Hardware N3DS Retail Cart vs. SD Card speed/performance?

[cmdbash]

Was wondering if it has been tested whether there are any differences between retail physical cards and having a game on a sd card. I bought a UHS-3 SD card and was wondering if the N3DS is able to take advantage of the rw speeds.

 

[thunderstromx]

I doubt the new 3DS supports UHS-3 anyway

 

[Gara]

Edit: Yikes sorry about the multiple replies.

 

[Gara]

See above

 

[Gara]

The 3DS is pretty much built around the class 4 micro SD cards. You'll see a very minor boost going to class 10 but beyond that there is no benefit besides transferring files from your PC to the card.

 

[Deleted User]

There isn't any benefit above class 4 in just the micro sd card alone but getting a class 10 about will just increase your read/write time on your pc.

 

[porko]

UHS-3 is overkill, but a decent card does have benefits.

I had a Sandisk Ultra 32GB that was horribly slow when installing CIAs, and have since started using Samsung EVO cards with noticeably better results. You are limited by the 3DS/Reader so the ceiling is should be pretty low, but you can definitely do badly.

 

[nero99]

I doubt the new 3DS supports UHS-3 anyway

As long as the card can be formatted to fat32, the 3ds can use it

 

[thunderstromx]

As long as the card can be formatted to fat32, the 3ds can use it

I never implied the 3DS couldn't use it, just that the speed offered by UHS 3 Speed class wouldn't be supported.

 

[N7Kopper]

I got a Samsung 64 GB Evo MicroSDXC UHS-I Grade 1 Class 10 - and it's plenty fast in my N3DS. Games that don't cap their save speeds and loading times zip along really fast. (although the Clock+L2 patches might be helping with that)

Don't need to go crazy.