PNY 2gb CF card..how is its read speed?

nealh · 11-26-05, 01:30 PM

I purchased but have not opened a PNY 2GB CF from Compusa for $80AR on BF
http://www.pny.com/products/flash/compactflash.asp
no mention of speed

I will using this to place my GPS10 USA maps..I need 1.6GB to get the whole USA on it..so I bought this card..will read speed matter much???

It will be used only for my NAv maps nothing else..I have Sandisk 1GB SD card for other stuff

I could get this Dane Elec for $122 with tax/shipping from Costco (40x read, 23x write)
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...v=&browse=&s=1

Axim-Rob · 11-26-05, 04:32 PM

Essentially, speed matters little when in your Ax as it has hardware limitations. Faster speed will matter if you use a card reader capable of high speed.

I've used a lot of flash media over the years in the digi cameras. Dane Electric are rebadged pieces from various sources. I personally wouldn't recommend them.

nealh · 11-26-05, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by Axim-Rob

Essentially, speed matters little when in your Ax as it has hardware limitations. Faster speed will matter if you use a card reader capable of high speed.

I've used a lot of flash media over the years in the digi cameras. Dane Electric are rebadged pieces from various sources. I personally wouldn't recommend them.

So what do you think of the PNY CF cards..are they slow..I can not find any specs on them

Axim-Rob · 11-26-05, 07:07 PM

PNY cards are considered "slow" based on everything I've read lately. If that card is going to be the long-term keeper for that map, it's probably irrelevant since you'll just transfer to it once from PC and the Ax will just read from it thereafter.

mkss55442 · 11-26-05, 07:48 PM

I bought the same card to replace a PNY 1GB in my GPS. I don't have numbers but I used a card reader to copy the contents over from the 1GB card. Read was pretty snappy, write was pretty slow. I agree with Axim-Rob. You'll be reading far more than writting to the card and the price made it an excellent buy.

EngrPaul · 11-26-05, 09:40 PM

Amongst the many flash cards I own, I have a PNY SD card and it is painfully slow. It is horrible watching video because it constantly skips frames. It's the only brand I would recommend against. I hope their CF cards are better!

nealh · 11-26-05, 10:19 PM

Hmm...I am not happy write speed is crap

read speed sounds ok..so I should be OK...but I wonder if I should just spend a bit more and get a Kingston Elite for example...never know if I will need to use for something else

but $80 AR vs even $116...$36 almost 50% more

I like the Dane Elec since it is from Costco and there return policy for a product failure is no hassles 100% return so long as you are a member....great place to ma ke a purchase

BTW thanks for all the great advice

Axim-Rob · 11-27-05, 12:53 AM

nealh,

I would personally recommend Kingston Elite Pro CF cards highly if you want to spend the dime. If you ever have need to deal with Kingston, I can tell you it won't be a hassle. A couple years back I had one of the cards go out on the digi and one phone call, two rings, one transfer, five minutes chat got the RMA and by the end of the week the replacement arrived!

Other knowledgeable members also give high ranks to Transcend and Sandisk's professional line. I'm personally still very gun-shy with Sandisk. Sandisk in the inventor of flash memory, so one would expect a certain reliability. However, there was a period when their quality control went down the tubes and their products were junk. I got stuck up in that mess with four 128Mb SDs for my handheld GPS that all failed. I couldn't find any proof of being the original purchaser for two of them and was denied replacement even though the cards came from a known-defective lot! At that time, 128Mb was large and not cheap!

nealh · 11-27-05, 07:17 AM

Thanks Rob....Sandisk should have just replaced the cards..thats crap IMHO

Thanks for the info..I have always been happy with Kingston ram...may have to bite the bullet and get Kingston..wish I could find the PNY speed specs somewhere for comparison ...but PNY does not even list them

nealh · 11-27-05, 01:48 PM

PNY 2GB CF= Toshiba std 2GB CF=THNCF2G04PG(this stamped on the top of CF card and in black letters on the back

read speed is 6.5MB/sec(43x)
write speed is 3.5MB/sec(23x)

http://www.toshiba.com/taec/press/flsh_05_250.shtml

mkss55442 · 11-27-05, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by mkss55442

I bought the same card to replace a PNY 1GB in my GPS. I don't have numbers but I used a card reader to copy the contents over from the 1GB card. Read was pretty snappy, write was pretty slow. I agree with Axim-Rob. You'll be reading far more than writting to the card and the price made it an excellent buy.

Oops...My mistake. I bought the 2GB PNY SD card not the CF card. Regardless, it still works fine in my Navman PiN GPS.