Extremely Slow emulation station and games running slow

mitu

@kingcosmuder said in Extremely Slow emulation station and games running slow:

hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=16

This should force 1080p, but I think it's ignored by/for your TV somehow. Can you add

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080

below those lines and reboot ? Is the resolution/frame rate changed ?

KingCosmuder

@mitu it changed it and now i am getting a consistent 20-30ish on menu and slighter better nes performance also i have a black border around the screen not a big issue but noticable

mitu

@kingcosmuder Try to play with the overscan (scale) options - see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Overscan/.

KingCosmuder

@mitu thanks, anyway to improve the fps further in game and in the menu? i feel as if its not quite what it should be still

mitu

@kingcosmuder Can you exit EmulationStation and run tvservice -s on the command line ? It should show you the current video resolution and the other video modes supported by your TV/Monitor.

KingCosmuder

@mitu sorry i do not have a external keyboard not sure if there is another way to do it or use the command line another way?

mitu

You can use SSH and connect remotely, from another system/PC in the same network.

KingCosmuder

@mitu state 0xa [HDMI CUSTOM RGB lim 16:9], 1920x1080 @ 60.00Hz, progressive. thats what is shows

mitu

Looks fine - the Pi is outputting at 1080p. Are you sure your TV is in game mode ? What TV model is it ?

You can enable more logging for the game running, just to check that the game runs at 60fps, as explained here. The log file can be retrieved via SSH (using WinSCP), if you manage to get it, post it on pastebin.com and provide the link.

KingCosmuder

https://pastebin.com/Wt90MTYH

mitu

That's not the entire file. I was mainly interested in the video resolution chosen by the emulator.

KingCosmuder

@kingcosmuder thats all i got running the command however i tired some dreamcast using redream and both games i tried, sonic adventure and marvel vs capcom 2 both ran 60 fps consistently so i believe its working now