Sandisk 2GB Extreme IV CF Card & FireWire Reader Bundle Review

Different card readers can gave different transfer rates when shifting images and/or files to and from the PC – a key step in many digital workflows and one that can truly frustrate the user if it takes a long time.

This workflow bottleneck comes about because many of us go out and buy a memory card and then use it in a card reader without any idea how well they’ll work together. To address this from a manufacturer’s point of view, the obvious answer is to develop both a memory card and reader together so that maximum compatibility, efficiency and data throughput is achieved and sustained.

One company that has taken this approach is SanDisk. It recently launched the new Extreme IV CompactFlash (CF) card along with a new Extreme FireWire reader. When used together (on a FireWire 800-enabled system) the company states that minimum read and write speeds of 40MB/sec can be achieved, although bear in mind that those figures are derived from SanDisk’s internal test data where 1MB equals 1,000,000 bytes.

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