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ProGrade Digital announced a new, larger-capacity version of its CFexpress Type A Gold-class card. The ProGrade CFexpress 2.0 Type A Gold card now comes in a beefy 960GB capacity, joining existing 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB capacities.
ProGrade’s Gold series cards feature a VPG 200 rating and uses NVMe host interface with PCIe Gen3 x1 interconnect. Like the smaller-capacity versions, the new 960GB card fully complies with the CompactFlash Association (CFA) and the CFexpress 2.0 specification.
The card promises read speeds of up to 900 MB/s, burst write speeds of up to 800 MB/s, and a sustained write speed of 600 MB/s, making the card well-suited to demanding photo and video scenarios. Although ProGrade Digital, a trusted brand, says the card’s sustained write speed is 600 MB/s, the VPG 200 certification means the card is stringently tested and verified to never drop below 200 MB/s, even in unrealistically taxing situations. The VPG certification testing is extremely challenging, well beyond real-world use, and verified by the CFA.
“Our new CFexpress 2.0 Type A Gold 960GB card offers Sony shooters a higher capacity storage solution at a competitive price point,” says Josh Brewer, Product Manager at ProGrade Digital. “As capacities are trending upward, we felt the time was right to add a Terabyte-class option to our Gold line, enabling Sony users to shoot at higher frame rates or capture settings.”
The ProGrade 960GB CFexpress Type A card has thermal throttling to protect the card from overheating, is built to work in extreme environments, X-ray and shock-proof, and comes with a three-year warranty.
The new 960GB card is priced at $439.99, joining the 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB cards that are currently available for $127.99, $191.99, and $254.99. ProGrade’s CFexpress Type A Gold cards are generally competitively priced, with the 120GB version being among the three most affordable cards on the market, and the most affordable north of 80GB capacity.
The Gold-series card also joins ProGrade Digital’s Iridium series CFexpress 4.0 Type A card. This faster and more powerful card offers about twice the speed of the Gold card, albeit at a higher $499.99 price tag. It is worth noting that no camera currently supports the CFexpress 4.0 standard, so the improved speeds are only realized during file transfer, at least for now.
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