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Lexar’s Impressive-Sounding 1,700 MB/s SD 8.0 Card Isn’t Compatible With Anything

Lexar’s Impressive-Sounding 1,700 MB/s SD 8.0 Card Isn’t Compatible With Anything

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A cartoon character removes a mask from an SD Express card, revealing a 1TB Lexar Professional SD card underneath. The background is a dark blue night sky, and the character wears a white shirt, blue collar, and orange neckerchief.

Earlier this week, Lexar announced a new SD 8.0 card that promised read speeds up to 1,700 MB/s and write speeds up to 1,000 MB/s, which is leaps and bounds faster than the all-metal SDXC cards it announced alongside them. As great as that sounds, this card is not fully compatible with anything and that speed will never be fully realized.

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