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1gb Visiontek Xtreme 2 Go Drive

     Flash drives have been out for years, and just about every company has one of their own. In fact, there are so many flash drives out there, when a new company releases one, it really has to stand out from the crowd. The name behind this one was enough to get my attention. Visiontek, the makers of some of the best video cards on the planet, now has their own flash drive. Let's check it out and see if it stands out from the crowd...

About the Xtreme 2 Go Drive

     Like all flash drives, this one is lightweight and compact, but instead of plastic, this one is made out of aluminum. It is so small, it can fit in your pocket or connect to your keychain. It requires no cables, power supplies, or batteries. You can save and transport your work, music, videos, pictures, applications, games...anything you like! You can even make VisionTek Xtreme2 Go Drive bootable.

     VisionTek Xtreme2 Go Drive acts as a removable hard drive when plugged into a USB port. Operating Systems that support USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 such as Windows ME/2000/XP, Mac OS and Linux, will automatically detect a removable hard drive, whereas Windows 98SE requires a driver to be installed.

Performance

     According to Visiontek, this 1gb flash drive will transfer data up to 8mb per second. Let's see what Sandra has to say...

     I ran SiSoft Sandra File System Benchmark 3 times, and all three times it benched the drive at 7MB/s. This is an average speed, so it's hard to tell what the drive actually peeks at. So, for an average transfer speed, 7MB/s is very good.

Features

     The Xtreme 2 Go Drive is very simple, but yet it has a couple very nice features. First of all, it's constructed out of rugged aluminum. Not only does it look sharp, but it should last a very long time as well. Next it has a write protect switch to keep you from accidentally deleting your files.

Software

     Other than the drivers, the Xtreme 2 Go drive comes with some nice software. I think the best one is the security software that locks the drive with a password. You can also make the drive a bootable hard drive. Better yet, with 1gig of space, you can pretty much do anything you want with it such as install games or special software.

Conclusion

     Overall, I'm very impressed with Visiontek's version of the Flash Drive. The drive is of the highest quality, and it comes with some pretty nice software. As far as price goes, 1gb drives are still expensive, but you can't help but love the price of this one... Right now Visiontek has a sale going on this model drive. For only $99.00, you can have a flash drive just like the one I reviewed. Searching the internet I found that this is as much as $50 to $100 less than other similar drives of cheaper quality. ClubOC Recommended!