Re: Speed of Compact Flash cards?


"zog" <zog@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dave R knows who wrote:
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>>
>> Just to clarify, if I use a USB 2 reader, the Lexar 40x drive will
>> download the same amount of data from the card to my computer much faster
>> than my 512MB non-rated Lexar using the same reader on the same computer.
>
> yeah I noticed that difference too, d/l images from my Sandisk Ultra2 card
> seem to take forever with the older sandisk usb1.1 card reader to a usb2
> notebook, bought a no-name usb2 card reader from ebay, much faster.
>
> the usb1 reader was that slow it was ridiculous, it's ok with smaller
> cards like up to 64meg, but with a 1 gig card it took something like
> 20mins to d/l the images against 5mins or less for the usb2 reader

I seem to have a knack for confusing people.

I WAS USING THE SAME READER!


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