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Useful information about SD cards.

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[–] unfuckwit4873@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Samsung Evo 512 is really good for the Steam Deck. Fast & reliable.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How is that compared to the native storage on the Steam Deck? I just ordered a 512GB model the other day, but haven't gotten it yet. Wondering if I'll need an SD card and if so, how they compare to the NVMe.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure it would show on benchmarks, and level load times a bit, but I haven't really noticed any practical difference between the 256GB SSD and the Sandisk Extreme (Pro?) I currently have plugged in.

As mentioned elsewhere, the Steam Deck only has a UHS-I bus for it's micro-SD, so I imagine any micro-SD would perform worse than the internal SSD. It's just not that big a deal in any game I've tried.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Nice, thanks for the info!

[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

SD is considerably slower, but it doesn't show in game. Only slightly longer load times.