CarphuntinGod Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Lookin' around to pick up a card for my shipping vista, wondering if there's any microsd card people have found is head and shoulders above the pack for speed. Any cards that are known problems / don't work? Quote Link to comment
gratefulHIKE Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 well they all read and write pretty quickly if anything the GPS unit would slow it down........just grab a 2gb/4gb http://www.newegg.com/product/ProductList....amp;Tpk=microsd Quote Link to comment
+imajeep Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 All pretty comparable. I think they all come from the same Chinese factory. Quote Link to comment
CivilVet Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Usually Hi-speed cards are based on writing to the card. Your GPS just reads from it usually. I don't think it matters as much as for cameras. Quote Link to comment
CarphuntinGod Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Usually Hi-speed cards are based on writing to the card. Your GPS just reads from it usually. I don't think it matters as much as for cameras. I've seen some sites though that point out some cards, though, that seem to be a hell of a lot faster than others (read and write). Just thought it could affect map reads on our units. Quote Link to comment
CivilVet Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 It might, I have not seen that much variance in the read speed, only in write. I think it was mentioned in one of the FQ's for a 60/76 that any card would perform about the same. Quote Link to comment
+JSWilson64 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I just found a package of 2 Kingston 2GB micro sd at Fry's for 19.99 (fry's online price is 17.99). That's better than NewEgg, but I think it ends today. Quote Link to comment
+viking0311 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 you can find 2gb cards online for about 12 bucks at sites like cellphoneshop.net, and I would be willing to say that in the unit all cards are going to perform at just about the same speed(+/- .1 milliseconds or so) the GPSr is going to be the choke point on the read, as the processor in the unit would not be able to process as fast as the card can be read. Quote Link to comment
+MacFlash Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 (edited) I'm pretty sure that Garmin specifically recommends against the high speed cards in their units. Edited May 8, 2008 by MacFlash Quote Link to comment
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