Accessories Class 2 vs. Class 6 vs. 8???

[Treikens]

Alright I want to know which card to get for my G1.

There are many class 6es on newegg for under $20 now. but they are all only 8gbs

The Sandisk 16gb is about $50bucks on ebay but it's only class 2.

And I've heard on some forums that if you look hard enough you can find the class 8 8gb sandisk made, price unknown.

Now price isn't a big deal, I can save up. so don't say "it depends on your budget" I think the 16gbs would be sweet but not if my phone would load things slower than a class 6 card.

I am not concerned about the transfer speeds getting things on the card from the pc.

So bottomline I want to know: Does the phone take a little longer to load things on a class 2 card than on a class 6? and if it's noticeable, like does it take 3more seconds to load or 3more minutes! ya know?



Thanks guys,
Long time reader, 1st time poster...I think
~Treikens!

 

[Ageless Stranger]

When you hear class ratings for SD cards, the rating is about write speed.

Class 2: 2 MB/s
Class 4: 4 MB/s
Class 6: 6 MB/s

If you dont need super fast write speeds (i.e you arent writing continuous data to the card like video) then the higher class cards wont give you any benefit at all.

 

[Treikens]

so watching a video or loading a ton of pictures on a class 6 memory card wouldn't be anyfaster than on a class 2 memory card?

 

[Deleted User]

so watching a video or loading a ton of pictures on a class 6 memory card wouldn't be anyfaster than on a class 2 memory card?

I just bought myself an 8GB Kingston and it was the new Class 4 HCSD, and i decided to do a speed test on it using HD Tach and it was ALOT faster than 4MB. It was something like 40-50MB in speeds....i think HD Tach was botched.

 

[XFreeRollerX]

I can let you know how the phone runs with different class cards

I had a CLASS 2 16GB micro sdhc card but it died on me, I have a CLASS 6 16GB MicroSDHC card coming in, should be here by tomorrow... Ill let you know how it works.. it was expensive though.. $100

 

[XFreeRollerX]

CLASS 6 16GB memory card is pure god damn win.

pictures no longer take forever to load, lag time between music/song changes is much faster (less lag time) and loading up downloaded items isn't as bad.

Overall: worth the cost!

 

[Deleted User]

CLASS 6 16GB memory card is pure god damn win.

pictures no longer take forever to load, lag time between music/song changes is much faster (less lag time) and loading up downloaded items isn't as bad.

Overall: worth the cost!

Stock 1GB cards are class 6. I bought an 8GB class 4 saw little no benefit from it. But 16GB is pure sex....