Hardware Which SD Card's better for the Switch?

linuxares · Oct 8, 2019

Jayro said:
All I know is, I went from a cheap-ass 128GB Samsung EVO class 10, to a 128GB Sandisk Extreme A2, and the speed difference is night and day. I can put games on the card at 78-ish MB/s, instead of 20-ish MB/s. Homebrew and games load up quicker too.

hmm maybe it's faster reading than writing on it?

"Well, here the Switch isn't quite so future-proof. The console only supports UHS-1 cards, which have a maximum possible speed of 104MB/s, compared to the 312MB/s speed limit of the more modern UHS-2 standard." So here we got it. If you want speed, go for speed.

swutch · Oct 9, 2019

Installed nsps via USB and tinfoil:
Sandisk C1 = ~6MB/s
Samsung Evo 3 = ~35MB/s

OneAngryGamer · Oct 10, 2019

swutch said:
Installed nsps via USB and tinfoil:
Sandisk C1 = ~6MB/s
Samsung Evo 3 = ~35MB/s

Wow man, big difference!

tr1p1ea · Oct 10, 2019

Run a 512 Samsung EVO U3 Select as well - works great.

Krazyeye · Oct 10, 2019

tr1p1ea said:
Run a 512 Samsung EVO U3 Select as well - works great.

You know "this guy" is having a good time

It's a good choice indeed.

pLaYeR^^ · Oct 10, 2019

I use the 512 samsung evo+. It's very fast

OneAngryGamer · Oct 10, 2019

Just got it, its speed on a whole different level. Finally, I can install ALL of my games on 1 card. Thanks for your perspectives guys!

NuadaXXX · Oct 14, 2019

swutch said:
Installed nsps via USB and tinfoil:
Sandisk C1 = ~6MB/s
Samsung Evo 3 = ~35MB/s

i got 26-35 mb install speed in tinfoil with me sandisk
and over 35mbs if i copy it from pc to the sd with sd usb 3.0 adapter from china xD

swutch · Oct 14, 2019

In PC my sandisk gets 20-35MB/s
(Sandisk Ultra C1)
Samsung Evo U3 80-90 MB/s
Write speed

With newest tinfoil the Evo is even faster, now ~39MB/s
maybe the Sandisk will run faster too.

wiewiec · Oct 14, 2019

Shadow#1 said:
Go all the way 1TB

For now cheaper option is to by 2 512gb cards than one 1tb. This option isn't nad since one of card could be used for Linux or sth.

OneAngryGamer · Oct 15, 2019

swutch said:
In PC my sandisk gets 20-35MB/s
(Sandisk Ultra C1)
Samsung Evo U3 80-90 MB/s
Write speed

With newest tinfoil the Evo is even faster, now ~39MB/s
maybe the Sandisk will run faster too.

I always used Goldleaf myself. Never tried tinfoil before, I went here https://thehbg.shop/main.html and there's 2 links 1 is hbg the other is tinfoil what is the difference between the two?

NekoMichi · Oct 16, 2019

I've used both models of SD card on the Switch. For everyday gameplay performance, there's no noticeable difference in speed. The system boots up no faster on either one and games load up in about the same amount of time. The only major difference, as already mentioned, is the U3 write speed on the Samsung. Transferring files from my PC to the card is up to 3x faster than on the Sandisk and I was able to move 128GB of data to the Evo Plus is less than 20 minutes. When it comes to installing from the eShop though, your download speed is likely going to be the limiting factor, so the faster write speed won't provide any benefits.

Given the lower cost though, the Samsung's the better value choice.

Lumince · Oct 16, 2019

Sadly I would recommend the sandisk if you are getting it off of amazon... Ive got 3 samsung 512gb sd cards from amazon while trying different sellers each time and they all have been fake.. Tested all 3 and they ended up being 32gb sd card...

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OneAngryGamer said:
Trying to decide between:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H1231S8/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A20N9C620MEQ2T&psc=1 and this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SC7BZHR/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
I have 398GB of games, so I need one of those. Trying to decide which 1 would run better on the Switch though. What do you guys think?

What buyer did you purchase from? I seem to just get fake cards

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