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Running Steam Games From An SD Card Handheld Gaming PC Test

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With the Valve Steam deck on the way so I wanted to see how well we could run Steam games from a Micro Sd card on a handheld gaming PC.
In this video, we test this out on the OneXPlayer handheld gaming PC I wanted to use the AYA Neo but the founder’s edition doesn’t have a micro-sd card slot. We test CS GO, The Witcher 3, and GTA5 on a micro SD card VS an NVMe drive and I even test out an external SSD.

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00:00-Intro
00:30-Overview
02:34-Steam Sd Card Setup
03:47-Drive Speed Test
04:57-CS GO Test
05:28-GTA5 Test
06:02-The Witcher 3 Test
07:20-External SSD Test

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27 comments

@don.timeless4993 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

i love buying physical games but disks is not my thing. i hope to see soon games on sd

@jaipee12 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

ETA could you please do this same test with an A1 rated micro SD card (that you have in this video) vs an A2 rated card which has faster read and write speeds? There are basically only these two types of cards

@mayankritiTV August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Link to buy for external SSD ?

@OfficialJesseUSA August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Your templete shows your sd card has AI on it. I heard that the series with A2 is what is actually designed spicfically for gaming

@datazen936 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Does the Steam deck 256/512 version have the same internal SSD speed as OneXPlayer? That speed looks insane for over 2000mb/s

@MadaraUchiha-dg1jq August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Hi, may i know why my oxp 1195G7 only got micro sd card speed of 30mbps? Yours quite a gap compared to mine, i am using the same sd card and confirmed its an original one

@DeckTested August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Is there differences between SD cards when it comes to actually downloading games though?

@antboogie6645 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

I only use my SD Card to store all my Roms for my emulators.
Any other game, I install it right to the internal drive.

@miciso666 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

What ive seen from people now. Sd card can be pretty damn fast. Ssd speeds. The only faster is the most expensive model with m2. I will use the mid range with a few 256gb evo cards. Prepped one with 2 big games. The rest are indie games

@markdillon9588 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

ETA, what SD cards would you recommend? Sandisk ultra / extreme or Samsung Evo?

@Whetzell August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

I’m confused, every game I’ve tried to play from my micro sd or USB (both top of the line storage devices) has been less than 1fps and the games take about 10x-20x as long to install. Do I have a setting I need to change? Faulty device? Seems unlikely that both ports are bad.

@meareAaron August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

since we now have an idea how fast they are now we need to know how LONG they last

@nebulous962 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

compared to hdd its not too bad.

@anthonylong5870 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Has anyone tried a small USB Jumpdrive through the USB C port? Those little guys can get up to 500MB/s transfer speed so it would in essence be the same speed as the external SSD but just be a little dongle at the top of the unit

@anthonylong5870 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Verbatim Pro II Plus 1900x is faster than an internal HHD so its perfect for gaming, The PNY X Pro is also good

@Jaredog2006 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Nice but I use sd card for new steam deck make easy save anyone file

@tonicsmily4513 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

who cares about loading speeds id be happy to play even i. it took 3 minutes

@MrDragonfire55555 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Can't wait to see one paired with a usb c hub that has a m.2 SSD in the hub

@TheSlickIzzy August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

What about running a game from an SD card in a computer(hp victus 3050)? I want to do this as a permanent fix. I bought two external hard drives and have had problems with both! I'm done with that. The first stopped working after I sat it on its side (too hard evidently… Not at all) and the second one works but only if you keep the cord still. Both were WD Elements Drives so no they were not no named garbage but I'm done.

@zaktheghost3289 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

You do you get the Onexplayer be controller to work on CSGO? I cant move at all. I would like to play this game on my handheld.

@diongalbreath9441 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Would be interesting to find the times when you load the games from a nas drive.

@davidacosta3228 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

Some games frames will drop by the way

@thisstephen8438 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

what Sd card drivers are you using? No one can seem to get the sd card to read/write more than 30 mbps (on reddit). My 1S even stutters regularly while emulating if the game is on an sd card. I'm using a 1tb sandisk….

@shinra358 August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

if the system was installed on the sd card as well it would be even slower. this set up is w system on ssd and games on sd.

@warlockboyburns August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

I just played wolfenstein 2 off an SD card and loading was instant I couldn't believe it.

@buitienkhanh August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

just want to say: thanks

@RinksRides August 2, 2024 - 6:37 pm

XD that 4k W/R speed on the SD BRUH! LITERALY 100x slower than the NVMe.

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