#144988 - mute - Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:21 am
Okay I have a good flashcart for myself (Spent like $120 total), but I have fixed a broken DS and hope to buy two more cards. Nothing flashy or great. I'm looking at N-Card 1Gbyte for $29.90. Is this the cheapest? Am I missing any of the cons of this card? Such as EEPROM emulation sucking, etc... I'm really not familiar with the older/cheaper stuff. Everything seems to use Micro SD cards now and I really don't care to mess with them and knowing which ones are fast/slow etc etc... I'd be fine with just 512MB really...
btw, before any flames... i've searched, i've read... i'm not a noob. i am simply starting a discussion. k? tks! :P
#144994 - tepples - Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:45 am
You don't need to care about "EEPROM emulation" as long as you patch homebrew programs with the DLDI driver.
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#145024 - mute - Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:55 pm
of course. looks like the card for me. new firmwares do autopatching, wut! using the DS with the linker to emulate a controller/mouse seems like a neat novelty as well. =)
#145044 - Creebo - Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:43 pm
Don't get the N-Card. I repeat, DON'T. I got the 16gbit (2GBytes) version and I was pleased with it for about 2 months. Instead of complaining like a lil pansy instead I'll make a list of cons:
-Homebrew support is not very good (Things like Wolfenstein and WabbitDS dont work)
-Very slow (It is USB2.0 but feels like 1.1 and using it on a USB1.1 PC takes about 30 seconds to copy a 500kb file over)
-The slot-2 USB cart gets annoying and feels flimsy and doesnt add any good features
-Firmware updates are rare
-Support for the device isnt very good and if you do get help its some japanese guy you can hardly understand
-The whole software for it seems hacked together
-The GUI can be skinned, but only the backgrounds and scrollbar color
I would recommend getting a R4. I do not own one but its the #1 choice of most people I know. Micro SD cards are getting very cheap so your total price is gonna be $55 at the most. FYI I am going to buy one very soon because my ncard is pissing me off.
#145057 - Flyfishing - Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:25 am
| Creebo wrote: |
-Very slow (It is USB2.0 but feels like 1.1 and using it on a USB1.1 PC takes about 30 seconds to copy a 500kb file over)
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I must admit that I don't own an N-Card (or any of the clones). However, I do know that even if you use a USB 2.0 compatible device on a USB 1.1 port, you will get USB 1.1 speeds. That's all there is to it. If you want it to be faster, use a USB 2.0 port.
#145058 - tepples - Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:09 am
But ordinarily, a USB 1.1 device should be able to copy at about 1 MB per second.
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#145067 - Flyfishing - Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:10 am
| tepples wrote: |
| But ordinarily, a USB 1.1 device should be able to copy at about 1 MB per second. |
Granted, that's true. However, it's a possibility (however, I have no basis for this) that the manufacturer may have used low speed data rates to cut costs. Perhaps that, coupled with a complex copying technique (USB to GBA slot to DS slot), could cause those kinds of speeds.
#145249 - mute - Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:50 am
| Creebo wrote: |
-Homebrew support is not very good (Things like Wolfenstein and WabbitDS dont work)
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That's reason enough right there. I'm glad I asked. Wonder why that is though?