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I just received the card today, so not a lot of time logged… But it is smokin’ fast! I had some issues recording 1080/30fps on my D5100 with previous PNY Professional card. Several tests with HD video and consecutive still frame bursts never even hiccuped! I’m 99.4% sure this is going to cure all of the past woes. (The PNY is now relegated to my sweet new Samsung TL500. No HD video on it, so No worries!)

What I wanted to point out to those looking is that this IS the latest 45MB/s SDHC Extreme 16GB card. AND it’s at the same or better price as others selling the previous models!

Maybe I’m the only one that’s confused about the different versions of the SanDisk SDHC cards. But I searched and searched trying to make sure I was getting the latest card instead of overpaying for old stock. I even contacted SanDisk, and their customer support didn’t even know that the Extreme is now 45MB/s! They actually told me that I would have to buy the (now outdated and overpriced) SDSDXP1-016G to get 45MB/s. I researched this for a couple of evenings, and still knew enough to explain to SanDisk that the SDSDXPA-016G is the new version of what they told me to buy, and it’s now 95MB/s for the same price!

So here’s the breakdown of what I found as of 3/22/12:

Lower price Extreme SDHC:
SDSDRX3-016G – 30MB/s – OLD
SDSDX-016G – 45MB/s – CURRENT (Apparently Brand New)

Higher price Extreme Pro SDHC:
SDSDXP1-016G – 45MB/s – OLD
SDSDXPA-016G – 95MB/s – CURRENT

The cards are all about the same price if you buy the same classification and GB size. (A 16GB Extreme is going to be twenty-five to thirty bucks regardless if it’s 20MB/s, 30MB/s, or 45MB/s.)

I don’t know if you really need this Extreme card vs. Ultra or Extreme Pro. You can determine that… But don’t Overpay for the same performance! Be sure you Get the Latest Version of whichever you choose.