Hacking What Micro SD card should you buy for SD2Vita ?

[jefazo92]

Hi everyone,

I would like to know what is the most economic yet the best type, size, etc. micro SD card for a SD2Vita. I have read aroud that the SanDisk card technology is the best aroud but is there an official spec sheet for the best SD card you should use ? In Eurogamer article, see link below, it says that for 16 GB SONY official memory card had, on average, a read speed of 7.60 MB/s and a write speed of 7.29 MB/s. Therefore if I buy a card with 100 MB/s speed (read and write) would that be more than fast enough to store and read ps vita games, homebrew and emulators ? Thanks in advance.

Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-hardware-how-fast-are-vita-memory-cards

 

[subcon959]

Get a genuine SanDisk Ultra 128GB (or bigger). Anything faster will be a waste unless you are copying large amounts of files on a PC.

 

[tfocosta]

I have a SanDisk Ultra 128GB and it works really well. I have 80+ Vita games and around 20+ PSP games and 2GB free. Of course this will depend on the games you choose and their sizes.

 

[godreborn]

I'm using a 400GB and 512GB for my vita and pstv. they're hand-me-downs from the switch, since I now own 3 1TB micro sd cards for all 3 of my switches. I'm checking the latest one now as I got it today.

 

[SuperDan]

256 gig for me...

 

[godreborn]

2TB is probably the theoretic limit. no micro sd card exists with that size. I noticed that there's now a class 10 micro sd card of 1TB that's about $50 cheaper than the A2 one. same size except A2 is much faster. you may or may not notice a difference, not sure. the memory cards by sony are supposed to be pretty fast by default, but without documentation, who's to say for sure?

 

[SuperDan]

2TB is probably the theoretic limit. no micro sd card exists with that size. I noticed that there's now a class 10 micro sd card of 1TB that's about $50 cheaper than the A2 one. same size except A2 is much faster. you may or may not notice a difference, not sure. the memory cards by sony are supposed to be pretty fast by default, but without documentation, who's to say for sure?

$50 for 1TB Micro sdcard... God I wish I found that when I found mine... All my Micro SD's are SanDisc Ultras from Amazon..... P. S I was jealous when u said you have 3 switches with 1 tb SD's I still don't have a switch......because of $$$.. My mortgage is killing me financially I way over stepped... But anyways quick question mate... If I did get a switch as I do want one... I thought I needed that Chip... Or is the atmosphere another ways to hack one?... I haven't even researched how this is why I'm asking...

 

[godreborn]

no, it's $50 less. it's still around $179.

 

[SuperDan]

no, it's $50 less. it's still around $179.

Ohh gotcha! Bit pricey for me atm... & the switch is it easy to hack do I need that mod chip? Or is there another way I don't know of... I actually been playing switch games on my PC I finished Mario Odyssey about a week ago.. Great game too short... But was fun

 

[godreborn]

I have over 100 hours in that on my legit system(s). I've been searching for power moons, up to 843, and I read there's 880.

 

[SuperDan]

I have over 100 hours in that on my legit system(s). I've been searching for power moons, up to 843, and I read there's 880.

I bashed thru it.. But I completely enjoy it all the way.. There's not too many switch games that I'm. Excited about... But I will try Zelda Skyward Sword HD.. If it works well on PC... That zelda is worth a play again... I just hate the end of that game where you have to fight every boss again...

 

[godreborn]

I haven't beaten skyward sword. I think I got to the sand dungeon or just beyond it, so maybe dungeon 6 iirc. that's how I prefer my zeldas to be, not breathe of the wild, which I still haven't played.

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iirc, there's a bug in the wii version that made it impossible to complete the game unless you download an update from nintendo. I don't have that update wad despite downloading the wad database from iso before it tanked.

 

[SuperDan]

I haven't beaten skyward sword. I think I got to the sand dungeon or just beyond it, so maybe dungeon 6 iirc. that's how I prefer my zeldas to be, not breathe of the wild, which I still haven't played.

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iirc, there's a bug in the wii version that made it impossible to complete the game unless you download an update from nintendo. I don't have that update wad despite downloading the wad database from iso before it tanked.

Wait what? You haven't played Zelda BOTW? That was the game I bought my WIIU for all those years ago... Go play it now it's the best Zelda of them all huge.. A million things to do also it's nicer on Cemu emulator 4K texture mods ect.. Works perfectly on pc ( I finished it on WIIU 1st) I'm going through it all again on pc... It's basically Nintendo's Skyrim... I finished Zelda SWS on my hacked wii 1 no problems.. But fighting every boss at the end.. Was completely unnecessary & a pain... But the rest of the game was amazing

 

[NeoGranzon]

I use 256GB Samsung Evo Plus for my PS Vita Slim 3.65 Enso

 

[jefazo92]

Thanks a lot for your replies guys. @NeoGranzon do Samsung cards work ok ? Good performance, speeds and all ? I have seen a couple 2nd hard Samsung SD cards and if they work fine, I'm thinking on buying one.

 

[NeoGranzon]

Thanks a lot for your replies guys. @NeoGranzon do Samsung cards work ok ? Good performance, speeds and all ? I have seen a couple 2nd hard Samsung SD cards and if they work fine, I'm thinking on buying one.

@jefazo92 ,Sdcard Samsung work very well.
There are 4 types of Samsung cards with different colors: orange,red,green and gray.
I recommend the red ones(Evo Plus that i use)because the green and gray ones(Select and Pro)are for cameras and I'm not sure if they are compatible with Sd2vita.

 

[Dive]

Just buy Samsung Evo Plus from Aliexpress and you are good to go.

 

[NeoGranzon]

Just buy Samsung Evo Plus from Aliexpress and you are good to go.

@Dive ,in my opinion it is safer to buy from Amazon,less risk of fake sdcards.

 

[Wickedchew]

is there any differences on SDCard that has U1 and U3 if used on PSVITA,. i used my 200gb SD U1and the loading is AOK?

if U3 make a difference?

i know they use it for the Video Cam Records write and read speeds

 

[DinohScene]

I use 256GB Samsung Evo Plus for my PS Vita Slim 3.65 Enso

Same.
Tho I got it in a PSVSD.