SDCard super Slow

Mephiston · 11-04-04, 03:26 PM

Just curious if the X5's sd slot is amazingly slow, or will a decent SDCard help a bit.

Currently using a Sandisk Standard, and Pocket Mechanic benches it at 0.10MB/s which seems pretty damn slow. I'm sure a standard SDCard is capable than more than that.

I tried a crap NoName CF Card and it gets 0.52, 5X Faster.

Wanted to get a 1Gig SDCard, just don't know if i should spend the cash on a 32X or just a standard one.

**Frenchy** · 11-04-04, 03:37 PM

I have a 512Mb Lexar 32X and a 256Mb SanDisk. The speed is noticeable between the two. If you go fo 1Gb the speed will be important as the data to be retreived takes more time.

JakeRich · 11-04-04, 07:38 PM

Do both SD cards have a My Documents folder? If not, the one without it will be much slower in use. Just add a My Documents folder and delete the 0 length file "ignore_my_docs" and it should show faster.

Mephiston · 11-05-04, 08:53 AM

Thanks for the tip, did it to all cards, no difference in a benchmark.

Mabye real world performance will improve, will try watching a movie on it.

11-05-04, 09:20 AM

I was using a Kingston 512Mb SD. It ran with no problems, the games were a little slow to load other than that I had no issues with it. I purcahed the Lexar 1GB, 32X SD. I noticed the difference right away. Games that used to take 1 minute to load now load in less than 10. This was a great buy at $49 after a $30 mail in rebate from buy.com.

11-05-04, 09:31 AM

My PQI 512MB SD card 40x is nice for both playing games and watching divx/wmv movies too.
I used it to play 2hrs movie without problem