can handle about 600kBps both ways.
Use the read/write tests available in the Card slip and figure out
which of your cards is the fastest, and use that one.
On 8/4/05, ADyson <ADyson_at_rogers.com> wrote:
>=20
> I don't find the ATA card slower at all. I think the reason it's slower i=
n your case is that you're
> probably comparing it with a smaller Flash card. You will see the same sp=
eed differences when
> comparing say a 2Mb Flash with a 32Mb flash card. I may be wrong but that=
's what I've experienced
> with my cards.
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