Chicho said:
Soundwave said:
Those are still slow as shit, do you own research. Micro SD Cards are an incredibly dated format it doesn't matter who makes the card. 150MB/sec (and you don't even get that speed) in today's day and age is laughable.
Nintendo is probably going have to change something because if the Switch 2 has more RAM than the Switch 1 (which is almost 100% a given), the loading times that are already pretty bad on the Switch are going to get worse if you just stick to slow ass SD Cards and flash storage from 2010. 150MB/sec to fill an 8GB main memory would take 53 seconds, that's absurdly slow, if the Switch 2 has 12GB or 16GB it's even worse.
Even UFS 2.2, which is ancient and dirt cheap used in budget smartphones for the market in China/India is way faster than an SD Card or the current Switch cartridges. I think Nintendo will change that up to faster flash storage. UFS 2.2 is 1200MB/sec versus an SD Card, even a more expensive "pro" SD Card tops out at like 190MB/sec.
I can't see Nintendo sticking with the current data speeds they have now, so if the Switch 2 uses even dirt cheap, old ass UFS 2.2, that's going to be a massive speed boost over the Switch 1 flash storage which was already faster than SD Cards. In layman's terms, take a look at this loading time:
For Switch 2, even using UFS 2.2 (again a very dated/cheapo flash storage), that loading time for the internal storage would easily be 5x-8x faster, so like the whole point of "well you can just buy a cheap SD Card!" doesn't come close to telling the whole story. An SD Card is slow as fuck and while it can (barely) keep up with the Switch 1's internal storage, Switch 2 will almost certainly destroy an SD Card in a comparison like above, so in your scenario you claim the person who bought the SD Card was super smart, but they'll be sitting waiting 40-60 seconds waiting for their game to load, while if Switch 2 uses any kind of modern flash storage ... they will be playing that same game within 5-8 seconds if that. Again, you get what you pay for, SD Cards are cheap for people who don't have money, but that's about it. A Switch 2 with more internal flash storage even at 1200MB/sec is going to blow the socks off any SD Card and would easily be worth $50 more going from 64GB to 256GB, that's bordering on a steal frankly.
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All the cards on that video were UHS-I or lower. The switch should be able to use USH-II and USH-III, Should it not?
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UHS-II Micro SD Cards (emphasis on Micro SD) are very rare and not cheap.
Like here's one on Amazon at 256GB ...
microSD Card V60 (256GB) - Tested Like a Full-Size SD Card for use in DSLRs, mirrorless and Aerial or Action Cameras | Up to 250MB/Read Speed and 130MB/s Write Speed by ProGrade Digital : Amazon.ca: Electronics
It's $138 for 256GB ... simply not worth it for only 250MB/read speed (which it probably doesn't even hit, SD Cards quite often don't even hit 70% of their rated speed).
250MB/sec in this day and age is slllllllow, but really Nintendo should be able to get internal storage that is considerably faster than that even for cheap.
Loading times are becoming an issue in a lot of Switch titles too, like even something like Animal Crossing it's like 40 seconds of loading to get from the title screen into playing a game ... just way too long.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 06 September 2023
