Hacking Best 2Gb MicroSD for an M3 Simply?

[FifthE1ement]

Wow 4saken those are some great results. I am waiting for either the Toshiba or the SanDisk Premier Line.

FifthE1ement

 

[4saken]

Yea. I expect the new Sandisk and Toshiba ones will be the top in 2GB performance. I am still waiting for a card which 100% doesn't freeze in Castlevania: POR. I'll test Tony Hawk later.

 

[moloko23]

I use a SanDisk Ultra II™ Mobile microSD 2GB with my R4DS and so far it has worked flawlessly *knock wood*

 

[FifthE1ement]

Damn, I can't believe so many people got ripped on the 2GB Ultra II. I suggest users that own the device to contact SanDisk as they provide a solution for the problem.

FifthE1ement

 

[beefmissile]

I played through PoR on the Patriot 2GB with no lockups as well. I couldn't do anything to make it lock, though i don't know if thats the case with all of them just posting my experience with my card. The DoS intro movie plays smooth on it as well. I just ordered a PNY 2GB card to see if it's a rebranded Toshiba like the 1GB model. If thats the case i'll let you guys know.

 

[4saken]

I played through PoR on the Patriot 2GB with no lockups as well. I couldn't do anything to make it lock, though i don't know if thats the case with all of them just posting my experience with my card. The DoS intro movie plays smooth on it as well. I just ordered a PNY 2GB card to see if it's a rebranded Toshiba like the 1GB model. If thats the case i'll let you guys know.

The PNY's arent

. I asked a reseller and he said their manufacturer is in Taiwan for their 2 GB cards

 

[beefmissile]

The PNY's arent

. I asked a reseller and he said their manufacturer is in Taiwan for their 2 GB cards

Thats unfortunate, thanks for the heads up. I'll test it out anyway and try to get some benchmarks on it this weekend. My Patriot was made in taiwan also and it worked fine so who knows, maybe there's still hope for it.

 

[korbob]

I also have a 1gb patriot in my cell phone, here are the results for that one. This one locks up with POR for certain, so it looks to be the random access time is the culprit to the skipping and lockups. So if your card has an access time of 2.1ms or under you should be fine.

1gb Patriot
burst speed: 4.3 MB/s
average sequential read speed: 4.3 MB/s
random access: 2.6ms

Patriot 2gb MicroSD
Formatted FAT32
Response Time: 1.4ms
Average Read: 4.8mb/s

Test by HD Tach, a generic Internal SD card reader was used.

The response time is decent, but the read speeds are so goddamned awful. It does mostly match your tests though. I just hope the card is stable enough when I get to use it.

Final note: I haven't tested out this SD card for anything yet, it is just awaiting the SCone that is coming in the mail.

 

[4saken]

Access times above 2 ms are horrible - but it depends on your reader. The Sandisk 2GB has an access time of 1ms and it still crashes.

 

[cavieguy]

Hi im new here and I was woundering if any one knows anything about the Lexar 2 Gb micro sd?

 

[beefmissile]

I finally got my PNY 2gb card in and thought i'd post up some benchmarks comparing it to my Patriot card.

PNY 2GB Micro SD
Random Access: 1.4 ms
Average Read: 9.2 MB/s

Patriot 2GB Micro SD
Random Access: 1.4 ms
Average Read: 9.1 MB/s

Both cards tested were tested using HD Tach quick bench on a sandisk mobilemate SD+ card reader, FAT32 format. On an interesting note i have a feeling that both cards are made by the same manufacturer. On the back of the cards there are two lines of alphanumeric code.

PNY:
E248TN02G
IOBE 0712

Patriot:
E248TN02G
IOBE 0704

Both cards have a formated capacity of 1.89GB. The similar numbering, performance, and capacity lead me to believe that the cards are identical aside from the branding. The Patriot packaging clearly stated that it was made in taiwan, though there is no mention of it on the card itself. As for the PNY, neither the packaging nor the card make any mention of where it was manufactured.

Like i have said previously i have played through Castlevania PoR with the Patriot with no crashes. I tried to crash the PNY but could not, i spammed the start button at both wind and at portals and it wouldn't crash. The Dos intro played smoothly as well. I'd recommend either card for anyone looking to go to 2GB capacity. I got the PNY card from buy.com for $30 flat making it one of the better deals i've seen for a 2GB micro SD.

On a final note if anyone knows of a place that i can get a Toshiba 2GB shipped to the USA for a reasonable price (around $40 or so), let me know. I ordered one from FlashMemoryStore.com but they emailed me saying that the Toshibas were no longer available and offered to switch me over to a samsung card, which i declined. As a warning, they still have it listed on their site as a Toshiba so be careful if looking to order from them.

NICK

 

[4saken]

Want me to sell you one

? Buy it with my M3 Lite

 

[beefmissile]

Interesting update. I got a new R4 from dealextreme this past week and it came with a different card reader than i'd ever seen before. I thought nothing of it since the pack in card readers have all sucked up until now. I just benched both cards with this new reader and got these results.

PNY 2GB Micro SD
Random Access: 1.0 ms
Average Read: 10.2 MB/s

Patriot 2GB Micro SD
Random Access: 1.0 ms
Average Read: 10.3 MB/s

These results put both of these cards on par with the Toshiba in terms of random access. The reader has an aluminum casing, quite nice actually. The results are a little odd since i was under the impression that sandisk readers were the best, guess i was wrong.

4saken, you want to sell me your toshiba and an m3 lite for $40?

PM with a price and we'll see if we can work something out. To be honest i'm not too interested in the M3 unless it's a perfect, though i could probably move it. On a side note, what card reader do you use for testing?

 

[4saken]

Silver R4 reader (latest one AFAIK). Well 40 dollars wouldn't cover a third of the total price, so I'll have to say no to that :/

 

[beefmissile]

That was a joke dude

Like i said PM me a price and maybe we can work something out, though i imagine shipping would be a killer.