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    RetroPie extremely slow on larger TV

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      masteryoer @Darksavior
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      @Darksavior I am not getting the yellow icon. I'm powering the pi inside of a modified original Xbox case, using its original power supply at 12v so it's getting more than enough power.

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        masteryoer @obsidianspider
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        @obsidianspider I will check as soon as I can and get back to you. I wonder what everybody else's settings are set to.

        These are snes games I am trying to play so I wouldn't think they are taxing at all.

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          Darksavior @masteryoer
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          @masteryoer Which emulator/game? snes2002,2005,etc? I wouldn't use anything past 2005, it's too slow for pi2's

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            demesauce Banned @masteryoer
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            @masteryoer You mean 5v? Did you splice a micro usb cord into a 5v line? Hopefully not 12v.....

            If you think its the massive number of roms, delete a bunch of the roms and try it again

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              masteryoer @demesauce
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              @demesauce yes 5v I'm sorry. I only have 1000 or so roms.

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                edmaul69 @masteryoer
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                @masteryoer do you have your tv set to game mode?

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                  masteryoer @Darksavior
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                  @Darksavior 2010 is set right now. I haven't tried 2003 or 2005

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                    masteryoer @masteryoer
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                    @masteryoer said in RetroPie extremely slow on larger TV:

                    @Darksavior 2010 is set right now. I haven't tried 2003 or 2005

                    The options I have are 2002, 2005 and 2010. 2010 has the worst performance, and the performance is the same between 2002 and 2005. It is a lot better, but still has some slow down and lagging especially during intros and during a lot of movement. I am attempting right now to play Donkey Kong Country 3.

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                      demesauce Banned
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                      Do you have another SD card you can use? If it were me, I'd try to start from scratch with a new (probably different brand) SD card. I have had major slow down issues with cheap/off brand SD cards. I prefer SanDisk

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                        masteryoer
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                        I have a sandisk, It's a 16gb SDHC card.

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                          Darksavior @masteryoer
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                          @masteryoer 2010 does not run fullspeed on Pi2's. Not even on my Pi2 @ 1Ghz. Not sure how you mysteriously had it playable on a smaller monitor.

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                            masteryoer @Darksavior
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                            @Darksavior no idea either. I just know when I tested the configuration it ran smoothly. I tried it with a different game Though and no sound so maybe that's why.

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                              Neo-Rio
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                              Does your TV have different picture display modes? I know mine does. It has Cinema mode, normal mode, vivid mode, Intelligent Sensor mode, and in amongst them.... GAME MODE!

                              Set it to game mode. That should clear up the input lag that seems apparent when playing.

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                                masteryoer @Neo-Rio
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                                @Neo-Rio I ended up resolving most of the issues by first setting the emulator to 2005 and then overclocking the pi to 1000mhz. Once I get everything ironed out, I'll move it all over to a pi3 but just trying to flush it out now with the device I do have.

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                                  arnolddozsa @masteryoer
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                                  @masteryoer
                                  I had the same issue. The games under nes was slow and the audio was laggy.
                                  The solution was not the resolution setting.
                                  The solution was to change the audio driver under the raspiarch config and disable audio synchronization

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