JFA Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I replaced my old mainstay, e.g. a 2Gb 66x (nominally 10Mb/s) SD card + pocket USB adapter. with a brand spanking new Survivor 8Gb (non-GT). From the benchmarks I have seen here and there of non-GT 8GB Survivors, I expected more something like 16Mb/s unencrypted write speed, though. The drive is about half as fast as the few benchmarks I could find. Maybe they were wrong. Maybe they were made with better chips. These reports usually pre-date the introduction of the GT serie. Is my drive defective of did the specs change with time, after the introduction of the GT serie? Don't take me wrong: it is an improvement over what I used previously. I don't slam the product, a fine product in itself, for most people. Except for a slight loss on the non-encrypted write speed, which I never use anyway because I keep everything in a TrueCrypt drive, this drive is a bit better than what I previously used. But, I have very serious second thought about not having purchased the GT version, as this speed is still *not* enough for my current needs. Here are my benchmarks: ======== HDBench v3.4003, 100Mb tests =========== ---------------------------------- Read --- Write -- RndRead -- RndWrite Corsair 8Gb unencrypted ----------- 17.52 -- 8.79 --- 15.64 ----- 1.63 above -vs- generic 66x SD 2Gb --- 171% --- 93% --- 163% ------ 62% Corsair 8Gb encrypted (*)---------- 10.94 --- 4.78 ---- 10.81 ----- 1.32 above -vs- generic 66x SD 2Gb---- 193% --- 121% --- 131% ----- 106% (*) using TrueCrypt 4.3a, Twofish single cypher, Whirpool hash Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP 4 Processor: AMD Athlon XP, 1466 MHz (5.5 x 267) 1700+ Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394) MB Chipset: nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 System Memory: 768 MB (DDR SDRAM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 4, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 4, 2008 Yes it is true the performance has dropped a bit but because of the density was increased and to keep our products at the same price point as other manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFA Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 well, that sucks a little bit. It would be *really* cool if you had published specs for the non-GT unit. Most other manufacturers do, even when they're 6Mb/s. I would never buy a non-spec'ed product. I was a bit stupid to be that trustful... As I said, while your product is interesting, a good product, it does not meet my requirements. Having based my decision on 8Gb (same size as I bought, thus your above answer is irrelevant) non-GT Survivor (but albeit old) benchmarks (100Gb tests made on HDBench), I end up with a product that does not do what I need it to do, will have to purchase something else. I'm seriously considering an 8Gb 133x SD card with built-in USB connector. I wish high speed CompactFlash (40Mb/s) cards were made with USB connectors, that would be heaven ! [groan, grumble & sigh] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 7, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 7, 2008 You are welcome to contact our customer service and see what they can do to help you 888-222-4346 or 510-657-8747 Ext "0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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