Lexar 80X compact flash card

[45R]

I just picked up the Lexar Pro 80X 512 meg CF card yesturday for $139. Its so much faster than the Sandisk card that I was currently running. Speed transfer to the PC via PCMCIA card is relatively slow. Any suggestions. The PC is a 1Ghz Sony with 256 megs of RAM.

[sGu]

try to use a USB2.0 or even firewire card reader(if supported), then u'll see the difference.

[newdamage1]

How many MB/s do these Lexar cards transfer at "80X"?


EDIT: nevermind I found it. it's 12MB/s. I wonder if the extra 2MB/s over the Sandisk ultra2 is worth the extra $45. Hmmm.....

[45R]

That extra 2 megbits could = almost one picture per second :)

[45R]

try to use a USB2.0 or even firewire card reader(if supported), then u'll see the difference.

I'm running a laptop with no USB2.0 Support. I've heard of PCMCIA USB2.0 hubs :)

[sGu]

try to use a USB2.0 or even firewire card reader(if supported), then u'll see the difference.

I'm running a laptop with no USB2.0 Support. I've heard of PCMCIA USB2.0 hubs :)

I use a Sandisk 8-in-1 USB2.0 card reader at home and when i'm on the move, i use Sandisk Ultra PC card adapter for CF to connect to my laptop. It works great, pretty fast, too. Not so as USB2.0, but certainly does a better job then normal 16bit ones. Than again, no matter how fast your card reader goes, it's down to your cards.

[Bilymac]

Did'nt Lexar supply you with one of it's "jumpshot" card readers? I received one with each one of the Lexar 40x cards I purchased and they work great.

Bill