HP 50g & SD Cards: Performance, Format, Notes

[JDW]

(07-22-2016 02:32 AM)Claudio L. Wrote:  The PNY card is a class 4, SD Speed class 4 guarantees minimum sustained write speed of 4MB/s (for camcorders), it probably reads around 15 to 20 MB/s. I'd say that's the fastest card in the group.

But that PNY card was only the 3rd fastest in Joe's test.

Based on what you wrote, it seems to make sense to use a much smaller card for faster boot times. However, the smaller the card, the older it likely is, and therefore the slower it likely is. So to get the fastest speed, you'd really want a more modern, faster card with guaranteed minimum speeds. And yet if you buy that, it's impossible now to find a truly modern SD card in sizes less than 1GB. Therein lies the dilemma. What's the perfect balance?