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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 322482" data-attributes="member: 24285"><p>When I saw the Lexar Pro 600X 64GB SDXC UHS card on sale at Amazon for $42 I jumped at it.  These are usually over $100.  The Lexar website has a MSRP of $169 </p><p>[ATTACH]96644[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>From their website: "<span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Lexar</span></span><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">®</span></span><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Professional 600x SDHC™/SDXC™ UHS-I cards let you quickly capture and transfer high-quality photos and 1080p full-HD, 3D, and 4K video, with a read transfer speed up to 600x (90MB/s).*"   The * means "</span></span><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">*Up to 90MB/s read transfer, write speeds lower. Speeds based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary."  </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">SEE: <a href="http://www.lexar.com/products/lexar-professional-600x-sdhc-sdxc-uhs-i-cards" target="_blank">Lexar® Professional 600x SDHC?/SDXC? UHS-I cards | Lexar</a> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">And boy did my performance vary.  I am using this on a USB 3.0.  I also have a SanDisk Extreme card which says 45 MB/s and delivers about that.  But this new card, nowhere near 90MB/s - it does a wee bit better than the SanDisk Extreme running in the 50's - or just over half of what they advertise.  </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span>[ATTACH]96646[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">I did test it a couple of time.  Formatted the card both on my PC and on the camera.  Performance is constant.  First wee bit - it goes great guns,  (see hump at the left) but then it drops down to about 30-60 MB/s.  Anyone else use Lexar and see this kind of performance?  </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Did I get a bad card?  Maybe that's why it was on sale for such a discounted price? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">But I suppose I got a 64GB card that does out perform (ever so slightly) the SanDisk Extreme, and $42 is a good price for that. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">When the Extreme Pro's come down a bit or go on sale I'll pick up one of them to compare. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6B6B6B"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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