ADATA 350X CF Card from NewEGG

So I have been interested in the new ADATA CF card which is claimed to run at 350X speeds, and also claims over 40MBs write times.  So i headed over to Newegg to see what the cost would be for the 16GB model.

From the ADATA page:

With the insistence on high quality products and the breakthrough of innovation, A-DATA Technology introduces the Turbo Series CF 350X memory card especially for professional photographers. The excellent data transferring of the read speed at 52MB/sec and the write speed at 47MB/sec along with the availability of 8GB and 16GB make Turbo CF 350X the perfect partner for your high-end cameras. Turbo Series CF 350X supports dual-channel data transferring and UDMA 0-5 mode as well as MDMA 0-4 mode of high-level digital cameras. Under the Ultra DMA mode 5 and IDE interface, the write speed can reach up to 47MB/sec. In addition, users can store up to 1,500 photos of RAW file in the high-capacity memory card and do not have to worry about inadequate space for photos. Using original SLC flash memory (Single-Level-Cell), Turbo CF 350X is more power consumption and able to deliver outstanding performance. With the advantages of stability and high capacity, users can enjoy the pleasant feeling of non-stop shooting and continuous filming. For those who seek for outstanding performance and high-resolution photos, A-DATA Turbo Series CF 350X memory card will definitely brings out the best of your high-level digital camera!

So I got out the Dell 9100 and the SYBA CF-to-IDE adapter and began to run some tests.  I was surprised at the results, and angry at first:

Note: This card is listed as "supporting" UDMA Mode6 and ATA/133, this might be the reason the tests showed what they did.

So you can see that this card does not test any faster than the Transcend 300X 16GB card.  I thought I was ripped off at first, then I put the card into my desktop adapter and saw the same thing.  What I realized is that this card is most likely limited by the adapter running in UDMA Mode5 and ATA/100.  It would be nice to get a hold of a UDMA6 ATA/133 adapter to see if this would make a difference.

For right now, this card does not have an adapter capable of running this card at full speed, so there is no way to tell if this card is any faster than a 300x.  Maybe someone will make an adapter sometime soon.

-DH