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I ran out of 512 so fast on legion go s, (sd card reader sucks) Couldn't go with 256, but ive heard steam deck has a decent reader
I have the 64gb LCD and run most games off sd card. With a quality card, it works really well.
I just got a 256GB steam deck. It's do able. But you'll want a PC nearby with your games installed. Then it'll just download it from your PC for lightning fast installs.
I own an OG Legion Go and owned a Steam Deck prior to that. The Deck's SD card reader is definitely better.
The Deck's reader does the full 80MB/s UHS-I well enough. It works well electrically, but the ejector sucks. I've picked up my system, and had the card randomly hang out like ๐. It is vital to tape over the card to keep it from wandering off on its own.
I upgraded mine to 2TB and still have to uninstall games to add others every 2 months or so ๐
I put a fast 512GB SD card for dashcams in mine, and it works fine.
I went with a cheap one, but it's max speeds should still be higher than what it can read/write, will try a more expensive one. Some games like flat out 2 worked off it, but loaded super slow with ocassional stutters and a single crash, would be fine on tv, but I want to quickly launch and play games when using a handheld. How fast do yours launch?
No different than from the internal drive as far as I can tell. I've never had any of those issues. It's a Samsung Pro.
You have the go s or the steam deck?
Steam Deck. Sorry, I thought that's what we were talking about. I see now you were talking about the Go.
Fortunately the NVMe is not that hard to upgrade. Like if you can replace a battery in an iPhone you can change the SSD in the Steam Deck.