How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability

Riverstorm

I am hoping for memory split setting that works good with RetroPie overall. As in reality I don't think I would be popping out to a command prompt, changing settings and rebooting to play to often. I suppose people write scripts and quicker ways to switch if it really makes a difference but I was hoping more for a once size "mostly" fits all.

I did run the command that I think shows memory allocation. I surely don't understand most of it. Is it using 236MB of RAM? Or is there a way to separate what is GPU only? Or another command that is better suited to the task of how much memory the GPU is using. I am running RetroPie 3.7 on a Pi 3 and I have N64 running Cruis'n USA with a Putty SSH session using this command (after sudo apt-get install htop). I had to shorten the output as I found the max post is 32k. :)

sudo vcdbg reloc

Relocatable heap version 4 found at 0x2f000000
total space allocated is 236M, with 234M relocatable, 2.3M legacy and 0 offline
1 legacy blocks of size 2359296

free list at 0x3bc319e0
189M free memory in 75 free block(s)
largest free block is 154M bytes

0x2f000000: legacy block 2.3M
0x2f240000: free 154M
[ 103] 0x38c3ea20: used  96K (refcount 1 lock count 1, size    98304, align  256, data 0x38c3eb00, D1rual) 'khrn_hw_bin_mem'
[ 123] 0x38c56b40: used  96K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    98304, align  256, data 0x38c56c00, D1ruAl) 'khrn_hw_bin_mem'
0x38c6ec60: free 24M
[2291] 0x3a49db20: used  32K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    32768, align    4, data 0x3a49db40, d0rual) 'KHRN_MAP_T.storage'
0x3a4a5b60: free 9.1M
[ 240] 0x3adc35e0: used  256 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      164, align    4, data 0x3adc3600, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[  32] 0x3adc36e0: used  448 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      384, align    8, data 0x3adc3700, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  31] 0x3adc38a0: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       92, align    4, data 0x3adc38c0, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[  35] 0x3adc3940: used  352 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      288, align    8, data 0x3adc3960, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  45] 0x3adc3aa0: used  224 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      144, align    8, data 0x3adc3ac0, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  38] 0x3adc3b80: used  224 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      148, align    4, data 0x3adc3ba0, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 218] 0x3adc3c60: used  480 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      392, align    8, data 0x3adc3c80, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  41] 0x3adc3e40: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       92, align    4, data 0x3adc3e60, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 217] 0x3adc3ee0: used  352 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      288, align    8, data 0x3adc3f00, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 232] 0x3adc4040: used  224 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      152, align    8, data 0x3adc4060, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 202] 0x3adc4120: used  192 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      120, align    8, data 0x3adc4140, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  52] 0x3adc41e0: used  416 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      328, align    8, data 0x3adc4200, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  57] 0x3adc4380: used  384 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      304, align    8, data 0x3adc43a0, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 194] 0x3adc4500: used  224 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      148, align    4, data 0x3adc4520, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[  43] 0x3adc45e0: used  480 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      392, align    8, data 0x3adc4600, d1rual) 'shader code'
0x3adc47c0: free 96
[ 237] 0x3adc4820: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       92, align    4, data 0x3adc4840, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 222] 0x3adc48c0: used  352 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      288, align    8, data 0x3adc48e0, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 188] 0x3adc4a20: used  224 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      144, align    8, data 0x3adc4a40, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  56] 0x3adc4b00: used  192 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      124, align    4, data 0x3adc4b20, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[  50] 0x3adc4bc0: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       92, align    4, data 0x3adc4be0, d0rual) 'uniform map'
0x3adc4c60: free 125K
[  28] 0x3ade40a0: used  96K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    98304, align  256, data 0x3ade4100, D1ruAl) 'khrn_hw_bin_mem'
[  27] 0x3adfc1c0: used  96K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    98304, align  256, data 0x3adfc200, D1ruAl) 'khrn_hw_bin_mem'
[  33] 0x3ae142e0: used  96K (refcount 1 lock count 1, size    98304, align  256, data 0x3ae14300, D1rual) 'khrn_hw_bin_mem'
[ 224] 0x3ae2c400: used  96K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    98304, align  256, data 0x3ae2c500, D1ruAl) 'khrn_hw_bin_mem'
0x3ae44520: free 1.1M
[  16] 0x3af58740: used 2.0M (refcount 1483 lock count 0, size  2097152, align    4, data 0x3af58760, D1RUal) 'GLXX_SERVER_STATE_T.cache'
0x3b158780: free 37K
[ 213] 0x3b161a40: used  13K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    13312, align    4, data 0x3b161a60, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
0x3b164e80: free 39K
[  19] 0x3b16eac0: used  13K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    13312, align    4, data 0x3b16eae0, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
[ 272] 0x3b171f00: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3b171f20, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
[ 208] 0x3b172400: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2827, align    1, data 0x3b172420, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
[ 270] 0x3b172f60: used 6.1K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     6144, align    4, data 0x3b172f80, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
[ 231] 0x3b1747a0: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3b1747c0, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
[ 365] 0x3b174ca0: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2815, align    1, data 0x3b174cc0, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
0x3b1757e0: free 960
[   9] 0x3b175ba0: used  13K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    13312, align    4, data 0x3b175bc0, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
[ 353] 0x3b178fe0: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3b179000, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
[ 380] 0x3b1794e0: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2808, align    1, data 0x3b179500, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
[ 254] 0x3b17a020: used 6.1K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     6144, align    4, data 0x3b17a040, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
0x3b17b860: free 96
[ 216] 0x3b17b8c0: used  128 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       64, align    4, data 0x3b17b8e0, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_data'
[ 210] 0x3b17b940: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3b17b960, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_info'
[ 338] 0x3b17b9e0: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3b17ba00, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 342] 0x3b17ba80: used  288 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      224, align    8, data 0x3b17baa0, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 372] 0x3b17bba0: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3b17bbc0, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
[ 360] 0x3b17c0a0: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2796, align    1, data 0x3b17c0c0, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
0x3b17cbe0: free 13K
[  12] 0x3b17fe60: used  288 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      216, align    8, data 0x3b17fe80, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 252] 0x3b17ff80: used  192 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      128, align    8, data 0x3b17ffa0, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 117] 0x3b180040: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       68, align    4, data 0x3b180060, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_data'
[  58] 0x3b1800e0: used  192 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      100, align    4, data 0x3b180100, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_info'
[ 235] 0x3b1801a0: used  128 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       52, align    4, data 0x3b1801c0, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_data'
[ 268] 0x3b180220: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3b180240, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_info'
[ 122] 0x3b1802c0: used  224 (refcount 194 lock count 186, size      152, align    8, data 0x3b1802e0, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 278] 0x3b1803a0: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3b1803c0, d0rual) 'uniform map'
0x3b180440: free 608
[ 215] 0x3b1806a0: used  128 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       64, align    4, data 0x3b1806c0, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_data'
[  53] 0x3b180720: used  192 (refcount 72 lock count 62, size      128, align    8, data 0x3b180740, d1rual) 'shader code'
0x3b1807e0: free 3.8K
[ 427] 0x3b181700: used  12K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    12288, align    4, data 0x3b181720, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
[ 425] 0x3b184740: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3b184760, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
[ 420] 0x3b184c40: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2828, align    1, data 0x3b184c60, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
[ 422] 0x3b1857a0: used 5.1K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     5120, align    4, data 0x3b1857c0, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
[ 419] 0x3b186be0: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3b186c00, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
[ 416] 0x3b1870e0: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2816, align    1, data 0x3b187100, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
[ 214] 0x3b187c20: used  12K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    12288, align    4, data 0x3b187c40, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
[ 412] 0x3b18ac60: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2809, align    1, data 0x3b18ac80, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
[ 413] 0x3b18b7a0: used 5.1K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     5120, align    4, data 0x3b18b7c0, d0RUal) 'GLSL_COPY_CONTEXT_T.mh_blob'
0x3b18cbe0: free 8.0K
[ 348] 0x3b18ec00: used  288 (refcount 2 lock count 1, size      208, align    8, data 0x3b18ec20, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 299] 0x3b18ed20: used  288 (refcount 81 lock count 62, size      224, align    8, data 0x3b18ed40, d1rual) 'shader code'
[  40] 0x3b18ee40: used  288 (refcount 81 lock count 62, size      216, align    8, data 0x3b18ee60, d1rual) 'shader code'
0x3b18ef60: free 7.0K
[ 543] 0x3b190b40: used  288 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      208, align    8, data 0x3b190b60, d1rual) 'shader code'
0x3b190c60: free 13K
[ 152] 0x3b194140: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b195000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[1803] 0x3b196160: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b197000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[1828] 0x3b198180: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b199000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 666] 0x3b19a1a0: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b19b000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 608] 0x3b19c1c0: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b19d000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 408] 0x3b19e1e0: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b19f000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[3427] 0x3b1a0200: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b1a1000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[  81] 0x3b1a2220: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b1a3000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 487] 0x3b1a4240: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b1a5000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 486] 0x3b1a6260: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b1a7000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 532] 0x3b1a8280: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3b1a9000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 498] 0x3b1aa2a0: used  20K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    16384, align 4096, data 0x3b1ab000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 524] 0x3b1af2c0: used  20K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    16384, align 4096, data 0x3b1b0000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 273] 0x3b1b42e0: used  20K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size    16384, align 4096, data 0x3b1b5000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[   6] 0x3b1b9300: used 8.9M (refcount 1141 lock count 1140, size  9338880, align 4096, data 0x3b1ba000, d1Rual) 'KHRN_IMAGE_T.storage OpenGL ES aux buffer'
[ 230] 0x3baa2320: used  96K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size    98304, align  256, data 0x3baa2400, D1ruAl) 'khrn_hw_bin_mem'
0x3baba440: free 32
[  59] 0x3baba460: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3baba480, d0rual) 'uniform map'
0x3baba500: free 4.2K
[ 274] 0x3babb5a0: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3babb5c0, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 334] 0x3babb640: used  288 (refcount 309 lock count 186, size      224, align    8, data 0x3babb660, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 385] 0x3babb760: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3babb780, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 387] 0x3babb800: used  288 (refcount 228 lock count 186, size      216, align    8, data 0x3babb820, d1rual) 'shader code'
0x3babb920: free 800
[ 439] 0x3babbc40: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3babbc60, d0rual) 'uniform map'
0x3babbce0: free 17K
[ 651] 0x3bac02c0: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bac1000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 650] 0x3bac32e0: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bac4000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 432] 0x3bac6300: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3bac6320, d0rual) 'uniform map'
0x3bac63a0: free 3.5K
[ 545] 0x3bac71a0: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bac8000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 490] 0x3baca1c0: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bacb000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[2458] 0x3bacd1e0: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bace000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[2446] 0x3bad0200: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bad1000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[1817] 0x3bad3220: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bad4000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[1816] 0x3bad6240: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 0, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bad7000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 531] 0x3bad9260: used 5.0K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size     1024, align 4096, data 0x3bada000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[2236] 0x3bada680: used 5.0K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     1024, align 4096, data 0x3badb000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[3454] 0x3badbaa0: used 5.0K (refcount 4 lock count 3, size     1024, align 4096, data 0x3badc000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[3452] 0x3badcec0: used 4.5K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size      512, align 4096, data 0x3badd000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 644] 0x3bade0e0: used 5.0K (refcount 4 lock count 2, size     1024, align 4096, data 0x3badf000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[3448] 0x3badf500: used 5.0K (refcount 2 lock count 0, size     1024, align 4096, data 0x3bae0000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
0x3bae0920: free 7.0K
[ 528] 0x3bae2500: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bae3000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
0x3bae5520: free 75K
[ 415] 0x3baf8040: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3baf8060, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
[ 411] 0x3baf8540: used 1.3K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     1200, align    4, data 0x3baf8560, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T'
0x3baf8a40: free 24K
[1818] 0x3bafeac0: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 0, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3baff000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 431] 0x3bb01ae0: used  288 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      216, align    8, data 0x3bb01b00, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 430] 0x3bb01c00: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       88, align    8, data 0x3bb01c20, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 418] 0x3bb01ca0: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       76, align    4, data 0x3bb01cc0, d0rual) 'GL20_PROGRAM_T.uniform_data'
[ 410] 0x3bb01d40: used 2.8K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2797, align    1, data 0x3bb01d60, d0rual) 'mem_strdup'
0x3bb02880: free 11K
[ 544] 0x3bb054a0: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3bb054c0, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 542] 0x3bb05540: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3bb05560, d0rual) 'uniform map'
0x3bb055e0: free 13K
[ 569] 0x3bb08a20: used 6.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2048, align 4096, data 0x3bb09000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
0x3bb0a240: free 20K
[ 170] 0x3bb0f260: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3bb0f280, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 166] 0x3bb0f300: used  288 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      224, align    8, data 0x3bb0f320, d1rual) 'shader code'
[ 169] 0x3bb0f420: used  160 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size       80, align    4, data 0x3bb0f440, d0rual) 'uniform map'
[ 164] 0x3bb0f4c0: used  288 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      216, align    8, data 0x3bb0f4e0, d1rual) 'shader code'
0x3bb0f5e0: free 7.1K
[ 530] 0x3bb11240: used  608 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      540, align    4, data 0x3bb11260, d0rual) 'GLXX_TEXTURE_T'
[3455] 0x3bb114a0: used  608 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      540, align    4, data 0x3bb114c0, d0rual) 'GLXX_TEXTURE_T'
[3453] 0x3bb11700: used  608 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      540, align    4, data 0x3bb11720, d0rual) 'GLXX_TEXTURE_T'
[3450] 0x3bb11960: used  608 (refcount 2 lock count 0, size      540, align    4, data 0x3bb11980, d0rual) 'GLXX_TEXTURE_T'
[3449] 0x3bb11bc0: used  608 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      540, align    4, data 0x3bb11be0, d0rual) 'GLXX_TEXTURE_T'
[ 464] 0x3bb11e20: used  608 (refcount 1 lock count 0, size      540, align    4, data 0x3bb11e40, d0rual) 'GLXX_TEXTURE_T'
0x3bb12080: free 5.2K
[ 769] 0x3bb13520: used 6.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     2048, align 4096, data 0x3bb14000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[2456] 0x3bb14d40: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb15000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
0x3bb17d60: free 20K
[ 767] 0x3bb1cd40: used 8.0K (refcount 1 lock count 0, size     4096, align 4096, data 0x3bb1d000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 512] 0x3bb1ed60: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 0, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb1f000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[1796] 0x3bb21d80: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 0, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb22000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[1707] 0x3bb24da0: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb25000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 100] 0x3bb27dc0: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 0, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb28000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 536] 0x3bb2ade0: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb2b000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 112] 0x3bb2de00: used  12K (refcount 3 lock count 2, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb2e000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
[ 504] 0x3bb30e20: used  12K (refcount 2 lock count 1, size     8192, align 4096, data 0x3bb31000, d1rual) 'Texture blob'
0x3bb33e40: free 36K
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0x3bb5f9a0: free 1.8K
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0x3bb60a60: free 4.5K
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0x3bb661e0: free 5.3K
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0x3bb67be0: free 1.3K
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0x3bb685a0: free 9.7K
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dankcushions

reading the output, 189MB of your 256 vram memory split (236 effective) is free whilst running a game, so the game itself is taking up less than 50MB.

that's what I mean - the one-size-fits-all solution is the default of 256mb (on a pi 2/3). there's no need to change it.

Riverstorm

@dankcushions said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

reading the output, 189MB of your 256 vram memory split (236 effective) is free whilst running a game, so the game itself is taking up less than 50MB.

that's what I mean - the one-size-fits-all solution is the default of 256mb (on a pi 2/3). there's no need to change it.

I believe what you're saying but to throw a twist into the mix I have 600 split set through the raspi-config from that original article. I plan to lower it now after this discussion. Here's the snip from my /boot/config.txt. Maybe you can shed some light on why those numbers are those number by chance? The 236MB I mean with these settings. Is the line gpu_mem_1024=256 overriding the gpu_mem=600? It's a straight load of RetroPie 3.7 with the overclock sections thrown in. The first 3 lines are part of the default config.txt the 4th was added after changing the gpu_mem to 600 through the raspi-config tool. Unrelated I had a crash and bumped my overvolt to 6 to see if that's more stable. 5 is good but hoping for complete stability.

gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256
overscan_scale=1
gpu_mem=600

#Overclock Settings
arm_freq=1350
over_voltage=6
temp_limit=80
core_freq=500

#GPU Based
h264_freq=333
avoid_pwm_p11=1
gpu_mem=600
v3d_freq=500

#RAM Overclock
sdram_freq=588
sdram_schmoo=0x02000020
over_voltage_sdram_p=6
over_voltage_sdram_i=4
over_voltage_sdram_c=4

#Sound Fix
hdmi_drive=2

dankcushions

@Riverstorm said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@dankcushions said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

reading the output, 189MB of your 256 vram memory split (236 effective) is free whilst running a game, so the game itself is taking up less than 50MB.

that's what I mean - the one-size-fits-all solution is the default of 256mb (on a pi 2/3). there's no need to change it.

I believe what you're saying but to throw a twist into the mix I have 600 split set through the raspi-config from that original article. I plan to lower it now after this discussion. Here's the snip from my /boot/config.txt. Maybe you can shed some light on why those numbers are those number by chance? The 236MB I mean with these settings. Is the line gpu_mem_1024=256 overriding the gpu_mem=600?

it's all in the documentation: http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Memory
on a pi2/3, gpu_mem_1024 overrides gpu_mem

Riverstorm

@dankcushions said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@Riverstorm said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@dankcushions said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

reading the output, 189MB of your 256 vram memory split (236 effective) is free whilst running a game, so the game itself is taking up less than 50MB.

that's what I mean - the one-size-fits-all solution is the default of 256mb (on a pi 2/3). there's no need to change it.

I believe what you're saying but to throw a twist into the mix I have 600 split set through the raspi-config from that original article. I plan to lower it now after this discussion. Here's the snip from my /boot/config.txt. Maybe you can shed some light on why those numbers are those number by chance? The 236MB I mean with these settings. Is the line gpu_mem_1024=256 overriding the gpu_mem=600?

it's all in the documentation: http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Memory
on a pi2/3, gpu_mem_1024 overrides gpu_mem

I know I am coming full circle with what you said a while ago. So do any emulators use more than the 256 or does that pretty much cover them all? I don't know RetroPie's total emulator count but it's a boatload and I surely haven't played them all. I suppose it's only the latter emulators that might use more memory but I don't know what ones they would be. So 256 it is? :) Minus what mrbwa1 was saying on potentially texture packs using more on the N64.

mrbwa1

@Riverstorm said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@dankcushions said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@Riverstorm said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@dankcushions said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

reading the output, 189MB of your 256 vram memory split (236 effective) is free whilst running a game, so the game itself is taking up less than 50MB.

that's what I mean - the one-size-fits-all solution is the default of 256mb (on a pi 2/3). there's no need to change it.

I believe what you're saying but to throw a twist into the mix I have 600 split set through the raspi-config from that original article. I plan to lower it now after this discussion. Here's the snip from my /boot/config.txt. Maybe you can shed some light on why those numbers are those number by chance? The 236MB I mean with these settings. Is the line gpu_mem_1024=256 overriding the gpu_mem=600?

it's all in the documentation: http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Memory
on a pi2/3, gpu_mem_1024 overrides gpu_mem

I know I am coming full circle with what you said a while ago. So do any emulators use more than the 256 or does that pretty much cover them all? I don't know RetroPie's total emulator count but it's a boatload and I surely haven't played them all. I suppose it's only the latter emulators that might use more memory but I don't know what ones they would be. So 256 it is? :) Minus what mrbwa1 was saying on potentially texture packs using more on the N64.

I don't believe anything uses more than 256MB for the GPU. In fact, I have had best performance with 128MB (never thought to try 64MB). The processing is going on mainly in the CPU (emulating the original hardware) so setting the memory split too high will rob ram from the CPU.

The difference between the default of 256 and the suggestion of 128MB is likely splitting hairs as far as performance goes on my Pi2. The CPU would need to be using all of the remaining 896MB of RAM before issues came up. The 128MB split came about when people were running Pis with only 256MB of RAM or even 512MB max. Some of the folks with 256MB Pis have even gone with 64MB splits.

You are better off leaving the splt at default unless you can find evidence of paging (or have a 256BM Pi version) rather than upping it for retropie. You can set the split down to 128M, but that probably won't make a difference.

Riverstorm

Ok, thanks guys. I am going to leave it at the default. Funny thing is when I changed it through the raspi-config tool it did nothing as the default entries where overriding it to 256.

It seems like possible bug in that unless you modify config.txt directly it really isn't changed through the raspi-config tool.

dankcushions

@Riverstorm said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

Ok, thanks guys. I am going to leave it at the default. Funny thing is when I changed it through the raspi-config tool it did nothing as the default entries where overriding it to 256.

yeah, the default in raspian is for these gpu_mem_X overrides to not be set (see https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md) so the raspi-config tool would normally work fine.

however, i think retropie has these defaults to create a sensible split for the different pi models. see https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/490

i've added a note to the wiki to this effect: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Memory-Split

mrbwa1

@dankcushions Thanks for the update. I double-checked mt setup on the RPi2 and indeed gpu_mem_1024=256 is present, so my 128MB tweak wasn't even being used.

I may try settng gpu_mem_1024=128 at some point, but I really don't think it's going to make a big difference performance wise. The bottleneck isn't really RAM; It's the processing power (especially with N64 emulation).

Since the default GPU split n Raspbian is 64MB, I can see why people were bumping UP to 128MB on older builds.

Riverstorm

@dankcushions said

i've added a note to the wiki to this effect: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Memory-Split

Thanks Dank, I added this my RetroPie build bookmarks.

@mrbwa1
You'll have to let us know if you run across any issues at 128.

@Twitch0815
I was a bit distraught to see Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits and Namco Museum 64 crashed in the spreadsheet. I tried them both to the same effect.

Predator04

So sorry for noob question but wanted to know where we put all the config info:
#Overclock Settings
arm_freq=1400
#(Try 1350 if 1400 does not work)
over_voltage=6
temp_limit=80
core_freq=500

etc etc at? What file do we edit? Thanks!

Riverstorm

@Predator04 said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

So sorry for noob question but wanted to know where we put all the config info:
#Overclock Settings
arm_freq=1400
#(Try 1350 if 1400 does not work)
over_voltage=6
temp_limit=80
core_freq=500

etc etc at? What file do we edit? Thanks!

You can append it to the end of the /boot/config.txt file, reboot and you should be good to go. Hold down left shift if it won't boot to bypass the overclock settings and make tweaks.

Predator04

@riverstorm

Thanks.. So normally to get to the pi I use..
\10.90.xx.xx
hot do I get to the boot folder? Thanks :P

Riverstorm

@Predator04 said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@riverstorm

Thanks.. So normally to get to the pi I use..
\10.90.xx.xx
hot do I get to the boot folder? Thanks :P

I think there's more than one to do it but I usually boot my Pi, exit Emulationstation and

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Make changes
Press 'ctrl-x' to exit
Press 'y' to save changes
Press 'enter' to accept

Predator04

@Riverstorm
yea i can do it that way. Thanks again!!

Predator04

@Riverstorm
error Permission Denied

Riverstorm

@Predator04 said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

@Riverstorm
error Permission Denied

Hmmm...did you use 'sudo' in front of the editor, if not it will not work.

Predator04

@Riverstorm
crap I might not have. My bad... lol

Rion

@Twitch0815 said in How to use Overclock and Mupen Core Options to significantly increase 64 game playability, quality, and stability:

I also truly believe that the pi 3 can hold to a better overclock then 1400 and I mean I think it can be pushed to 2000 but I need to get a 5.1 v 3000 or 3500 ma power supply and the only ones I have found are in china and shipping is going to take 2-3 weeks till I have one in my hand unless I try to build one from scratch. Heat just has not been a problem with proper heatsinks applied properly and active fan cooling.

Why not just go for something like this instead?

5V 10A switching power supply
MicroUSB to 5.5/2.1mm DC Barrel Jack Adapter

Twitch0815

@Rion
Absolutely worth a try

Think just a normal laptop power supply would work with the 1.95 adapter sure if it was 5v switching it would probably work.
Awesome man thanks I appreciate it giving me somewhere to go with the power problem.