The Great Card Reader Speed Race

by David on 12. Jul, 2010 in blog

I hate waiting, how about you? I want the fastest way possible to get my stuff into my machine so I can look at it. We have a few different card readers laying around the studio and decided to have card reader speed race. The basics: 4.25 gig video files, Mac Intel tower capturing into its internal hard drive, UDMA 60mbs card.

The Results:

Lexar Pro stackable firewire 800 reader: 1 minute 37 sec
Sandisk firewire 800 reader: 2 minutes 31 seconds
No name USB reader: 2 minutes 56 seconds

THE WINNER IS: LEXAR PRO 800 firewire.

The speed difference here is significant, especially if you have 4 or 5 full 16gig cards laying around. The nice thing about the Lexar is that you can stack them, and copy multiple cards simultaneously into your hard drive.

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2 Responses to “The Great Card Reader Speed Race”

  1. Aaron 13. Jul, 2010 at 9:25 am #

    I love getting the results of these tests! Been using the SanDisk for years. Looks like I’ll be making the switch to Lexar thanks to you, David!!

    Hope you are well,
    Aaron

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  2. David 13. Jul, 2010 at 9:40 am #

    Hi Aaron,
    Thanks for checking in. Glad you found it helpful. Who likes waiting, right? There may be a faster generation of Sandisk reader available, so I don’t want to diss Sandisk. I tested this one because it has for years been the go-to reader for me and a lot of other people.
    Peace,
    David

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