Which SD Card

Merlot56 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 1

I am going to by a new SD card for my TTG... however, I noticed that cards have different write speeds. Are all SD cards compatible with TTG? Can anyone recommend a particular make and a good web source for cards.

Many thanks

boris · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject:

Hi there,

I'm no technical expert, so when I upgraded (just last week) I went for a card that a lot of people said they had had no problems with, the Kingston 512Mb. Don't know it's full tech details, but it was something like £27.31 from www.dabs.com It was a straight 'plug and play'. No problems at all.

Upgrading is simple if you look through the forum, oldboy put me straight last week. All you need is the card, a read/writter is not needed, and 'reactivation' is also not needed.

boris

Pocketgps · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject:

Hello Merlot56

I always buy Lexar, a bit more expensive than other makes, but have never had any problems with them.

http://www.picstop.co.uk/securedigital.htm

JohnBoy59 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 120

Yes - I'd like some advice on this one as I'm about to upgrade SD Card. 2 questions:

1) Is write speed important? and if so can someone recommend a fast card.

2) If a 512 card is used to capacity does it slow the TTG down any more than a full 128 card?

Thanks

CHEDS · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 75

Ive just bought the kingston 512 card and it works fine no slow down at all Wink

SGR1913 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 26, 2004 Posts: 59

I've just bought a 1GB Kingston, and have no performance problems. Very happy with it

Pocketgps · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject:

JohnBoy59 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 120

Thanks PGPS

Jo · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 13, 2004 Posts: 79

SanDisk

never had any problems

Madkitty · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject:

I have a Viking 512mb and its fine
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MikeB · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject:

I am actually putting the finishing touches to a review article that has been in preparation for about 4 months now regarding memory cards. Hopefully this will be published this weekend.

The first thing I would say is that you can pretty much ignore both read and write speeds. This is because when they are quoted they rely on serial reading or writing of large amounts of data to achieve the quoted rates. Applications like TomTom Navigator are continually reading random sections of the file. More details in the review.

Without wanting to preempt the review you will not go far wrong with a Kingston 512Mb card.
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JohnBoy59 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 120

Cheers Mike - I'll hold back until Ive read the review.
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JohnBoy59 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 120

Am I save to assume that any software or map update that TT release will fit onto the standard 128mb card? If so, whats the point of getting anything bigger than a 256mb which should hold all the POI one could ever need given that I will never need anything other than the GB map. Am I missing something? Rolling Eyes

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MikeB · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:49 am Post subject:

The 512Mb is a good size and performs well. They are not expensive and allow for expansion in the future if you ever need it.

The review will be released this weekend. Hopefully, time dependent etc.
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