Originally Posted by
danielgaz
Studs don't help with snow anyways, they only help with ice, but the snow studs don't have the best reputation. They're kind of for "I will probably never run into ice but want a few studs in case that I do".
If you want the fastest rolling tire with an appreciable number of studs it's the Schwalbe Marathon Winter, if you want something almost as fast but cheaper it's the Nokian w106.
Of course my opinion is a bit biased as I live in Minnesota were a barely studded tire is not very usable at all, lol...