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Hardware \ 4gb or 8gb or more?

breathlite
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breathlite says:
Hey,
I'm thinking of investing in a micro SD card for my new DS. Because this is my first time buying one for my DS - I wasn't sure how big of a memory card I would need. My initial thought was that, more the memory the better - but then I wasn't sure if I would need that much space since NDS roms usually don't exceed 150mb right? But I'm in a dilemma, since I might want to other media on my DS too. Also, can someone tell me about the battery life of the DS? How long can it stay on for or does that depend on what you're doing (playing games, watching movie, listening to music)?

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance!
30/03/2008
NSW
ICC_06
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ICC_06 says:
I have a 4gig SD card and thats enough for me although I don't have much music on there and don't use it for many movies. If you want to use it for these as well as games you might want 8 gig but 4 gig is more than enough not using much music/movies.

The battery life on the lite is something like 14 hours according to the box with games.
03/04/2008
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Renegade89
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Renegade89 says:
Ive got 2GB mSD about 40 songs and 15 DS games more than enough...
04/04/2008
Australia
George_23
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Mates: 0
George_23 says:
Can you store games on these cards? and what is the purpose of owning thse sd cards? I dont really know.

Thanks
05/04/2008
Queensland
Renegade89
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Mates: 6
Renegade89 says:
Download ROMs/homebrew apps > drag into micro SD card > Put micro SD card in R4 card > put R4DS card into DS. Thats the purpose its like modding your DS made simple.
14/04/2008
Australia
breathlite
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Mates: 4
breathlite says:
Thanks guys for replying!

It's been about 4 months and now the 4gb microsd cards are a bit cheaper now so I got one of them
18/07/2008
NSW
AchooChoo
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AchooChoo says:
if you're going to use it with other medias eg music & movies etc, then your better off having an 8GB stick. make sense??

no comment on battery life when using music stuff, as the battery life is already not long enough just playing my games.
18/07/2008
Sydney
crabbersDS
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Mates: 16
crabbersDS says:
hey to play it safe i reckon a 2gb apparently if your sd card is to big it may reck your flash cart because they arent made for holding that many games even sixty is pushing it but yu should be fine i have a 2gb which is enough for me . but if you want movies n stuff yu will need more than a 2 gb
18/07/2008
melbourne,victoria
Travis0615
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Mates: 2
Travis0615 says:  
crabbersDS, you are right about making sure your cart is compatible with High Capacity SD cards, but you will not wreck the cart. If it is incompatible, it will just not read.

If you buy an SD card over 2GB, make sure your cart is SD HC compatible. Also, 2GB is a lot of space for just games. You can fit near 50 games. If you want more space, go for it. It will just cost you a bit more.
6 days ago
San Francisco, California
Vinzor
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Mates: 10
Vinzor says:
near 50? the game files vary in size...

2gb = not enough for me, and all i use it for is games.
i'm getting 8gb with CycloDS when i can be bothered buying a new card.
6 days ago
Brisbane, Queensland
 
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