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1GB CompactFlash Roundup

Posted by Zonk on from the tiny-bits-of-memory-in-our-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an article from AnandTech, Purav Sanghani focuses on the most widely used flash media, the 1GB CompactFlash cards. AnandTech has taken ten of the most well-known and unknown brands and put them through three tests: real world file system task test, HDTach 3 RW and SiSoft Sandra's File System Benchmark." From the article: "All of these cards are standard CompactFlash Type I media cards with varying speeds with exception of the Lexar Professional series media, which features its 'Write Acceleration Technology', said to improve image write speeds by up to 23% with compatible cameras. This is done with the aid of special firmware on the media as well as the cameras themselves, which allow them to work together to improve the write algorithms. However, we have also seen an improvement in write speeds in our benchmarks as well, but we'll let you see for yourself."

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  1. Link. by ScaryFroMan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The link provided is to the single-page, non-ad filled "print version." Good move. Very un-slashdot like.

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    1. Re:Link. by gladmac · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That's probably not such a good thing... we should give servers that we're about to murder some compensation. I think it's even very bad tone to do this.

  2. CF write speeds depend on more than that! by zippity8 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't forget Rob Galbraith's CF comparison for many dSLR cameras (you gotta use these cards somewhere!)

  3. Transcend 80x Compactflash by RandyOo · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been using 2 gig and 4 gig 80x Transcend Compactflash cards in my Rebel XT, and have been very impressed with their speed, and they're a great value. Lexar's 4 gig cost more than twice as much, and the performance of the Transcend card is close enough for me. I would definitely recommend Transcend's cards to anyone looking for good performance on a budget.

  4. Graphs by gladmac · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can't really trust somebody who makes a line graph when there is no notion of sequence! Thinking about this one:

    http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/1gb%20compactfl ash%20roundup_12210581203/10365.png

    Especially the interpolation gets really ridiculous... they have this "nice" interconnecting line segments that represent what - a combination of two cards?

    It would have made some sense to have the lines in the other dimension, with three points on the line, one for each size of file and then one line for each card. The interpolation that the line represents would then have a meaning - files of other sizes. That would get a little messy though. But seriously, how often did a line graph make sense with the lines in either dimension? :) There is at most one correct choice...