Transcend SDHC Card 8 Go Class 6

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[ Régis Jehl | Test date: 2007-09-28 ]

Transcend made a good impression with its Class 6 SDHC 4 GB card. Here we have another Class 6 but without the « 150x » and especially with a doubled capacity at 8 GB. Overall, the cards don’t resemble each other and results were actually quite different.

An excellent card in reading but mediocre in writing

Reading speeds were very good at 17.9 MB/s on our series of large files. FYI, you can transfer this card’s 8 GB in 7mn30 while it requires 8mn30 for the Transcend 4 GB 150x whose speed is 15.8 MB/s. In writing, the situation changes and we obtained some of the poorer scores of this survey. With a maximum of 6.1 MB/s, it is very far from the ATP ProMax and its 15.6 MB/s. This slow speed is felt in our reflex test where in a series of 30 shots a change of rhythm is perceptible starting at the 14th photo.

Specifications
Capacité	8 Go
Format	SDHC
Vitesse	Class 6
Garantie	NC

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Pluses	Minuses
Excellent reading speeds	Disastrous writing speeds
Interesting price per GB	Doesn’t combine too well with a reflex in burst mode

Test results from this model were very bizarre. In reading, it’s the jackpot with excellent speeds. On the other hand for writing, it’s a catastrophe. Avoid this card if you plan on really getting the use out of your reflex’s burst mode.