Testing the Emulation Capabilities of the Raspberry Pi 5

[@rascubulous]

Exactly what I have been looking for. Well explained content on getting retrogaming working on Pi 5 beyond 'run installer and copy roms over'. Thank you! (edit: any 'pro tips' or optimizations beyond what you have covered already would be good - if there are any :) - cheers)

[@Tailslol]

i find the pi5 really interesting for android gaming and emulation...then for everything else i recommend more a intel n100. it cost pretty much the same price but has windows and better specs and compatibility for emulation.

[@Evilkingus]

"Has windows" This is not necessarily a pro, but I guess you can just replace it with linux. If you want a stable, seamless retrogaming experience, a custom linux system is preferred. I do have windows on one of my minipcs, because I also want to play regular PC games and it is horrible with its wonky windows-ness, constant updates etc. A linux-based system like batocera just works, in most cases.

[@Tailslol]

@@Evilkingus i can tell you never seen an arcade machine running hyperspin as shell on windows XP or seven. There is a reason why most japanese arcade machine are windows and x86 based. And if you really want Linux. Mint, a lot of other distro and emulators are precompiled only on x86.

[@jediknight2350]

did you use vulkan .the trouble is if your not an expert in emulation scene you wont get best out of it.

[@fixitman2174]

Thanks for the useful information. I'm hoping a better cooling solution will eventually be available. I'd like to see if overclocking improves playability for newer system emulators. Did you happen to check for thermal throttling while testing?

[@kiodiekin]

Batocera has performance issues. Ps2 works performance varies based on what os your using

[@omgitsbats]

Your N64 performance issues are due to resolution and storage speed. You're above native, and likely using slow storage. It runs the entire library perfectly fine. A better test would be the various MAME 3D titles that only use CPU emulation of older GPU tech.

[@ArtisansAlliance]

I just went back and retested with 2 things suggested. I changed the resolution to 640 x 480 and using a high speed external USB 3 SSD drive. It didn't make any changes to the performance issues on the games that had performance problems. I think either the emulator isn't optimized fully for the Pi 5 or the Pi 5s GPU is too weak. Even though it's significantly better than the Pi 4 ... It's still a little low on power. I tested N64 because it was one of the systems that I really want to play, and that didn't play very well on the Pi 4, and the Pi 5 certainly did better than Pi 4.

[@venix20]

makes me wonder if overclocking the pi5 can nudge it to playable framerates on wii and gamecube , what about ps2 ?

[@metinemiroglu1936]

The biggest advantage of pi5 is you can hook it up to a crt cia an rgb-pi cable or vga hat. And that changes the game when comparing to more powerful pcs.

[@omgitsbats]

The RGB pi only works on the pi4, and you can hook up any modern PC to a CRT or Arcade monitor. So... no.

[@metinemiroglu1936]

@@omgitsbats you can use RGB-pi cable with Pi5 (with recalbox). Yes you can connect pc to a crt with an older Ati card, and that's fine, though needs some tinkering.

[@ReaversRespite]

Have you released this case yet? If so, does it support NVME SSD? Thanks!

[@neilritchiecaguioa8593]

How about PS2 Emulator on Raspberry Pi 5?Will it run better?Or not?

[@iokwong1871]

Sure you can get it as low as $75..... But that's the "got ya". When you add the Fan, the proper power supply (which is somewhat uncommon!) you are looking at about $100. And that's included the SD card and probably a basic case. By then you are looking at $120...... You can get a N100 or even a N97 which will be pretty A s your entire list of Emulation as long as you don't go beyond 720p on the more Demanded system.

[@btfarrwm]

Did you experiment with overclocking for N64, Wii, or GameCube? Would be interested to see how CPU and GPU overclocking could improve playability on those systems.

[@StevenLewandowski]

Yeah, I tried overclocking as much as possible. 3ghz on CPU and I forget how high on GPU ... But it didn't make enough of a difference to make any of the games I thought we're unplayable playable. I tried overclocking for GameCube too and it didn't make much of a difference for that either 🤷‍♂️

[@WR3ND]

@@StevenLewandowski Hey, Steve, do you have a video out somewhere about that Pi case with more info on it? It looks really cool. Thanks.

[@StevenLewandowski]

@@WR3ND not yet!!! It's on my to-do list for sure!

[@WR3ND]

@@StevenLewandowski Awesome. Looking forward to it. Cheers.

[@ziggy8757]

maybe pi 6 can be capable of emulating wii perfectly....in 4 or 5 years.....

[@peterbauer6905]

Emulating the old consoles is no problem. Dreamcast also is perfect. But PS2 is not possible. So if you want to run PS2 games without any issues, forget it. I run Sega Master, Megadrive, NES and SNES, PS1 and PC-engine games. Also Dreamcast and N64. But sadly PS2 games was not possible at all. For me better to use a PS2 itself.

[@LivingLinux]

Did you use AetherSX2 or NetherSX2 for PS2 emulation? It's been a while since I last tested it. I haven't tested it with the latest Vulkan 1.3 driver (Mesa 24.3).

[@kiodiekin]

Ps2 doesn’t work? Interesting

[@peterbauer6905]

@@LivingLinux No, not using Aether SX, just tried to make it run on Batocera 4

[@aka_Botw]

Is it the 4gb ram version or the 8gb version

[@StevenLewandowski]

I used both actually. But it doesn't matter for emulation. 4gb performs the exact same.

[@mhgame]

How much latency you got in controller ?

[@ArtisansAlliance]

I'm not sure actually ... I don't feel any abnormal latency when I'm playing but I'm not sure how sensitive to latency I am compared to others. I was thinking about doing a latency test in part of another video.