#61167 - t1mmer - Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:00 pm
Is there any reason/advantage to buy a CF M3 or Supercard over an SD M3 or Supercard (or vice versa)? I do not have any existing CF or SD cards/hardware/etc. I understand that the SD M3 is not yet available. Danny of m3adapter.com says that it will be released around November 20th.
Thanks for your help!
#61171 - tepples - Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:07 pm
CF is potentially faster, and chishm's CF drivers are more mature. SD might in the future be compatible with GBA-slot Option Paks through passthrough devices that take both a DS card and an SD card (such as Magic Key 2).
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#61175 - t1mmer - Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:58 pm
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it!
#61219 - Mr. Picklesworth - Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:35 am
Just to make you go crazy... (I'm sorry):
The SD supercard is completely contained within the game pack slot... it doesn't jut out at all. Although, the CF supercard is also the best of the CF adapters for being compact... The only thing poking out is the compact flash card itself.
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#61222 - creepyplaidman - Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:16 am
The sd supercard is sort of completely contained in the gameslot except for the part that's sticking out of the game slot :P
#61230 - The 9th Sage - Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:18 am
| creepyplaidman wrote: |
| The sd supercard is sort of completely contained in the gameslot except for the part that's sticking out of the game slot :P |
Even if the M3 sticks out as much as the GBAMP does, I think I'd rather have it that way since the card is contained entirely within the device.
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#61232 - tepples - Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:52 am
| The 9th Sage wrote: |
| Even if the M3 sticks out as much as the GBAMP does, I think I'd rather have it that way since the card is contained entirely within the device. |
That's all well and good for playing games on the road. But when you're sitting at your computer in an edit-build-run cycle, it's convenient to be able to pak-swap the CF card without having to pak-swap the GBA card too. It's all a matter of what you'll use it for; some people have reasons to prefer the SuperCard, others the M3.
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#61234 - NoMis - Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:50 am
I'm not really concerned about whatever the card is contained in the DS or not. But I want to use the SD version because I already have an SD card and don't want to spend extra cost on a CF card that I only use for DS.
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#61424 - jojjy - Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:15 pm
I'm also wondering the real pros and cons of either SD or CF. The less the device sticks out the better, but performance trumps compactness in my mind.
Is there a nice gui or menu for either card? I like the idea of it being user friendly, so I can pass it off to friends.