is it me or does SD seem faster than CF X50v..

[nealh]

I have plane jane 1gb SD card from Sandisk and 2gb CF from PNY(23x write, 43 read speed)...but the SD card seems faster when using my GPS maps...ie start up , redraws and recalcs...

I think the PNY 2GB CF is going back....

is SD faster than CF????

[axzilla]

are they both formatted with the same fat and cluster sizes the same ? are both rated at same read speed ?

You're not imagining it. According to users of betaplayer/tcpmp, the axim's compact flash slot is slower than the SD slot. There have been a rom update that mentions an improvement to this, so I'm not sure if the speed difference is still existing.

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=59008

I honestly can't tell much of a difference to be honest with you. Maybe there is one? I don't know...

[nealh]

I am using AO3 rom....I heard AO5 makes SD faster

I have plane jane 1gb SD card from Sandisk and 2gb CF from PNY(23x write, 43 read speed)...but the SD card seems faster when using my GPS maps...ie start up , redraws and recalcs...

I think the PNY 2GB CF is going back....

is SD faster than CF????

actually mine seems to be the opposite...

I am using AO3 rom....I heard AO5 makes SD faster

i didn't notice a difference

[EngrPaul]

I would blame it on the PNY brand.

[nealh]

Ok...maybe but shouldnt the plain jane SD card and plain jane CF card have similar speeds

[PaulSM]

Ok...maybe but shouldnt the plain jane SD card and plain jane CF card have similar speeds

Nope. The plain jane SD from Sandisk is about 3X as fast as the plain jane CF from Sandisk (reading speed from a USB2 reader).