@glassbottommeg @browren @akien Well, it absolutely is quite noticeably slower, but games in general aren't exactly I/O-heavy, so it most cases it just makes loading screens show up for longer.
@dos @glassbottommeg @browren @akien like, sure, in some games it may be slower but the difference is usually very small, like a few more seconds at most. Turns out 100MB/s of read is actually quite a lot
@TheEnbyWitch @glassbottommeg @browren @akien I mean, it does make a difference! But only if you have a comparison or make measurements. I only noticed that I had Portal 2 installed on SD card because a mid-2012 MBP was finishing loading a bit sooner than Deck during co-op; loading times didn't bother me at all otherwise :D
@TheEnbyWitch @glassbottommeg @browren @akien I should add that this MBP was upgraded with an SSD; I may have accidentally made it sound much worse than it actually is:)
@dos @glassbottommeg @browren I bought one of the more expensive models after reading a few Steam Deck focused guides (SanDisk Extreme 512G microSDXC, claims 190 MB/s reading speed).
I've been playing games both off the NVMe on the Steam Deck 512G model, and the SD card, and honestly I didn't see the difference.
In benchmarks I'm sure there's a difference but for casual use... it's just fine.
@dos @glassbottommeg @browren @akien I've played sooooo many games from my microSD card, it literally doesn't make that much of a difference compared to the internal drive really!