CompactFlash or USB Thumb Drive

PopCorn · Post by **PopCorn** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:30 pm

wich is faster a 226X compact flash card or a Usb Thumb Drive?

mr_plow_king · Post by **mr_plow_king** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:00 pm

Some USB drives are faster than others. I suggest you check the reviews and compare them to the speed of the compact flash card

frostedflakes · Post by **frostedflakes** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:28 pm

Yeah it really depends on the speed of the drive, but I don't think there are many (any?) 266x USB drives available, and even if there are this might be approaching the practical bandwidth limitation of the USB2.0 bus. I suspect that you'd see the best performance with a CF card hooked up to IDE or SATA.

Capsaicin · Post by **Capsaicin** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:18 am

You'll want to check here: http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/.

techPowerUp! has some a handful of flash drive reviews, too.