SanDisk 256GB microSDXC card for Nintendo Switch consoles up to 100 MB/s UHS-I Class 10 U3

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Note: These tests were performed before Nintendo added a so-called 'boost mode' to Breath of the Wild, which pushes the Switch's processor to its limits to speed up the loading process when you first enter a game or move to a new area. However, the hierarchy of different storage methods remains the same. ThanosReXXX I'm glad the option's there, but in practice it's too much hassle. I can't be arsed to arrange with a new retailer, in another country, to send me a special edition... when I'm getting everything else here just fine.

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Transfer speed 60 - 95 MB/sec (the higher the transfer speed, the better gameplay experience on Nintendo Switch) BTW, I've been reading your posts waaaaaay too long as a lurker here. Twice today I actually typed "Nitneod""

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I didnt think about gamecube games... yes, I want those! at least a couple of them. Great its gonna be a 64gb card to start with. Of course I could start with a 32gb card and see where this will go. Lateron buy that 64gb card and put the 32gb into my new 3ds. All in all, not a good value proposition. It's a better value to just let people expand the flash memory through microSD cards.

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if your budget will only stretch so far, don't waste your hard earned yen on a 'premium' card if you only intend to use it with the Switch - buy a standard card instead with as big a capacity as you can afford. Loui Thanks! Is there any difference in charge speed between USB C to USB C and USB micro to USB C? cleveland124 If you're talking about cards, sure, but we're talking about flash memory chips, perhaps NAND flash chips, and we can't be sure on that until we get a teardown going after launch. NAND and other flash chip memory is much more expensive than SD flash memory. Even with manufacturing costs being low, they are typically sold higher corresponding to the higher memory size, especially when it's not removable.Keep in mind that the current top of the line SD flash has now reached 300 MB/s, with top of the line microSD currently at around 275 MB/s. The SD flash price/performance ratio will improve tremendously over the next 5 years of the base console cycle, whereas the price/performance ratio for the flash chip (maybe NAND) onboard the NS will likely not improve much at all from the customer's standpoint. Paying for more onboard flash chip memory than is needed to get going would be the real ripoff.

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For 300 I’d just buy another switch.....200gb cards go on sale for 50. Then, instead of changing cards I would just switch Switches. hYdeks I may have missed something but outside of dlc or a patch I've not heard one thing about that. Now I know BotW on the Wii U requires an install so if you have a link I would love to read it. For UK buyers, there's been something of a shift as 512GB cards now offer the best value per gigabyte by some margin, with 128GB and 256GB options behind. 1TB cards are also getting much cheaper than before, meaning you don't pay much more per gigabyte to get a massive amount of game storage on your Switch. Thanks guys, this is pretty damn useful. Going to hold fire on getting a card for now, as I'm getting the physical versions of Zelda and 1-2-Switch, but I'm sure I'll need one eventually!

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How do I move a Switch game between Micro SD and internal storage? Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life