UK South-East Skiver's and Fishwife's Gossip Thread (3)

Anyone up for some Left 4 Dead co-op today?

Anyone interested, add me on steam here: http://steamcommunity.​com/id/mellowd

Send me a pm. I'll be game any time today

I will be interested this evening - i am at work until 4pm so it will be some time after that if you are still around.

Tonight is good. Wife just flew to Hungary (I'm going on Thursday) so I've just got a bit of studying/gaming to do all day

Does anyone have any good suggestions for a USB CF card reader? Needs to be portable.

I've been looking at this one http://www.lexar.com …rs/pro_udma_dua​lslot.html

tbh, I've always used the cheapest ones I can find and never had a problem

e.g.: http://www.7dayshop.co​m …=777_6&products​_id=100315

http://www.dealextreme​.com/details.dx/sku.81​60

Dealextreme has so many different kinds as well

My card reader is £5 worth and it's worked perfectly for years!!

I have a Belkin USB reader and its basic and does the job..

enigma2099 wrote in post #7429700
Does anyone have any good suggestions for a USB CF card reader? Needs to be portable.

I've been looking at this one http://www.lexar.com …rs/pro_udma_dua​lslot.html

Enigma, i have that reader and it does work very well.
I was always very skeptical of how much difference a reader would make, but i was using a generic reader at work and it took MUCH longer to transfer the files than my lexar one.

At the end of the day its just down to how important the extra speed is to you.
Will you get so frustrated over waiting an extra 1-2 minutes for a few GB to copy across that £15 more seems worth it?

For myself i say yes, but that's because i am generally impatient!

Just remember to make sure it is 'labeled' as USB2.0. I suspect many of the cheaper ones are old USB1.1 versions. This pre supposes that your PC has USB2.0 ports i.e. is less than 3 years old??? There is a noticable speed difference of data transfer between USB 1.1. to 2.0

Ok, after this mornings suggestion of a Left for Dead game, is anyone up for one now? I have logged into steam to await someone else's interest.

My Steam ID is Kaben_HB

Box Brownie wrote in post #7431095
Just remember to make sure it is 'labeled' as USB2.0. I suspect many of the cheaper ones are old USB1.1 versions. This pre supposes that your PC has USB2.0 ports i.e. is less than 3 years old??? There is a noticable speed difference of data transfer between USB 1.1. to 2.0

I haven't seen a usb 1.1 card reader in years. there is a HUGE difference in speed between the 2

mellowd wrote in post #7431195
I haven't seen a usb 1.1 card reader in years. there is a HUGE difference in speed between the 2

Yes but I am awefull cynic and amd suspicious of what "standard" the really cheap readers are 'made for' ?

Hey guys,

Been out for the weekend at a stag weekend, so not been around. How's it going? Is anyone going to summarise the past few days for me? Any weekend meets organised at all?

Box Brownie wrote in post #7431320
Yes but I am awefull cynic and amd suspicious of what "standard" the really cheap readers are 'made for' ?

I've picked up at least 6 cheap card readers (i usually end up buying them in whichever country im in cause i always leave it at home) and all of them thus far has been usb 2

its been very quiet Pete, you have only missed around 2 pages. How was the Stag do? Any dramas?

I don't think any weekend meets have been organised, but im sure plenty on here are keen for one if you can think of something?