Corsair Voyager GT 2GB USB Flash Drive Conclusion

Performance

To test the performance of the Corsair Voyager GT 2GB drive, I used the HD Tach benchmark program as well as a set of manual tests to time the time taken to transfer files. These tests will give a clear view of the overall speed of the USB flash drive.

One other note – the Voyager GT has been verified to support the “ReadyBoost” feature on Windows Vista. While I won't be testing Vista here, this is certainly an attractive feature of the drive if you are using Vista as your operation system.

Testing was performed using the following system:

• Motherboard: ECS KN1 SLI Lite
• CPU: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Dual-Core
• Memory: 2GB Corsair TWINX (2x1GB) DDR RAM
• CPU Heatsink: Spire VertiCool IV
• Video card: EVGA 7900GT with 93.71 driver version
• Hard drive: Western Digital 250GB SATA2 16MB cache
• Optical drive: NEC 8X DVD-R DVD burner
• Power supply: Ultra XVS 700W
• Case: Ultra Grid with clear side window

Up first is a snapshot of the drive stats from HD Tune:

Next you will see the results from the first set of tests with a number of programs running in the background:

Finally, the results of the second set of tests with no other programs running in the background:

The Corsair Voyager GT holds its own in the performance department, with speedy results in the read (24.9 MB/s) and write(20.8 MB/s) speed tests. There are faster flash drives on the market, but they will typically end up costing a bit more money. As you can see, the transfer speeds are no where near the speeds of typical hard disk drives, so you won't want to try to run any games or any file I/O intensive programs from a USB flash drive. But, overall, the speed testing results are excellent.

Corsair Voyager GT 2GB USB Flash Drive

The Corsair Voyager GT 2GB USB drive is worth a look for your next USB drive. It offers a unique design, rugged and durable build quality and very respectable speed. Additionally, with ReadyBoost support it can also provide a small bump in performance for Vista systems with 1GB or less of RAM installed (especially laptops).

Pros: Fast read and write speeds, very rugged build quality, unique styling, ReadyBoost support.

Cons: Unique styling makes the drive a bit bulky.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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