@hooperre said in The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here!!:

@Ecks said in The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here!!:

I am just curious but what is the progress right now with RetroPie for the Pi 4 at the moment and sorry for asking just waiting for a build of it first before i would buy the Pi 4 and do you guys think the 2gb model would be more than enough as well?

There's no ETA as far as a release or updates beyond the github that have been provided. I doubt you will get a different answer from the Retropie team. You can follow the github: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/2749

Most people view 2 GB as more than enough to run emulators and emulationstation proper. I personally jumped for the 4 GB as to be ahead of any changes.

Oh ok well i wanted to buy the 4gb model but here in Canada it is a little much plus for certain arcades games i want to try out in my mind i tend to think 2gb would be enough because the first game i want to test out for sure is Killer instinct 1 and 2.

@msp430 what are you talking about? We got a comprehensive history of the pi!

Ok, Thanks for your help!

I'm just going to copy and paste what I put in the 'place your bets' thread here... not to ram it down your throats again, just to get your opinions:)

So, I need to understand what it means when the chip is described as having four layers. Is this the 'four cores' that defines a pi3?

Let's say, just for example, I have a pi3 on my counter at work, and a customer (regular and on good speaking terms with) says something along the lines of
"That's a pi, I work for their development. We're experimenting with a six layer chip rather than the four layer version now"
At which point I would, had this conversation happened, have replied something like
"It's rather important to me that you discuss this further with me promptly sir."
After which, noting my apparent marginal knowledge and interest, this hypothetical customer becomes rather coy and refuses to be drawn further on the subject.

Am I to infer something from this theoretical conversation? Which, in that very same theory could well have gone on marginally longer than my above (purely of course) imagined transcript.

(Redactions and theorem due to promises made, take from it what you may)

at least a 4 core 2GHz ARM or CPU with h264 H10p suport
2 Gb RAM
Gb Ethernet
Wifi a/b/g/ac and BT
USB 3
EMMC 8 ~ 32GB and a version without SD card

Separate version with SATA port.

@XVO
dont forget decent passive cooling for silent running :P

on a more serious note id just like to see a better GPU onboard and maby 2gb ram doesnt seem to excessive or a pipedream considering the XU4 has that already