I swear that I actually have nothing against Nintendo Switch 2, plus the zoom meetings, apart from its suspicious efforts, the game and some light jealous that it had already received the support of DLSS before the PC handheld. Nevertheless, I feel obliged to warn Steam Deck owners – and, in fact, anyone who has any current portable PC – is one of the key storage upgrades of Switch 2 for Switch 2.
The MicroSD Express attracted itself to a horse without a horse to a microSD umbrella, which is able to talk to its host device on SSD -like PCI/NVME interface (instead of microSD aging UHS tech) and thus get a speed of 1000MB/s. This is three times faster than the fastest ‘standard’ microside, which looks like a delicious bait for a naturally sensible handheld welder. If this switch is good enough of the L -2 Enough enough, increases the growing number Reddate threads And forum posts, can it then cut the load times on the steam deck or the disease Eli?
No, is the answer? Although the microSD Express can be an expansive storage of choice for future handhelds – Xbox Rogue Eli is leaving it, but who knows with mysterious steam deck 2 – when today’s portable PC will not find the plugin near the speed. The reason for this is that these devices themselves need to be compatible with, and no one, because they are still sticking to the UHS-I and the UHS-II interface. Which means, it means that a microSD Express card that slips into the current gene deck will be limited to the old -fashioned slot performance roofs.
Despite the results, despite having a widespread, a forgotten result, I was still curious when you send a new card back to work on non -switch 2 handheld over time. So I held the 256GB PNY MicroSD Express Card, which has just been launched to know you, and has reached the reception of an original LCD steam deck’s UHS-I. From there, I have tested it in a series of game launch races, Sandsk is extremely pro, RPS. The results can surprise you, unless you know the basic principles of PC storage, in which case they will not do anything.
Even if we discount strange outlets in aperture desk job, the microSD Express card is not merely in the UHS-based extreme pro-it is, permanently, a second or two slowly. And when I did not test the five games, I saw some evidence that it is much better to cut the game load times, it fired the shadow of the Tamb Rider file in 15.6s in 18s of the PNY card.
I am satisfied that there is nothing wrong with the latter. I wondered if it was commonly reported to be more heat weakness of the MicroSD Express, which would theoretically reduce the performance through thyrooting, but then if the steam deck is stopping it at its own speed, it should not be regulated to start. A laser thermometer Czech also confirmed that he was peeking like a very pro in his slot at the same 37 ° C. No, we can chew it only because of the Sandesk card combination, and the PNY microSD Express is lost and confused within a slot that does not belong to it.
The point existence, here we have confirmed that where the current General Handheld PC is concerned, a microSD express card will not do anything that will not do an old, more interface appropriate storage card. Except, maybe, waste your money. I have experienced the PNY model $ 56 for 256 GBDouble the value of a Equivalent -size syndysic extreme pro And only half the deer is less of this card 512GB version. Meanwhile, Samsung Pro Plus, my overall choice is not just micro -seds but also of steam deck accessories, $ 28 for 256 GB And $ 43 for 512 GB.
I still want to see the microSD Express on the future handheld PC, hopefully once the card prices will be reduced. Over time, storage standards change, and imagine how horrible it would be if the drives of the solid state were never accessible enough to change the HDD. For now, though, just let Switch 2 become their Guinea pig – or work most PCIST, and instead upgrade the deck’s internal SSD.
