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Generally every card should work with sd2snes.
However some cards, while sporting fast transfer rates, have long access times (jumping between two non-consecutive sectors on the card).
This can impact MSU1 performance when using the MSU1 audio and data features simultaneously, as two files have to be streamed at the same time.

Generally peak access times (T_max in the table below) up to 1 ms are acceptable for MSU1. I’ve come across cards with maximum access times as long as 9 ms. If the peak access time is slightly above 1 ms, low average access times (T_avg in the table below) can make up for it sometimes.

Note that cards with long access times can still be suitable for low-bandwidth and smaller transfers per frame. Also, using only the data or the audio extension at a given time increases tolerance.

As a rule of thumb the acceptable peak access time is 10 ms for audio only, 2 ms for data only.

On this page cards tested with sd2snes will be listed, including their measured peak+average access time, brand, maker/product code, revision, and serial number, and if MSU1 audio+video playback at full bandwidth is possible.

BrandNameSize[GB]MakerProductRev.Mfd.s/nT_avgT_maxMSU1 A/V ok?
SanDiskExtreme Class 10 30MB/s80x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD08G8.00x2003f5850.5 ms8.8 msno
TranscendSDHC Class 10320x74 / "JE" / JiaElec?SD1.00x0000073e0.7 ms1.1 msrare glitches
SanDiskExtreme Class 10 30MB/s80x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD08G8.00xc042eae70.6 ms9.5 msno
PLATINUMSDXC640x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSMI1.00x490109870.5 ms0.7 msyes (reformat w/ FAT32)
TranscendSDHC Class 1080x1b / "SM" / Samsung000001.00x01086ccb0.9 ms1.2 mssome glitches
SanDiskSD10x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD01G8.00x1008940c0.4 ms0.7 msyes
extrememorySD20x3e / "H-" / ?FLASH0.00x0090006d0.4 ms7.4 msno
SanDiskmicroSD160x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSU16G8.00x1100f68a0.6 ms1.2 msyes
NoNamemicroSD20x1b / "SM" / Samsung000001.00xb19d34c70.2 ms1.6 msyes
NoNamemicroSD0.50x00 / " " / ?N/A1.00x1c6f3b3a0.1 ms0.2 msyes
ToshibaSD20x02 / "TM" / ToshibaSD02G6.00xaab68a2d0.3 ms0.5 msyes
PanasonicSD20x01 / "PA" / PanasonicSN02G7.40x618b75690.7 ms1.0 msrare glitches
MEDIONSD20x4e / "BW" / BiWin?SMI1.02009/120x0000082a0.2 ms0.5 msyes
SanDiskminiSD10x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD01G8.02007/100x113108d90.4 ms0.6 msyes
SanDiskWii SD40x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD04G8.02010/010x206c37af0.4 ms0.6 msyes
SanDiskUltra Class 440x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD04G8.00x2185a5960.5 ms3.8 msno
SanDiskmicroSD20x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSU02G8.00x2015e4fe0.4 ms0.8 msyes
NoNamemicroSD20x02 / "TM" / ToshibaSD02G3.80xa3badb4c0.4 ms0.7 msyes
TranscendSDHC Class 1040x1e / "AB" / ?SDC1.00x00a0087a0.4 ms0.8 msyes
SanDiskExtreme III SDHC40x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD04G8.00x007085ad0.4 ms0.7 msyes
PLATINUMSDHC Class 10160x1a / "PQ" / Power Quotient?SMI0.00x000010070.4 ms7.8 msno
SamsungMB-SS8GA SDHC Class 680x1b / "SM" / Samsung000001.00x05a129ff0.8 ms1.4 mssome glitches
PanasonicSDHC Class 440x01 / "PA" / PanasonicSP04G7.42009/100x24a6a00e0.4 ms0.6 msyes
PLATINUMSD40x6f / "" / ?SMI1.02007/010x4232063f0.4 ms0.9 msyes
PLATINUMSDHC Class 10320x73 / ”BG” / Bongiovi Intl.?NCard1.02011/120x000002b20.2 ms0.9 msyes
SanDiskSD5120.50x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD5128.02005/120x20c463930.5 ms0.9 msyes
ULTRONSecure Digital HighSpeed20x02 / "TM" / ToshibaSD02G2.82007/110xa06e4a1d0.1 ms0.2 msyes
SanDiskUltra SDHC 30 MB/s Class 680x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSU08G8.02012/040x01409cf00.4 ms0.8 msyes
Patriot LXSeries 16 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card PSF16GSDHC10 (Black)160x27 / "PH" / ?SD16G3.02012/040xb00c54bd1.8 ms3.0 msno
SanDiskSeries 32 GB Class 4 SD SDHC SDSDB-032G-B35320x03 / "SD" / SanDiskSD32G8.02012/050.8 ms1.4 msyes
SamsungMB-MSAGA/EU Essential Class 6 microSDHC 16GB160x1b / "SM" / Samsung000001.02012/010x0a7a75510.7 ms1.1 msyes
SamsungMicro SD 2GB MB-MS2GA/EU20x1b / "SM" / Samsung000001.02012/090x0350acea0.2 ms0.4 msyes
KingMaxSDHC Class 6160x13 / "HG" / ?SD16G0.02012/100x011000160.3 ms0.9 msyes
Posted by ikari at 3:51 pm

8 Responses to “Card list”

  1. mi213 says:
    March 9, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    Brand: PLATINUM
    Name: SDHC Class 10
    Size: 32GB
    Maker: 0×73/”BG”/?
    Product: “NCard”
    Rev: 1.0
    Mfd: 2011/12
    s/n: 000002b2
    T_avg: 0.243ms
    T_max: 0.885ms
    MSU1 ok: yes

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  2. Ocer R. says:
    May 29, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    I’ve tested two cards yet…

    Brand: SanDisk
    Name: SD512
    Size: 512MB
    Maker: 0×03/”SD”
    Product: “SD512”
    Rev: 8.0
    Mfd: 2005/12
    s/n: 20c46393
    T_avg: 0.452ms
    T_max: 0.863ms
    MSU1 ok: yes

    and…

    Brand: ULTRON
    Name: Secure Digital HighSpeed
    Size: 2GB
    Maker: 0×02/”TM”
    Product: “SD02G”
    Rev: 2.8
    Mfd: 2007/11
    s/n: a06e4a1d
    T_avg: 0.142ms
    T_max: 0.163ms
    MSU1 ok: yes

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  3. sdekaar says:
    June 20, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    brand:Patriot LX
    name
    Series 16 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card PSF16GSDHC10 (Black)
    size 16GB
    maker: 0.27/ “PH”
    product: SD16G
    rev: 3.0
    sn: b00c54bd
    mfd 2012/04
    sd acc. tome 1.771/2.996 ms avg max
    MSU1 ok: yes

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  4. Jessie12 says:
    July 10, 2012 at 8:11 am

    Could you tell me if Sandisk SDSDX-064G-X46 works fine with it ?
    http://www.proline.pl/?p=SDSDX-064G-X46

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  5. fratzengeballer says:
    July 10, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    brand: Sandisk
    name: Series 32 GB Class 4 SD SDHC Modellnumber: SDSDB-032G-B35
    size 32 GB
    maker: 0×03. -SD-
    product: -SD32G-
    rev: 8.0
    mfd 2012/05
    sd acc. tome 0.822/1.417 ms avg max

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  6. Fryster says:
    July 12, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    brand: Samsung
    name: MB-MSAGA/EU Essential Class 6 microSDHC 16GB
    size: 16gb
    maker: 0x1b, “SM”
    product: “00000″, Rev. 1.0
    sd serial no.: 0a7a7551, mfd. 2012/01
    sd scc. time: 0.678 / 1.062 ms avg/max
    msu1 ok: Yes

    http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0058TUDGE/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00

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  7. Akumajo says:
    October 29, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    brand: Samsung
    name: Samsung Micro SD 2GB MB-MS2GA/EU
    size: 2 GB
    maker: 0x1b, “SM”
    product: “00000″ Rev 1.0
    serial : 0350acea, mfd 2012/09
    SD acc Time 0.188 / 0.350ms avg/max
    Price : 3,5 € :)

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  8. Kakashi says:
    December 2, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    Brand: KingMax
    Name: SDHC Class 6
    Size: 16GB
    Maker: 0×13/”HG”/?
    Product: “SD16G”
    Rev: 0.0
    Mfd: 2012/10
    s/n: 01100016
    T_avg: 0.348ms
    T_max: 0.948ms
    MSU1 ok: yes

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