-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's not the card that determines the default formatting but the OS that does it. I'm not sure what the Treo's default is, but XP uses 4k. I did this with a PC using the command-line format command that looks like:
> format f: /a:32k I would imagine there's a Mac equivalent. You can get the 8GB cards from a number of places on-line. I keep an eye on dealuniversity.com, bensbargains.net and a couple of other bargain hunting sites and found the 8GB A-DATA card for about $40 after rebate from newegg.com. Roger Prokic wrote: > > > Jason, > Are all cards defaulted to a 4k size cluster? > How do you format a card with a different cluster size? > Do you do this from the palm or on a PC? > (I have a Mac) > > Roger > > On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:59 AM, Jason wrote: > >> >> I have a 680 and an 8GB A-DATA "super" card and ran a couple of tests. >> The first column is with the default formatting and stuff still on the >> card (not really a fair test). Column 2 is 32k clusters, column 3 >> is 16k, >> column 4 is 8k, column 5 is 4k. The default if 4k so it looks like >> formatting the card helps clean out the crud: >> >> Default 32KB 16KB 8KB 4KB >> File Create: 69% 109% 484% 253% 227% >> File Delete: 69% 462% 128% 104% 181% >> File Write: 16% 22% 20% 18% 18% >> File Read: 682% 682% 692% 653% 644% >> File Seek: 1685% 1966% 1685% 1475% 1180% >> DB Export: 56% 70% 103% 64% 54% >> DB Import: 395% 416% 428% 412% 393% >> Record Access: 804% 905% 905% 861% 862% >> Resource Access: 914% 914% 800% 834% 768% >> VFSMark: 521 616 582 519 481 >> >> I also noticed that if I re-ran the test without reformatting the >> card the >> results would drop. For example, a re-run with 32KB clusters gave a >> VFSMark of 573. >> >> For the hell of it I compared my 2GB, Ultra brand, 150x SD card and >> came >> up with a VFSMark of 869, though most of that was due to screaming >> creates >> (1561%) and deletes (1387%). Writes were only 11% and everything >> else was >> on par with the 8GB card. >> >> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Roger Prokic wrote: >> >> > Here is my results... Can I get others that have a Treo 680 and >> an 8GB card >> > to post their results? >> > >> > VFSMark Results Treo 680 TOPRAM 8GB SDHC >> > >> > File Create: 38% >> > File Delete: 12% >> > File Write: 14% >> > File Read: 635% >> > File Seek: 1475% >> > DB Export: 8% >> > DB Import: 345% >> > Record Access: 841% >> > Resource Access: 783% >> > >> > VFSMark: 461 >> > >> > --- >> > Roger Prokic >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:rprokic%40mac.com> *NEW* >> > Moderator for the Palm_Treo_680 Yahoo Group >> > Baltimore, Maryland USA >> > >> > -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using >> > SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- >> > >> > _ >> > ( ) The ASCII ribbon campaign >> > X against HTML e-mail >> > / \ >> > >> > >> >> -- >> -Jason >> - -Jason - ----- --- There are no absolute statements. I'm very probably wrong. --- "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBRfgQkayvi1v8SpM5AQKBgAQAi80bEMSEYvEsD5bRgrlYaV7afIBbSIhG 6nW2JRZJ8rpN5C0seCj3D6xso6O5kHkNOU8WTrMn/rSEgr8YYqd+3RNr2DBEEBxx ZTvBQ5FgMr1LwxOei5ryF24rSfAP1DDrR2JScBjFU3dROQpKL+MrADkR36R516zS dSdIE1PlXl0= =OZvU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
