On Tue, 27 May 2008 17:31:38 +0800, "k" <fellafel@PING.com> wrote:

>
>"Bob Williams" <mytbobnospam@cox.net> wrote in message
>news:cTO_j.30754$ap3.15387@newsfe14.phx...
>| zalek wrote:
>| > On my PocketPC PDA I was using Transcend 150x 4gb SD card. Recently I
>| > replaced it by Transcend class 6 SDHC 8 gb card. My impression is that
>| > my old 150x card is faster that the new class 6 SDHC card. Is there
>| > any way to verify if my impression is true?
>| >
>| > Thanks,
>| >
>| > Zalek
>|
>| I suspect your observations are correct.
>| 150X is pretty darn fast.
>| To verify this, just clean up the 4GB card and download a BIG folder of
>| pictures (3-4 GB)and time how long it takes to download the files.
>| Repeat, downloading the same folder to the clean 8 GB card.
>| Bob Williams
>
>
>http://www.flashmemorytoolkit.com/download.html
>
>
>the free prog asks for registration code each time it starts but you just
>hit 'try' and you're into the full kit :)
>
>small free and it'll write junk files to your card and read them back to
>give you good speed comparisons - don't forget to delete these files
>afterwards
>
>I had some *very* surprising results, which supports the many sites out
>there that state what manufacturers claim is often not quite true ;)

According to Galbraith, the apparent speed of a memory card depends a
lot on the camera it is used in. Could be very fast on one device but
slower on another, and one card could be faster or slower than another
depending on the camera.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...e.asp?cid=6007

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