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SanDisk Extreme PRO microSDXC (up to 200MB/s) 1TB $248.69, 512GB $115.53, 256GB $58.67 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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*Up to 200MB/s read speeds.
*Up to 140MB/s write speeds.
*Rated A2 for faster loading and in-app performance.
*Comes with SD adapter.

One of their newer versions release not long ago.
Good for mobile devices and cameras with 4K video recording. Or… your general Nintendo Switch usage.

512GB is my sweet spot.

Edit: if you find a cheaper price elsewhere make sure they are not the older “up to 170MB/s”.

Enjoy!

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  • deltaray on 15/01/2023 - 11:23
    +7

    Don't forget to price match with OW. Just got mine 2 days ago for my Steam Deck

    • xmagic on 15/01/2023 - 11:27
      +6

      I still believe it's superior to upgrade SD's internal SSD instead of using microSD cards. Better stability and performance. OEM 1TB 2230 NVMe should cost around the same or less than a 1TB microSD card in general.

      • SaintInc on 15/01/2023 - 12:15
        +3

        That is true but you can hot swap micro SD cards and the functional usage is not overly noticeable in my opinion.

      • OMG on 15/01/2023 - 18:14

        It's not possible to upgrade MacBooks now. So, a good MicroSD card is an option to expend the storage for large files.

    • gooseberry on 15/01/2023 - 13:46
      +1

      Steam Deck max read speed is only 100MB/s so can go with cheaper cards like Samsung Evo Plus - was only $69 last week for the 512GB

      • NotAnAudiophile on 15/01/2023 - 15:02

        A few of us did both - upgrade the 64gb internals to a 1tb Gioneda from Alibaba, then bought a 1tb Extreme pro. Best of both.

        • theguyrules on 15/01/2023 - 19:20

          Aw man I only have 1tb SSD and 512gb MicroSD.

        • videoman on 15/01/2023 - 19:22
          +1

          The first upgrade was good but the Extreme pro is a waste for the steam deck since it can't be used to its full potential. You won't get any decent performance increase in the steam deck over the regular SanDisk extreme.

          • Bluto Mindpretzel on 30/01/2023 - 22:04

            @videoman: Except you can connect the sd card to a PC and write faster than the deck.

            The biggest advantage is saving yourself time populating the cards. Particularly useful for using an SD with emudeck and cramming it with roms.

    • SmoothCactus on 15/01/2023 - 18:47

      Do they price match amazon? Thought they only do places that have brick and mortar?

  • mirovich on 15/01/2023 - 11:26
    +25

    Its mind boggling to witness storage increase from MB to TB on MicroSDs.

    • Weshouldgetsushi on 15/01/2023 - 11:53

      My 1GB USB thumb drive in 2006 cost me $49.
      What a big drive and what a bargain!

    • scuderiarmani on 15/01/2023 - 12:07
      +3

      I can't fathom something as small as a small finger nail holding 1tb. It's incredible.

    • lgacb08 on 15/01/2023 - 14:03

      Pretty slow instead, if you look at sub $100 benchmark, back in 2004 it was around 64mb, 4 years later was 1gb but the exponential increase has slowed down a lot in the last 10 years.

    • Iluvfreebies on 15/01/2023 - 17:10

      Floppy Disks father of SD cards.

    • Duff5000 on 16/01/2023 - 16:52

      I recall SD cards being on sale for $1 per MB. $64 for a 64MB card.

  • kwchaz on 15/01/2023 - 11:27
    +1

    YMMV, some folks OW price beat against this lot: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/749398

    I did, so my OW price beat was even better.

    If using OW, don't forget Shopback sells the everyone gift card for 3% cashback. Amazon has discounted gc elsewhere also (shopback is 2%? I get 4% from a different site).

    • justtoreply on 15/01/2023 - 11:30

      Sure, this post is for the Extreme PRO though. The 1tb has been sitting at $300+ forever. This is a solid deal.

      • kwchaz on 15/01/2023 - 11:40

        Yup, extreme pro is in that deal too, $245.90 from "Veloreo" via Bunnings Marketplace - price matched to $233.61 at OW instead of $238.36 if using this deal.

  • chasingstoke on 15/01/2023 - 11:33

    Oooof! Been waiting for these to get down a decent price. Thank you OP

  • justtoreply on 15/01/2023 - 11:33
    +6

    Just had my 512gb crap out after 2 years of service (light use in a phone). Sandisk service was great.. they sent a satchel to return the item to them because I didn't want to travel the 1 hour round trip (their service centres are sparse in WA). They also took a h2testw result as demonstration that it was corrupting all data. Can't recall but I think they are sending an advance replacement (it either hasn't been posted to me yet though, or they just don't email when they do).

    Thankfully I got my data off first before it fully died.

    Having said that, I have had multiple sandisk memory card failures or poor usb drive designs (heat issues, retractable drives with latch issues) over the years. Their service may be great but I don't trust their quality very much.

    • donkey33 on 15/01/2023 - 12:02

      Yeah picked up a 512gb ultra that corrupted after a week, confirmed with test results. Returned and grabbed a Samsung EVO instead and has been going strong but all my smaller Samsungs are still also. Never had any luck with Sandisk for some reason although I'm sure all brands fail equally.

      • wwwsam on 15/01/2023 - 12:59

        Had one fail recently.

        It was a Samsung evo plus (2021) 512gb. Had it a few months and was used moderately in my Samsung A52s.

        The unusual thing about it was it ran very warm and seemed to draw a bit more power then other microsds i had.

        Contacted Samsung support and they also sent me a satchel to return it, then sent me back a new older samsung evo plus (red white one).

        I have yet to have any sandisk extreme and older samsung microsds fail on me.

        • BadBargain on 15/01/2023 - 15:13

          How did you contact Samsung support? I tried their contact form and live chat all they gave me was a Samsung reference number and says that I'll receive an RMA email within a few days but it's been a few months.

          • wwwsam on 15/01/2023 - 19:36
            +1

            @BadBargain: I went on their live chat.

            Basically keep going through all the options and saying it didn't solve the problem until it puts you on with a live agent.

            Make sure you've done your own troubleshooting and have a picture of the numbers on the back of the card. I believe the live agent also asked for all the usual information needed for a RMA.

            Iirc a day or two after that live chat i received a confirmation email of RMA with instructions. The email title was just "Ent Service".

    • Caped Baldy on 15/01/2023 - 12:18
      +2

      Quality has dropped a bit. Samsung seems to be the leader of reliability.

  • duodeta on 15/01/2023 - 11:39
    +1

    up to 200MB/s is fast actually.

    • adrianhughes1998 on 15/01/2023 - 12:09
      -5

      Lol not really

      • eecan on 15/01/2023 - 12:44
        +1

        Pointless to compare to other formats if the device can't take them. That would be considered fast for a microSD/SD card and especially for a UHS-1 card.

        • adrianhughes1998 on 15/01/2023 - 13:05
          -1

          For a microSD card yes but let's face it, real world speeds are less than advertised speeds.

          Anyways good for microSD but not for phones, or decent cameras that can take faster speed SD cards.

          • eecan on 15/01/2023 - 13:17
            +2

            @adrianhughes1998:

            Anyways good for microSD

            That's all that is really relevant to this discussion. No one is suggesting these as substitutes for SSDs or CFexpress cards.

        • Hornpub on 15/01/2023 - 13:32

          is there a UHS 2 card thats 1T size?

        • UsernameChecksIn on 17/01/2023 - 06:51

          are there mainstream caveats i.e. majority of compatible phones maxing out at this type of speed for the built-in reader/writer?

          Haven't see much news about protocols other than this on quick search UHS-II https://www.idownloadblog.com/2021/10/21/macbook-pro-sd-card…

          Hope mobile device reviews get more storage speed benchmarks such as iPhone NVMe MB/Watt vs UFS 3.1

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 15/01/2023 - 12:01
    +7

    Steam deck gang unite ✊

    • CrispyChrispy on 15/01/2023 - 12:02
      +1

      Have your received yours yet? Or not even shipped yet?

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 15/01/2023 - 12:05
        +1

        Marked as shipped yesterday, probably won’t get till Thursday Friday I would say :( it’s only been consigned, not formally in auspost hands yet.

        Until then I’m still playing persona 5 Royale on Xbox cloud, then Continue on steam deck :)

    • Believ3r on 15/01/2023 - 13:13

      Received my 512 steam deck today now don’t know whether to buy 512 or 1tb sd card

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 15/01/2023 - 14:07

        512 imo sweet spot

        • NuttyGoodness on 15/01/2023 - 16:01

          I’m planning on having a smaller micro SD dedicated for emulators too but need to figure out what size to go with

          • Jimothy Wongingtons on 15/01/2023 - 16:09

            @NuttyGoodness: I mean you can just swap out as need be, but imo 512 is still the go if you’re doing Dreamcast and later games.

            I have a 128gb in my 351mp and it easily covers all snes, sega and gbc that I care about

    • blueastro on 15/01/2023 - 13:34

      Been playing mine for weeks already, feel like 512GB is more than enough

    • theguyrules on 15/01/2023 - 19:23
      +1

      Pretty stoked that more Ozbargainers will have one. Bring on the deals and recommendations for games/accessories/settings.

  • life is suffering on 15/01/2023 - 12:01

    Good for Dashcams ? Tired of waiting for Samsung one to go on sale

  • edfoo on 15/01/2023 - 12:30
    +2

    Have these prices been like these for the past week? Or have they just dropped lower again today?

    • DrLobster on 15/01/2023 - 14:40
      +2

      Has been this price for at least the last week or so.

      • brotherfranciz on 15/01/2023 - 15:58
        +1

        Yep, I've only been monitoring the price since I bought a Steam Deck last week, so had no idea $250 (!) is a good price for 1TB (even with Camelx3 price history to give an indication)…

        I'm thinking of going with 2x 512GB of the non-Pro version instead, which comes to ~$182 (5% discount if ordering 2 on Amazon US).

  • eecan on 15/01/2023 - 12:31
    +3

    Seems like the advertised speeds can only be achieved in compatible readers with the proprietary SanDisk QuickFlow tech? In which case it will basically perform comparably to a standard SD card (e.g. Samsung EVO Plus/Select) in the vast majority of devices (e.g. Switch, cameras, phones etc.) and the advertised speeds will basically only be hit during file transfers using specific Sandisk card readers.

    This approach is why the cards are only rated as V30 (another term explained in the memory card guide) despite the promise of speeds well beyond 30 MB/s: the cards will only be able to reach those maximum promised speeds when inserted into a compatible host device. In most cases, that means a specific SanDisk memory card reader. If the cards are put into a host device that lacks SanDisk’s custom firmware, they will only be able to perform at the UHS-I spec of 104 MB/s max (but often far below that).

    https://petapixel.com/2022/05/11/how-sandisk-made-its-new-sd…

    This behaviour is common to other cards e.g. SanDisk Extreme 160MB/s UHS-I V30 A2 400GB microSDXC

    The Extreme 160MB/s V30 A2 400GB microSDXC card was tested in several memory card readers. Benchmark tests using SanDisk's MobileMate USB 3.0 Reader (SDDR-B531) reader show the cards meets its 160MB/s read speed claim. The highest sequential read benchmark was 163.2 MB/s. In other card readers, including other models by SanDisk, this card reached 99.2 MB/s read speed. Sequential write speed measured up to 110.4 MB/s in the fastest reader, also a SanDisk reader. Other readers performed up to 88.9MB/s write speed.

    https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/reviews/sd-cards/sandisk-e…

    The Samsung PRO microSD cards do the same thing too.

    • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 13:03
      +2

      The card behaving faster on SanDisk QuickFlow is not a surprise, but the V30 rating is not the same. The V rating is introduced because memory card makers' sequential read/write is based on CrystalDiskMark's high queue depth optimised sequential read/write. However, that doesn't guarantee the card performs like that from 0-100%.

      SSD does SLC cache trick but you think SD cards don't? They do too. I noticed one of my Sandisk cards cannot do 4K/30 recording once it is filled to 85%. The V rating is there is indicate the minimum write the card can achieve (i.e. in worst case scenario). If an SSD can quote 500MB/s sequential write speed (SLC cache), but its true NAND sustained write is 40MB/s, you think SD card makers won't play the same trick? The V rating is there to help people planning to use these cards with video / SLR cameras.

      Honestly, majority of reviews, especially for SD cards are too superficial. They throw in various combinations (of readers, and/or cards) using CrystalDiskMark (pretty tables and graphs). Thing is, they test the cards when they are empty. If you don't have the same card reader as one of the ones tested, what exactly do you get? You just knows the card could perform better in best case scenario, that's all.

      It is good to know the top speed (which really is just top SLC cache speed) can only be achieved with the right SanDisk reader, but if you think you can get 88MB/s consistently with other readers (from start to finish), then that's honestly wishful thinking. Far too often, these reviews only show best case performance results. A lot of devices we use don't have great SD card reader built in. Cheap Android phones aren't going to have a quality reader. A lot of old cameras have dated SD card reader built into them.

      • eecan on 15/01/2023 - 13:21

        but the V30 rating is not the same

        Unless I have misunderstood you the V30 rating is the same on both the Sandisk Extreme Pro (V30) and the Samsung 128GB+ EVO Plus/Select cards (V30) as well as the A2 rating.

        • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 13:31

          V30 is good rating to have for now. However, I wouldn't just quote V30 across all ranges. All micro card makers introduce new batches for their SD cards. It is also size dependent.

          It is harder to get V30 for 64GB card for example, saw a Samsung's EVO Plus 64Gb is quoting V10.
          https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/memory-card/evo-pl…

          SD cards have a controller inside too, so there are technical limitations. I can find a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB microSD with V30. It is expected because I really don't think EVO Plus is designed to compete with Extreme Pro (I think Pro Plus is). I don't have high end gears that benefit from fast SD cards / microSD cards and cost per GB isn't that great (these SD cards are small so they cost more and the tech would be more limited).

          The top of the range, there is a good chance it might be TLC based. Cost effective ones, they could be QLC. However, if we are talking about V30, it is achievable with QLC. It's relative. If my best camera only needs V10, then do I really have to go for a TLC based micro/SD card?

          • eecan on 15/01/2023 - 13:42

            @netsurfer: I do have higher end camera gear and found that there is no discernible difference in camera between the higher capacity (256GB+) 2018/2021 Samsung Evo Plus/Select lines and the 2021 512GB Samsung PRO Plus line in Sony full-frame cameras. Have not seen any reason to believe that the Sandisk Extreme Pro cards will perform any better given the observed performance of high end microSD Sandisk cards in non-proprietary card readers (like the PRO Plus they are limited to normal UHS-1 speeds outside of their optimal environment).

            • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 13:53

              @eecan: Honestly, if we are talking about UHS-I cards and V30, those gears cannot be that high end. UHS-II with V90 support are on some cameras now. SDExpress is on its way too.

              If we are talking about 4K/60, then V30 is fine. Like I mentioned, if we are talking about V30, QLC NAND is good enough. While there are scenarios which Extreme Pro / Pro Plus range make sense, realistically, if SSD is an option, it is better to use SSD instead. So far, SD cards aren't designed for best speed. Microsoft picked CFastExpress 2.0 for Series S|X because no SD card standard at the time is sufficient.

              • eecan on 15/01/2023 - 13:55

                @netsurfer: I have a Sony A1 lol. If that isn't high-end then I don't know what is. I use CFExpress Type A and V90 sd cards.

                • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 14:03

                  @eecan: I don't really follow microSD / SD cards. I wasn't aware there is a UHS-II Samsung Evo Plus with V90 rating. CFastExpress does make more sense to me, but I understand cameras do want to offer UHS-II coz. most of those cards are much cheaper compared to CFastExpress.

                  If Samsung is already offering Evo Plus UHS-II with V90, then sure, that is sufficient. Just wasn't aware Samsung is willing to do that. V90 is doable with QLC.

                  • eecan on 15/01/2023 - 14:06
                    +1

                    @netsurfer: There isn't a V90 Samsung Evo plus, it's just that any proprietary 'fast' microSD cards get bottlenecked to the same write speeds in anything other than the specific card readers it was designed for.

                    I would buy the card in this deal myself to test it vs the standard EVO Plus but that would be a waste of money for me because it will be too slow for me to actually use and I already have a million spares.

                    • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 14:16

                      @eecan: If your decision is purely camera related, then there are only certain aspects of the SD cards you care about.

                      The V rating is the minimum rating. The difference is that EVO Plus will be closer to that V rating than Extreme Pro. The question is whether you want to actually do your own test. Obviously you could go, lets say EVO Plus is actually V40 and Extreme Pro is V60, Extreme Pro doesn't reach V90 that you need OR you know your camera reader simply isn't going to push UHS-I card that high as it is better optimised for UHS-II cards.

                      I have tested EVO Plus cards and I already hinted the 64GB vs 128GB difference. 10 years warranty is enough (for a SD card). 30 years/lifetime for Extreme Pro (honestly, are most of us going to use them for that long? Pass them down as heirlooms? LOL). Question is to what extent do we go about this? We have someone mentioning Patriot SD cards (which are V30 and cheaper).

                      Of course, if your objective is that, get a decent quality SD card that fulfils V30 requirement, then EVO Plus is enough (assuming you don't go for 64GB or lower). I am not saying Sandisk Extreme Pro is what people should get. 46% saving by switching to EVO Plus is significant and in your situation, getting a high end UHS-I card makes no sense. You either get a cost effective decent one or the best (and the best for your are UHS-II V90 or CFastExpress).

                    • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 14:33

                      @eecan: On the other hand, Extreme Pro microSD cards aren't complete out. If they are only 10% more and/or it is the 64GB or lower version that supports V30, then they are worth considering.

                      We all have a lot of SD cards. I checked my stash, I do have 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro microSD cards (V30). My EVO Plus ones are above 128GB.

                      The main reason I don't want to hype up Evo Plus or Sandisk Ultra too much is that at low capacity, they can be quite ordinary (the 32GB or below can be found dirt cheap quite often).

  • brokey on 15/01/2023 - 13:08

    Does anyone know of any phones that can take this capacity card?? I have a 512gig card in my phone at the moment but it's almost full…

    • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 13:13
      +1

      For Samsung:

      What size memory card does my Galaxy smartphone accept?

      1TB is the max for supported Samsung phones.

      So, I guess Google phone maker Web sites.

      • brokey on 15/01/2023 - 14:33

        Thanks for letting me know…I have looked at the GSM Arena website but all it tells you is if the phone does or doesn't take cards and not the capacity…

        • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 14:36

          Yeah, GSMArena doesn't show that, and you cannot count on microSDXC support means max capacity. In Samsung's case, at least officially, only 1TB. That's at the lower end of microSDXC capacity.

  • RichardL on 15/01/2023 - 13:10
    +1

    Or… your general Nintendo Switch usage.

    These are overkill for Nintendo Switch, but will still work nonetheless (just paying extra for specs that the Switch cannot utilise).

    • jwh on 15/01/2023 - 13:16

      Yeah, I'm looking at something like this Patriot 512GB card for the Switch instead. A decent chunk of a saving for the same capacity, and still decent write speeds. User reviews seem solid enough.

      • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 13:45
        +1

        512GB might be okay. A user reported the 64GB one is NOT V30 (which is expected, think about it, Samsung is only quoting V10 for their Evo Plus microSD card, only start quoting V30 on 128Gb or more).

        My past experience with Patriot SD cards is mixed. Reliability isn't that great. Performance is a bit uneven. Price is generally attractive though.

    • Metre on 15/01/2023 - 18:25

      It’s somewhat satire, comparing it to the official branded cards

  • Dealr on 15/01/2023 - 14:43

    Excuse my ignorance, are those at catch older versions or grey imports? As I see the speeds are different.

    SanDisk 1TB Extreme Pro Class 10 SD Card for $222.70!
    https://www.catch.com.au/product/sandisk-1tb-extreme-pro-cla…

    • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 14:57
      +3

      Sold and delivered by Veloreo Pty LTD. It is not sold by Catch or Sandisk so essentially eBay grade.

      • NotAnAudiophile on 15/01/2023 - 15:00
        +2

        You can price match at OW - myself and a few others tried and were successful.

      • evolutionevo on 16/01/2023 - 11:53

        What is the difference between the different grades except for the advertised speed?

  • LoserScott on 15/01/2023 - 14:55

    Now we know why phone manufacturers are making phones enclosed permanently.

    Just like money it's getting harder to find phones with SD slot as those with enclosed storage drag the phones price up.

    Imagine 16gig ram phone with 64gig add 900gig SD card and your good for life.

    wrong

    • netsurfer on 15/01/2023 - 15:16
      -3

      1TB SSD with TLC NAND can be have for $85-$90 with performance which blows away the SD. Phone makers certainly can make storage upgrade on phones cheaper. However, majority of people won't go for 1TB phones. Quality of life improvement does sell and phone makers can milk customers wanting that. Stocking too many of these higher storage phones are risky for Android phone makers.

      microSD card is a band-aid solution. All the phone makers know it, even Google knows it too. With this being 2.5x more expensive than SSD, I am not sure it is such a great idea. 900GB SD card is such a sweet spot? How about let's go 4TB and carry your game collection with you on your phone?

      It is just so efficient to find files and make changes on them on a phone right? Why do we even need computers and laptops?

      People must be dreaming to think these 1TB microSD cards are so ubiquitous. All those people buying low storage phones must be dumb because microSD storage is "so cheap".

      • LoserScott on 15/01/2023 - 17:30

        Hmm, apples rumoured to abandon the iPhone for augmented reality type, where the phones just a brick for back up storage or added power for the visors for a centralised portable cloud device in your pocket on a modified M1 cheap.

        It's rumours, but unless where talking about a Lenovo Legion y90 a beast of a gaming device then absolutely 4tb would make sense for that phone.

  • NotAnAudiophile on 15/01/2023 - 14:57

    Extreme Pro 1tb for $250 is not a deal. I price matched at OW and got it for about $220, price matching Catch/Kogan.

    • LoserScott on 15/01/2023 - 14:59

      Amazon has better consumer protection then those other two sites you listed.

      Your choice.

      • NotAnAudiophile on 15/01/2023 - 14:59
        +2

        I'd agree - I'm not encouraging us to buy from Catch/Kogan, but price matching with OW - same protections.

    • clx on 15/01/2023 - 17:16

      Grabbed the 512. OW in-store price matched Catch for me, bringing it to $82

    • Metre on 15/01/2023 - 18:24

      As some comments mentioned the Kogan/Catch ones might be the older version with lower max speeds. However, OW does sell the newer ones and better with price beat.

  • Associatedahmedazizrafiq77 @ Amazon AU on 15/01/2023 - 15:11

    I purchased the 1TB in 16/04/22 from shoppingsquare for the same price. I'm looking at it now in my payment history, I wish if I could attach a photo.

  • kungfuman on 15/01/2023 - 15:27

    i am tempted to upgrade my switch storage from 512gb sd card to a 1tb lol

    • kwchaz on 15/01/2023 - 16:02

      Do it lol

  • KRiSX on 16/01/2023 - 08:54

    this annoys me as I'm still waiting on a 512gb Samsung Pro Plus I ordered for my Deck back in December and paid $7.50 more for! crappy ebay sellers :(

    • edfoo on 16/01/2023 - 10:36

      Are they reputable eBay sellers? Otherwise you should never buy memory cards from eBay.

      • KRiSX on 16/01/2023 - 13:13

        have bought plenty off ebay previously due to discounts and never had an issue and I am generally pretty careful with who I buy from, but this time round I appear to have gone with a dud seller… will be opening a case with eBay if I don't get the item or hear back from them in the next 24 hours so may just buy one of these anyway

  • eecan on 17/01/2023 - 11:47
    +3

    Bought the 256GB SanDisk Extreme Pro 200MB/s microSD card to perform some real world testing.

    Card reader: SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Card USB Type-C Reader (SDDR-409-G46)

    MicroSD cards tested using supplied microSD > SD adapters. Have included V90 SD card tests to show that the card reader is not bottlenecking the cards.

    PC - File transfer test - 200GB transfer of 50MB photos from SSD to card via USB card reader
    2021 Samsung EVO Plus 256GB 42 minutes 50 seconds
    2022 Sandisk Extreme Pro 256GB 42 minutes 56 seconds
    Prograde V90 256GB 16 minutes 52 seconds

    Sony camera - continuous shooting test - take photos continuously until buffer is full and camera slows down
    2021 Samsung EVO Plus 256GB ~7 seconds
    2022 Sandisk Extreme Pro 256GB ~7 seconds
    Prograde V90 256GB ~8 seconds

    Sony camera - buffer clearing test - how long it takes for the cards to write to the microSD card (~129 photos in buffer)
    2021 Samsung EVO Plus 256GB 90 seconds
    2022 Sandisk Extreme Pro 256GB 90 seconds
    Prograde V90 256GB 28 seconds

    I am happy to perform further tests if anyone wants to suggest anything. As far as I can see it is difficult to recommend the Sandisk at higher capacities (128GB+) unless…

    • Your devices have compatibility issues with the Samsung microSD cards
    • Your primary use case for this is file transfers with a Sandisk USB reader that supports the proprietary Sandisk Quickflow technology (which 99% of people won't have or use lol)
    • You are dependent on some other factors not captured in testing e.g. full speed writes beyond 45 minutes where there may be some degradation of performance not captured in testing.
    • eecan on 17/01/2023 - 16:52

      Another test:

      PC - Large file transfer - 100GB transfer of 20GB videos from SSD to card via USB card reader
      2021 Samsung EVO Plus 256GB 21 minutes 39 seconds
      2022 Sandisk Extreme Pro 256GB 21 minutes 39 seconds
      Prograde V90 256GB 7 minutes 58 seconds

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