The Sports Photo Guy

Kingston 600x Ultimate

Kingston’s entry in the UDMA 6, SLC CompactFlash race is competent but not up to par with other 600x cards.  Read on for my test results.

Kingston does a generally nice job with their products, but in the case of their 600x Ultimate card, it falls a bit short.  While the card scored a B+ in the JPG test, it was disappointing with JPG Fine quality files.  In RAW shooting, it turned in a respectable 5 fps and 25 MB/sec throughput, but these are disappointing results for a 600x-class card.

Prices aren’t bad, all things considered – streeting around $100 for the 16GB card and just $140 for the 32GB.  But you can get nearly as good performance from the Sandisk Ultra at just $65 for a 16GB card.