Sabrent has introduced a brand new set of SD reminiscence playing cards, together with a 512GB capability V90 choice. Whereas Clever managed to announce its 512GB V90 playing cards first, Sabrent believes it may be first to market and is asking $200 much less.
Final week, Clever made headlines by changing into the primary reminiscence card producer to announce a 512GB capability V90 UHS-II SD reminiscence card. However Sabrent, to not be outdone, is sizzling on its heels with its personal, extra reasonably priced, 512GB V90 card that it hopes to deliver to market first.
Quick, Excessive-Capability, and Extra Inexpensive
The Sabrent Rocket V90 512GB UHS-II SD reminiscence card is the very best capability of Sabrent’s new group of “Rocket” SD playing cards which might be additionally avaialble in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB capacities. The corporate says the brand new playing cards ship quick and dependable efficiency of as much as 280 MB/s learn speeds and 250 MB/s write speeds with out “undesirable hitching” and can work with “most” SD card-compliant cameras and gadgets. As they’re UHS Pace Class 3 rated, Sabrent says the playing cards will permit for the seize of Full HD, 4K, and even 8K video.
The NAND flash reminiscence on the coronary heart of the playing cards is produced by Toshiba and all capacities are rated for a similar high-speed information transfers. In Sabrent’s personal testing, its playing cards truly outperform the rated 280 MB/s learn speeds and all 4 capacities examined with as much as 290 MB/s efficiency.
The playing cards are additionally shock, water, and X-ray resistant and have an built-in write-protect change to make sure the information is “by no means prematurely overwritten or erased throughout use.”
“Leveraging cutting-edge BiCS5 112-layer 3D TLC flash, the Sabrent Rocket SDXC UHS-II reminiscence card delivers professional-grade storage efficiency and distinctive sturdiness,” Sabrent says. “Sabrent’s Rocket SDXC UHS-II playing cards function superior flash administration applied sciences equivalent to unhealthy block administration and static and dynamic wear-leveling to make sure your information’s integrity is rarely compromised even after years of prolonged use.”
Pricing and Availability
Maybe the most effective promoting level of Sabrent’s new playing cards is the pricing: the 512GB capability card is accessible to pre-order for $600, $200 lower than Clever’s competing card. Clever was additionally not agency on when its new card shall be accessible and solely acknowledged a imprecise “April” timeline, however Sabrent tells PetaPixel it already has the playing cards in-house and is barely ready on the packaging. It intends to begin delivery playing cards on April 24, which suggests whereas Clever could have been the primary to announce its high-capacity card, Sabrent may very nicely beat them to market — and for lots cheaper.
