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Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:19 pm
by kinect360
Does swiss support SDXC or only SD and SDHC? I am looking to get a 64gb sdxc at 60mb/s read and 40mb/s write. Im guessing the gamecube has read and write caps as well, does anyone know them? No point on wasting money on a high performance card if the gamecube can utilize that performance.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:43 pm
by emu_kidid
Swiss supports SD,SDHC,SDXC from the SDGecko. Speed is going to be around 2.3mb/s so don't bother with any fancy cards designed for high performance photography/etc.

The Wiikey Fusion/WASP SD only allows reading up to 64GB of a SDXC card due to a limitation in the code on the WKF/WASP which we cannot change (yet?). For example I can use my 128GB SDXC and it will only allow 64GB of it to be read in Swiss.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:27 pm
by kinect360
Okay great thanks for the information :) The only reason to buy a fancier card would to be for the higher write speeds > transferring isos to the sd.

I will but accordingly now thanks again!

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:32 am
by Benni
@emu_kidid

is it possible to create 2 Partitions with 64 GB each for use with WKF?

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:25 am
by emu_kidid
No, there's a certain sector limit that is hit so partitions won't make a difference. Example is, you can see the FAT table for the entire 128GB but you can't read files that are placed on SD after 64GB.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:29 am
by novenary
What about the WKF speed limit ? Is a class 10 SD worth it ?

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:34 am
by kinect360
As previously stated, 2.3mb/s is the cap I believe.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:53 am
by novenary
It's the EXI speed limit. The drive port and thus WKF is something else IIRC.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:00 pm
by emu_kidid
Wiikey Fusion is much faster, I haven't done any speed tests but it'd be > 10mb/s.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:30 pm
by novenary
Oh good to know. Is it faster than the DVD drive by chance ?

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:31 pm
by kinect360
Oh great so I'll get a better performance card then

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:42 pm
by emu_kidid
FYI, a class 4 is plenty.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:44 pm
by kinect360
Hard to find a class 4 64gb card, they are usually all class 10 or UHS

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:45 pm
by megalomaniac
I use a 2GB SD card I bought in 2006.
There are no specifications on this card because I guess specs were not printed on the packages back then
There is no class either



It has been performance tested and verified to meet the max EXI cardslot speed
Likewise, it performs with no issues thru WKF/WASP slot..

Remember the modchips only emulate up to 3x DVD speed for GC
1,385 kB/s x3 = 4,155 kB/s or about 4MB/s

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:50 pm
by kinect360
Okay, but then again, goodluck finding a class 4 or even 6 64gb sdxc

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:58 pm
by deckard
What they're saying is, just don't spend extra for a higher class card. Get the cheapest card you can find for the size you want.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:09 am
by emu_kidid
Yes, exactly as deckard mentioned.

I'll implement a speed test into Swiss to display speed just before a game is booted - this is already happening for SDGecko but I'll implement it for more devices.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:49 am
by kinect360
Yes I understand what they are saying lol, what I am saying is there is no lower class option for the size I want.

Re: Gamecube support SDXC?

Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 3:26 pm
by jlo138
kinect360 wrote:Yes I understand what they are saying lol, what I am saying is there is no lower class option for the size I want.
Yeah, I believe 64gb and up are all standard class 10. I just got two 32gb class 10 40mbit/s micros from my local Bestbuy for $31 each. They had a huge sale.