Thread 725602854

Gamestop 1tb. Cheapest, functionally equivalent. Only caveat is 1 yr warranty vs lifetime for the Lexar one.

They have tested it, functionally there is no difference. Even if in practise there was a difference, it's 800Mb/s vs 900Mb/s. The differential in loading times is fractions of a second. Look it up if you dont believe me.

This one is under $200 for 1TB, seemingly

I don't want anything with "GameStop" plastered on it.

Someone told me you need some super special fancy micro SD card for Switch 2 though

>>725603223
This is a micro sd express card. It's just the most competitively priced.

>>725603223
lmfao it will literally be buried inside your console and out of sight at all times

>>725602854 (OP)
200 dollars for an sd card is highway robbery

>>725603406
it's a micro sd express card, not an sd card. It's roughly 4x-5x faster.

>>725603587
and why can't I just use a normal fucking sd card and save my money exactly?

>>725602854 (OP)
MicroSDXCsti HIV+ 8008/s V8 (‰)

>>725602854 (OP)
>They have tested it
Who's "they?" Because if it's Gamestop, then the only appropriate response is "lol."

>>725602854 (OP)
Buy the non-branded sandisk one.
Every other SD express is shit because they do not display the specs.
>>725603223
Is not special. It's just a "new" format. SD Express.

why are these all MORE expensive now than they were months ago??

>>725602854 (OP)
What difference is the warranty if your data is gone for good?

>>725604078
Because SDs are too slow.
Every PC games nowadays requires an SSD. Well, SD express cards are like a tiny nvme. It uses 1 pcie lane.

>>725604465
What? The 512GB sandisk one is the sweetspot now.

>>725604078
because the Sw2 games will load unreasonably slow to the point of unplayability.

>>725602854 (OP)
>gamestop
>express
kek

It will probably kill itself after 2 weeks

>>725604575
>for good
You can backup your saves (besides Pokemon) and all your games are linked to Nintendo account. It would suck if it broke somehow (99% of the time it won't), but even if it did, as long as you backed up, youre fine.

>>725604782
Yeah my switch had all my pokemon games and animal crossing save data on it, my switch broke and all of it was permanently gone
So a warranty isnt going to make me feel better because i care more about the pokemon data. Unfortunately its something nintendo and gamefreak are doing on purpose (not allowing backup)

>>725602854 (OP)
>Switch tards pay 200 bucks for 1 TB sd cards
>not even 1/4 as fast as a real SSD
>more expensive than a real SSD

How cucked can you even get?

>>725602854 (OP)
>>725604979
Go and buy your "Gamestop" card KEK

>>725602854 (OP)
Steam Deck supports real NVMe SSDs btw

>>725604710
lol. worked fine for the few months ive had it.

>>725604620
the sandisk one was way cheaper not too long ago
it's over a hundred dollars now

>>725604267
I think Tom's Hardware and/or Digital Foundry.

>>725605103
It

>>725605298
>*works on my mach-*
>*ACK-*

>>725604979
>>725605103
Why didn't Nintendo put a SSD connector in the console?

>>725605461
Because they are big and get too hot.

>>725605509
If you limit them to 800MB/s like the SD card in the OP they'd freeze to death lol

>>725604979
>>725605178
>>725605103
Yeah and Deck is a worse performing platform than Sw2 by basically every performance metric. Nintendo is not going to encourage people to unscrew their console, theyre just going to work with memory card distributors to push the new format. In a few years these cards will be a lot cheaper. Nvmes were pricey as hell back in the day.

Also I have the Deck and can tell you right now you need those half size Nvmes and it's a bitch to install. You just pop the card into Sw2, installation done

>>725602854 (OP)
Which chinkshit did gamestop buy to rebrand here? Might as well skip the middle man fee and order from aliexpress

>>725605393
Eh. its an sd card. I think it will be fine. I have had 0 problems. An sd card is pretty hard to fuck up.

>>725605667
I believe its either PNY or straight from Lexar. Both more expensive than Gamestop.

I really dont get their angle. Seems like they are purposefully losing money just to force you to buy in their store.

>>725605667
>Which chinkshit did gamestop buy to rebrand here?
Probably the ones for $1.
Maybe the $3 option if they're feeling generous

>>725605937
omfg

guys

THAT IS NOT EXPRESS

NOTICE HOW THE EXPRESS ONES ARE ALL LIKE 20X MORE EXPENSIVE?

lol

>>725605704
>An sd card is pretty hard to fuck up.
No, you fucking retard. SD cards die literally ALL THE TIME. If you trust your data to an SD card you are the biggest retard alive.

>>725605937
What is the point of making 1dollar ewaste like this. Do the retards buying them even know that it will die in a week?

>>725606013
They'll write express on it just for you for an extra 2 pennies per card

>>725606016
I have used like 6 different sd cards over the past 15 years. Literally none have ever died, I just kept buying bigger ones. I still have most of them, some I sold after 5 years.

Like I said, it barely even matters if you backed your data up. Just get a new card, good to go. But it will probably never even die for 10+ years.

>>725605509
works for the deck

>>725606208
I can make any SD card die with 99% certainty just by doing writes on them for 24 hours.
You don't know shit you're talking about

>>725606287
.... in what scenario would you be constantly reading and writing for 24 hours.

You are an autistic faggot who does not think in realistic outcomes or use cases. Anything will break under undue amounts of stress. Do you also brag about being able to break any car by starting and stalling the engine 10,000 times in a row for 24 hrs straight? Moron.

>>725606092
you guys are so retarded lmfao. It would not fucking work at all on the Sw2 if it was not a functioning sd express card. Yeah sorry your $1 chinkshit wont work, tough shit.

>>725606679
You will not kill real SSDs by writing on them for 24 hours.
This example was just to show how fragile SD cards are

>>725604979
>>725605103
Retard.

>>725606821
Not all these arguments at once wow

I got pic related, is it good? i didn't had any problems so far.

>>725606092
if that was the case they wouldnt work on Switch 2 dumbass

>>725608191
how much did you pay for it?

>>725602854 (OP)
>1TB
>under $200
sick we're back to pre-2010 prices

>>725609502
209€

>>725604575
Save data is stored on the console, and you could save your captures on internal storage as well. The only thing you'd actually lose would be the game data which you can redownload at any time. The point of the warranty is to demonstrate faith in their product, and if you're going to be paying $$$ for a microSD card you may as well go with the manufacturer that says they'll replace it if it breaks.

>>725606287
>it breaks if you break it
woooow

microSD express is faster than normal MicroSD.

I'm happy about the faster loading times, it's worth switching to these new cards

but the Switch 2 internal storage is even faster, they should've given the Switch 2 a 1TB option...

>>725611698
You wanna spend $600 for a 1 TB internal Switch 2?

>>725602854 (OP)
But the one with Mario on the packaging is more welcoming.

>>725611815
Yes.

>>725611815
well it would be cheaper than a 500 dollar switch with a $150 sd card separately.

>>725612054
Knowing Ninty, they might price it to $700, $750 if they wanna bundle MKW or PLZA.

will these drop in price on black Friday

>>725613217
No. Yes. Maybe?