On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 09:46:43AM -0800, David Oswald wrote: > Mat Maessen wrote: > >The thing to remember is that, just like the camera, the card reader > >has a maximum speed that it will read/write to the card. So you're > >right, a better card reader will read and write faster than an > >older/crappier one. > >I just ordered a small SD card reader/jump drive for $6. We'll see how > >fast it is. Now I just need to get some faster 1GB cards and a DSLR... > > > >-Mat > > > >On 3/21/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>The card works fine, but I was disappointed with the read/write speed on > >>the computer. Investigating the situation, I discovered that different > >>card readers, in addition to the different USB ports on my computer, can > >>provide wide variance in read/write speeds. Further, TD Tune and HD Tach > >>each provide different results. So, while the card isn't as fast as I'd > >>like when used on the computer, it's a marked improvement over the slower > >>512mb cards I'd been using. Still, I'd like to find a way to speed things > >>up on the machine end. > > > > > I you have a notebook, a PCMCIA/CardBus to SD reader is often one of the > faster readers out there. Or a USB2.0 compliant reader (older USB1.1 is > an order of magnitude slower).
I'll second that. I've just switched from a regular PCMCIA adapter, which was around the same (slow) speed as my USB 1.1 connection, to a nice cardbus adapter. It is, indeed, an order of magnitude faster; it now takes me around 5 minutes to download a full (Kingston) 2GB card, which used to take more like 45 minutes.
