150X 4GB OEM SAMSUNG SD Card - not 150x ?

[masterfu]

Hello everyone,
I am looking for someone who bought this card as well.
It is a Samsung OEM 4GB card, which is supposed to be 150x
Unfortunately all I can get from it is:

2MB/s write speed
8-9MB/s read speed

I tried 3 different memory readers to be sure I am not limited by them for some reason.
150x about 22-25MB/s is far away from what this card can perform

I’ve found some other guy doing similar tests.
http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=455418
He’s results are very low comparing to advertised specs.
eBay seller mr. fastmemoryman is strongly stating that it is 150x and they tested it, however he does not explain how he managed to obtain that results.
He insists on sending in back as it is broken in his opinion. Doing so will make no difference as I bought from him as well 8GB version of that card. This time from USA, and not UK. After I did it I read it is not supported in Universal as it is SDHC

So 2 different cards, 3 different card readers …. Still no results even near 150x.
Btw. Can you post guys post your results. Just copy some big files to and from memory card. Preferably write to and then copy to different location as it might be cached in ram and that would false results.

I am gathering evidence to report him to ebay. They might be some cheap fakes or he might be just misleading people with specs.


Cheers to everyone from this forum, it helped me a lot in my early days of having Universal.

[SpyderTracks]

Hiya,

Just wanted to say off the subject, I've just bought a Transcend 4Gb 150x and it's performing really well on my XDA Exec. Just thought if you don't have any luck with your Samsung, it's a viable alternative...

Best of luck with your tests! :)

[masterfu]

Come on guys, could you please post some results from cards you bought?

[cktlcmd]

I believe there is a lot of discussion about SD Cards on the Universal Accessories. Maybe others don't want to respond to a repetitive question.

[masterfu]

I am looking for soemone with 150x Samsung OEM, which you can buy on ebay to verify my results.
I did use search button and checked few threads, but did not find any with many results.
I am just wondering which 4B SD 1.1 not 2.0 would have write speed of 5-10MB/s and not 2MB/s like the one I have.

[j911]

oh dear, i also ordered an 8GB samsung 150x from fastmemoryman and like you it too is being sent from the US. How long did delivery take for your card? Soon as I receive mine, i will post some results as vista does show the actual transfer rate from PC > SD Card.

[masterfu]

Ordered 21st of Jan and got it yesterday :( much more than 15 days.
8GB is about 4MB/s write speed and 4GB is 2MB/s .... but not 15 like advertised hehe.

[2241Alexanders]

I've had exact te same experience (same card from Ebay, same - slower - speed and same reaction from mr 'Fast'memoryman), and decided to let it be. At the time I bought it, it was cheap and I can live with this speed.