Hacking What SD card is the best?

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Question by yours truly :D

(This is probably one of those question that will almost never be answered)
 
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@Arctic: class speed is a write speed. some class-2 cards have a faster read speed than class-6 cards.

the best cards have always been the 1 and 2 gb japanese kingstons. at one point users swore by them in regards to compatibility. i personally have a large collection of cards for review testing. i really like the 2 gb japanese kingston, 8 gb class-6 transcend, and 4 gb kingstons.

kingston cards (and many other popular brands) have been copied and cloned. some users have purcahsed 32 gb cards off ebay which when formatted were only 4 gb cards hacked to look report as being larger capacity cards.

the transcend and adata brands have been recommended as far as sdhc cards go. transcend has a nice warranty as well.

"Speed Class Rating...
Please keep in mind that this interacts with the flashcard / firmware you're using.

If you're using Akaio, for example, a Class 2 mSD with 8 / 16 GB should work fast and fine. But it can cause truble with other flashcards (M3).
 
Doesn't really matter what SD card you use. Any half decent flash cart these days won't lag no matter what SD you have. I havn't had any problems with mine after over two years now and it was the cheapest one I could find.
 
As long as your SD card doesn't fall apart the moment you touch it, or simply look at it, you should be fine.

The card classes indicate the speed at which the card can be written to (i.e. the couple of times your card creates a save file for a game, or when you transfer a game from your computer to the card), so they're of no real use here.

tl;dr: just get an SD card that is large enough, doesn't matter what class it has (although I suggest you get a low class, as they cost much less).
 
@Arctic: class speed is a write speed. some class-2 cards have a faster read speed than class-6 cards.

the best cards have always been the 1 and 2 gb japanese kingstons. at one point users swore by them in regards to compatibility. i personally have a large collection of cards for review testing. i really like the 2 gb japanese kingston, 8 gb class-6 transcend, and 4 gb kingstons.

kingston cards (and many other popular brands) have been copied and cloned. some users have purcahsed 32 gb cards off ebay which when formatted were only 4 gb cards hacked to look report as being larger capacity cards.

the transcend and adata brands have been recommended as far as sdhc cards go. transcend has a nice warranty as well.

"Speed Class Rating
The Speed Class Rating is the official unit of speed measurement for SD Cards, defined by the SD Association. The Class number represents a multiple of 8 Mbit/s (1 MB/s), and it measures the minimum sustained write speeds for a card in a fragmented state [10].

The following are the ratings of some currently available cards: [11]

Class 0 - These cards do not specify performance, which includes all legacy cards prior to class specifications.
Class 2 - Minimum of 2 MB/s performance. Lowest speed for SDHC cards.
Class 4 - Minimum of 4 MB/s performance.
Class 6 - Minimum of 6 MB/s performance.
Class 10 - Minimum of 10 MB/s performance."
 
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