< 30 FPS, Can't get games running smoothly on Raspberry pi 5 (Rodland, Gods, New Zealand story)

danturn

Hi there,

I recently bought a RP5 to run amiga games, I've sourced a few old favourites, im focusing at the moment on Rodland.

I'm using an lha file, and loading the game through retropie + amiberry without changing the config

The config its using is an A1200, with 14hz CPU.

I'm running at 1080p as far as i can tell.

The frame rate is 28/29 fps and the game is unplayably slow.

I'm having the exact same issue with other games (Gods, New zealand story), so it seems global?

If i press f12 and change CPU to fastest, i get exactly 50 FPS (but annoyingly when i click resume, my keyboard and gamepad stop working and i have to hard reset the pi!)

Any advice would be great, I'm new to retropie but have some linux experience!

Dan

Pi Model or other hardware: (B, B+, 2 B, 3, X86 PC etc..)
Rasberry Pi 5 with the official M.2 HAT + official 256gb ssd (Not using the SD card)

Power Supply used: (If using a Pi)
Official RP power supply

RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest):
4.8.9

Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - please provide the filename of any image used)
Installed from script on top of Raspberry Pi OS (bookworm) 64 bit

USB Devices connected:
Logitech unifying receiver with a keyboard

Controller used:
8bitdo lite 2

Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable)
Amiberry

danturn

Is it expected that games would be laggy generally on the RP5 on the default 7hz or 14hz CPU and that bumping the CPU up should resolve it? I dont think it is? but just checking as that would be an easy fix.

if not, does anyone have any troubleshooting steps i can try? as im a bit stuck.

in case it helps, im booting into retropie not running it from desktop.

if anyone has any game recommendations that just work also that would be helpful in case i've just chosen 3 games that are a problem

barbudreadmon

@danturn said in < 30 FPS, Can't get games running smoothly on Raspberry pi 5 (Rodland, Gods, New Zealand story):

I'm running at 1080p as far as i can tell.

It'd be a good idea to be sure, being locked at 30Hz when using 4k resolution is a well-known issue.

RapidEdwin08

@danturn I made the switch to lr-puae2021 recently on pi4/pi5 on Bookworm.
Had to adjust a few core options initially, but plays well.