ROG Ally very slow download speeds to SD card

[JonnyOptimus]

I've installed a SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB micro SD Card, formatted NTFS. When downloading in Steam I'm getting inconsistent speeds ranging from 0MB/s - 7MB/s.

When I run a read/write test on the card it shows sequential right speeds of 70-80MB/s and random write speeds of 57MB/s.

Internet speed test results in 90MB/s.

I've downloaded the latest card reader driver from Asus which didn't help at all.

Also worth noting that when I download a game to the internal SSD I get speeds of 50-60MB/s.

Additionally, I have a slower SanDisk SD Card (Ultra) in my Steam Deck and get speeds of around 30MB/s when downloading on there.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[JonnyOptimus]

Try playing around with the download speed limit until you can maintain a steady speed. This issue happens when the internet is faster than the card so it stops downloading to deal with the files on the card and then starts again and stops again.

[JonnyOptimus]

Update: Even though I managed to mostly fix the SD Card problem, it's still slower than I'd like (both in downloading games as well as running games). I've decided to just upgrade the internal SSD to a 2 TB drive and return both SD cards I ordered. Interestingly, a fast, 2 TB 2230 NVME SSD is cheaper per GB than the 1TB SanDisk card I have and at least 20 times faster so it just makes more sense. It's arriving today. If anyone is interested in the process of cloning and switching out the drive let me know and I'll post about it tonight once I've completed the swap.

[DaCasualty]

what 2 tb ssd brand did you go with. and yes keep us updated. plz and thank you!

[JonnyOptimus]

I got this one: SABRENT Rocket Q4 2230 NVMe 4.0 2TB https://a.co/d/0YCfYJy

I also got this NVMe enclosure so I could just Hook it up to the USB port and clone the drive before installing it so I wouldn't have to reinstall everything. SABRENT USB 3.2 10Gbps Type C Tool Free Enclosure for M.2 PCIe NVMe and SATA SSDs (EC-SNVE) https://a.co/d/6Kzjope

It all went very well. The install was super easy and the performance of the drive is great!

I found a couple of good YouTube tutorials for both the installation of the drive and the cloning of the drive. Let me know if you want the links.

[DaCasualty]

Yea please share the links to the vids i will be doing this also. and thanks a bunch!

[JonnyOptimus]

Cloning: https://youtu.be/Dkw7evMLdYU

Installation (just ignore the part about reinstalling Windows since you'll be cloning): https://youtu.be/8Oxj5P-JLHY

[JonnyOptimus]

Results!