Secure Digital - different types...

[nicecupoftea]

Hi all,

Buying an SD card for an Ixus 900 which takes "SD, SDHC, and MMC cards".

Was going to buy a SanDisk 2GB, but there's loads of different types - Extreme III, Ultra II, etc. what's the difference and does it matter which I buy?

[Podie]

Go for SD.

Stick with Sandisk.

The different names refer to the transfer speeds. An Extreme III has a transfer rate of 133x (150kb/sec) and an Ultra II is 66x. It'll only make a real difference in the PC... but for the price, I'd go for an Extremem III.

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[NCC1701]

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