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Date 2008-05-18
Provider: Crucial
Author: Matt Pyle
Editor: Amber Lupala
Lexar Gaming Edition 2GB SD Card and 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Review
With flash memory getting cheaper and capacity getting larger, it makes more sense than ever to purchase a new card for your gaming system or for any other device that takes it. What makes these cards special is that they feature free downloadable Xploder Lite software, meaning that they essentially, and I quote, give “you the ability to skip levels, access secret characters, stock up on ammo, and more!”. Lexar sent us these two cards to review, and today I will be finding out if they’re all that they’re cracked up to be.
About Crucial:
The Crucial story starts with Micron Technology, Inc., one of the largest dynamic random access memory (DRAM) manufacturers in the world and the only one based in the U.S. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Micron manufactures DRAM chips and assembles them into high-quality memory modules for sale to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") worldwide.
For nearly three decades, Micron has learned that when you make some of the very best memory in the world, lots of companies want it, from computer makers to wireless device manufacturers to printer producers. (And we're really glad that they do!)
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But then Micron asked, well, what about the end user? What about the everyday folks who want to upgrade their existing systems with OEM-quality memory — the home desktop user, the IT network guy, the student notebook user? Why don't we offer our memory to the public, at factory-direct pricing?
So in 1996, Micron responded to a growing demand for high-quality memory upgrades among end users who wanted the best possible performance from their systems. Micron launched Crucial Technology in September of that year, and for the first time, end users had the opportunity to buy directly from the manufacturer the same memory modules bought by the world's major OEMs for original installation in their systems.
Having a direct sales division focused on selling Micron's DRAM to the public was apparently an idea whose time had come, and 10 successful years later, we have expanded our product line to include graphics cards, flash cards and readers, and USB flash drives. In fact, we are celebrating our 10th anniversary at www.crucial.com/ten!
Why is Crucial thriving? We offer our customers a number of clear advantages over our competitors.
Specifications:
SD Card:
• Designed for use with Sony® PlayStation™ 3 (PS3™) and Nintendo Wii
• Includes downloadable Xploder® Lite software
• Ideal for gaming enthusiasts
• High-capacity performance and reliability
• Compatible with all SD-enabled devices
• Five-year limited warranty
SD Card:
• Designed for use with Sony® PlayStation™ 3 (PS3™) and Nintendo Wii
• Includes downloadable Xploder® Lite software
• Ideal for gaming enthusiasts
• High-capacity performance and reliability
• Compatible with all SD-enabled devices
• Five-year limited warranty
The product:
Please click on thumbnails to get bigger pictures
The SD card arrived packaged in the cardboard package as shown above, and the SD card itself is in a plastic casing. As you can see, the packaging tells us the brand and the capacity. The Lexar Gaming Edition SD Card can also be of 1GB capacity.
Please click on thumbnails to get bigger pictures
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Inside the box, as we can see, is the SD card inside a neat little case, like most cards come in these days, and a small leaflet which is the five year warranty. Oddly enough, and I know it’s not exactly a big problem, but they used a different style of plastic case to that of the Lexar Memory Stick PRO Duo that I also reviewed, and unlike the Memory Stick’s case, it’s fairly hard to open. Why they didn’t use the same clip on idea, I don’t know, but its performance out of the case is the important thing, so I’ll ignore this very petty problem.
The card itself is a standard SD card, with the usual lock that most cards feature so you don’t accidentally overwrite important data. Interestingly I had never noticed that SD cards featured this, although all of my other SD cards have this. I had honestly assumed that the idea of a hard lock had died out with the floppy disk (I always remember selecting lots of documents, trying to copy them to the disk, and being told that it was write protected, so I had to take it out and flick the little switch. Quite an annoyance, if anything, but I do concede it has its uses.)
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