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    Pi 3B+ Peak Performance.

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      RetroMalina
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      Hello RetroPiens (I think that is plural for retropie users)

      I have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a passive cooling heatsink running (I think) The latest version or retropie installed about a week ago. I used it at 1080p and tried to run some Mario 64 on it but the audio was choppy and had a bad framerate.

      My question is, Can a Retropie 3B+ run N64 games stably (30+ FPS) with the appropriate hardware and software optimizations, cooling and power delivery?

      If yes, then, how do I do it, can I manage to achieve that, can it go beyond N64? Will I have to overclock It? What cooling solution should I use to get peak performance?

      Thank you in advance to everybody who will help me (a retropie noob) to try and achieve this feat.

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        sleve_mcdichael @RetroMalina
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        @RetroMalina said in Pi 3B+ Peak Performance.:

        My question is, Can a Retropie 3B+ run N64 games stably

        Not really. Some N64 titles don't run well (or at all), even on a Pi4.

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