SanDisk announces 4GB and 8GB Class 6 SDHC cards

by Evan Blass, posted Mar 12th 2007 at 9:25PM

Sure we've seen 4GB and 8GB Class 6 SDHC cards before -- Lexar's got a pair, as does Transcend -- but when it's SanDisk that steps up to the plate with new Ultra II and Extreme III models, well, that's certainly worth a mention. As we're all well aware by now, Class 6 cards have a minimum sustained write speed of 6MBps, though both the 8GB Ultra II and 4GB Extreme III easily surpass that, clocking in at 9MBps and 20MBps, respectively. Available in June -- along with the new 4GB EIII Memory Stick PRO Duo card -- the 4GB EIII will retail for $180, the 8GB UII will fetch $240, and both models will toss in a "free" MicroMate USB 2.0 reader.

Read - Extreme III
Read - Ultra II

Filed under: Storage

Tags: 4gb, 8gb, class 6, Class6, extreme iii, ExtremeIii, memory stick pro duo, MemoryStickProDuo, sandisk, sd, sdhc, ultra ii, UltraIi

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Yem @ Mar 12th 2007 10:28PM

Ouch, that's quite a premium for the Sandisk name.
The Transcend 4Gb SDHC Class 6 card is $39.

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Jacques67 @ Mar 13th 2007 1:32AM

Right, but you don't get 20MB/sec write speeds...

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Homeostasis @ Mar 13th 2007 1:51AM

Ohhhhhhhhh, Sexy Girlfriend!!!

I'm definitely getting one of these babies!!!

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David Hamby @ Mar 13th 2007 7:31AM

The SDHC are capable of 20MBps on most devices able to read them, they are just not guaranteed sustained rates. I've been using the 8GB Adata card and it is just as fast, if not faster, than the Adata 4GB 150X card on my computer.

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