Transcend CompactFlash 1GB

Transcend Company will be represented by two flash card models, which look absolutely identically at first glance. You can see the difference only if you take a look at the entire package. As you can notice from the pictures above, the major differences lie in their speeds. One of the packages is marked as 30xc and the other one as 25x, which corresponds to the data transfer rates they support. just like for CD-ROM drives, the 1x speed coefficient is equivalent to 150KB/s.

In fact, I don’t quite understand what exactly the manufacturers imply under this parameter. At least a screenshot from the PQI Company web-site shows that the Transfer Rate value is higher than the write speed, but lower than the read speed.

Nevertheless, the codename of both models will not reveal the differences in their performance. Both cards are marked as TS1GFLASHCP, which can be easily read but doesn’t indicate which flash card of the two is the fastest. If you check the manufacturer’s web-site you will see that all model names with “CP” in the end of the index feature 30x speed. I dare suppose that the card with 25x transfer rate refers to the previous generation of CompactFlash cards, which has been discontinued but is still available in the market.

Inside the packages we found the flash cards packaged into transparent plastic cases, a user’s manual and a warranty card. The model marked as 30x will cost you $233 and the one marked as 25x sells for about $10 less.